Understanding And Responding To The "Poison Pill" Clause Of USMCA

After Donald Trump became President of the United States,he actively promoted the value of "America First".He regarded China as a challenger and competitor of the international status and national interests of the United States,and initiated a series of trade protection policies.In 2018,the United States,Canada,and Mexico renegotiated the North American regional free trade agreement,which for the first time proposed a "poison pill" clause with unilateral and discriminatory characteristics.Once this clause was proposed,it caused China’s high vigilance.As a tool for regulation and gaming,this clause aims to restrict Canada and Mexico from reaching free trade agreements with "non-market economy countries",and ultimately achieve the purpose of international trade discourse and consolidating national strength,which contains a strong trade protecting colors increases the risk of uncertainty in international trade.Looking back at the strategy adopted by the United States in dealing with China’s "non-market economy" status,there is an evolving process,including the initial questioning and deny under the WTO system,the indirect containment of high standards and restrictive rules in the negotiation of the TPP agreement,and the adoption of the "poison pill" clause in the USMCA.From the perspective of Marxist dialectics,the "poison pill clause" includes the contradiction between free trade and trade protection,the contradiction between multilateral systems and regional agreements,the contradiction between national interests and national responsibilities,the contradiction between rule diversification and rule control and assimilation.The unity of opposites in the four dimensions is a countercurrent in the diversified development of international trade today.The clause exposes the contradiction between protectionism and globalization under the priority of US interests,which involves unfair issues in the field of trade and competition between different systems and concepts,which not only weakens the degree of trade liberalization,but also hinders the development of the multilateral system.What’s more,by embedding national ideology into trade rules,America have the power to form assimilation and control of international trade rules.By assimilating national ideology into trade rules to form international trade rules assimilation and control,it can be understood at a deeper competition in the reconstruction of the world order.Under the pressure of the United States,China can also keep pace with the times and cultivate both internally and externally.Internally,continue to build an open and stable market,improve the business environment,and implement fair competition requirements;keep up with international trends on important topics,build and improve relevant domestic laws and regulations,and strive for China’s initiative in international competition.Externally,in the process of the multilateral system and regional cooperation,it clarified the misconceptions of other economies about China and broke the domination of Westernization.China need to take the opportunity to clarify the misunderstanding by other economies and break the domination of westernization in the multilateral system and regional cooperation.At the same time,China need to change the national image from "participant" to "builder",and establish a new international order based on mutual respect,fairness,justice,and win-win cooperation.In general,We will actively improve international status,and to respond steadily to positive changes in the international environment.