U.S. exposes double-dealer essence by adopting double standards on contract spirit
By Zhong Sheng
Some U.S. politicians, demanding others
to keep promises while constantly backtracking themselves, are revealing their
double-dealer essence to the world.
They orally worship the so-called spirit of
contract, but have no idea that their arrogant and bossy practices are actually
against it. While they are setting traps for other countries, they are also
exposing their true intentions that have long been in disguise.
It is a usual practice of the U.S. to blame
others for the lack of contract spirit and demand them to abide by contracts.
Last year, the U.S. issued multiple reports to
accuse China of non-compliance with WTO rules, which was used as an excuse to
take unilateral trade measures against China. Last month, it claimed that it had
already reached an agreement with China, but the agreement was broken by the
latter.
However, facts don’t lie.
In a white paper titled “China and the World
Trade Organization” released by China in June 2018, China set the record
straight with undeniable facts, which prove to the world that the country has
earnestly fulfilled its WTO commitments.
And by another white paper published recently
titled “China’s Position on the Economic and Trade Consultations”, China uncovered
the truth, saying that China-US consultations have not been free of setbacks,
each of them being the result of a US breach of consensus and commitments, and
backtracking.
WTO rules, which are agreements reached based
on the common consensus of each party concerned, should be strictly abided by.
However, the U.S., by arbitrarily placing its domestic law above WTO rules, have
unilaterally provoked trade disputes with other countries and trampled on the multilateral
trading system.
As a member of the WTO, the U.S. has made
public statement that “we will not allow the WTO Appellate Body and dispute
settlement system to force the United States into a straitjacket of obligations
to which we never agreed” and even threatened to withdraw from the organization.
Can anyone see the spirit of contract in such bald-faced
threat?
As proven by facts, the U.S. has been the
largest troublemaker for the international law and rules.
The U.S. exited the Paris Agreement on climate change which was signed by more than
190 countries and withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal
(Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) endorsed and approved by the UN Security Council. It has also quit
international organizations including the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization and UN Human Rights Council.
The true face of the US using whatever
that suits its interests and abandoning whatever that does not has been well
exposed.
Rule consciousness and the spirit of contract
are the bedrock of market economy as well as important pillars of the modern
international order. Following rules and abiding by contracts enable
individuals, groups, and countries to carry out wide cooperation, which
represents an important feature of mankind’s entry into a civilized society.
By wantonly withdrawing from agreements and
trampling on international rules, the U.S. is actually damaging its own
credibility while sabotaging international order.
The international community believes that it’s
hardly possible for the U.S. to win the trust of other trade partners that it
is under negotiation with, as the country has reneged on its own promises
during the bilateral trade talks with China.
The spirit of contract that is frequently
advertised by U.S. politicians is used by them as merely a weapon in disguise to
attack others.
In order to gain private interests of their
own country, these U.S. politicians have abandoned justice without scruple.
Sometimes they don’t even bother to find an excuse.
Not long ago, U.S. Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo shouted shamelessly that “we lied, we cheated, we stole. We had
entire training courses. It reminds you of the glory of the American
experiment.”
It seems that in the mind of these U.S.
politicians, profits are what they truly value and there’s no room for contract
spirit.
A year ago, in response to the U.S.
side’s unreasonable actions that undermined the international order, European
Council President Donald Tusk posted a statement
on Twitter that looking at latest decisions of the US, someone could even
think: with friends like that who needs enemies.
Every person and every country that has no
virtue and acts in disregard of the spirit of contract will taste the
bitterness of isolation sooner or later.
Source: People’s Daily
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