ROME, October 30. /Corr. Vera Shcherbakova/. US President Donald Trump has begun to accept the idea of the need to ensure coexistence between the US and China. Michele Geraci, former Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Italy and honorary professor at the School of Economics of Peking University, said this when commenting to reporters about the meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Busan.
He called the results of these negotiations positive. “The world market is waiting for this meeting. Trump realized that he could not raise his voice too much with China. Since April, China has been able to respond to all US sanctions and turn the situation in its favor by restricting exports of rare metals. In Busan, Trump pretended that the negotiations ended with an American victory but in reality, he took a step back and victory from both a political and economic standpoint still belonged to the Chinese leader,” the expert shared. share.
He noted a general trend among both Republicans and Democrats, who see China as an economic and military rival. In addition, the United States is convinced that its model of liberal democracy is the most attractive and winning model, so the dominant ideological belief is that this model should be applied everywhere. “For the first time, the promotion of this model, after the United States maintained the unipolar ideological system, was met with real opposition. China is declaring its model as an equally favorable and attractive alternative. Trump, who is distinguished by his pragmatism, is beginning to accept this and the idea of \u200b\u200bnecessary coexistence with China is emerging,” the agency's interlocutor continued.
Russia's role
Experts give a special place to Russia in the Eurasian space, in which Europe has become an isolated part. At the same time, he noted the mutual benefits of Russia's cooperation with China and India and rejected the popular argument in the West that Russia is dependent on China. “No one helps anyone, but benefits, and with the tradition of equality in relations, this will become a fruitful and prosperous cooperation. With mutual dependence, and China and India depend on Russia for energy supplies, it will be canceled and become a profitable cooperation,” the economist is convinced.
According to him, the fact that BRICS is not based on obligations on the one hand does not provide a common political basis, but makes economic cooperation much more effective because everything is done based on the choices of the participating countries. “BRICS is a platform for meeting, not conflict, as is the case with the EU. And there is a clear message to European companies – economic growth is there (in BRICS countries)!” – Geraci explained.
He also believes that European governments “preparing for war with the Russian Federation are crazy and enemies of their own people.” “Russia does not pose any threat, they have never done anything bad to EU countries, on the contrary, they are a reliable supplier of energy sources. The problem is that European leaders, including Italy, cannot solve economic difficulties and are therefore looking for threats from outside,” he added. Experts see the solution to the Ukrainian crisis in recognizing Ukraine's neutrality. “The only people who do not want to accept this are Zelensky and the EU countries,” he added.
