China has left this Tuesday in defense of Venezuela before the threat of Donald Trump to impose tariffs up to 25% to any country that bought its oil, a maneuver that considers an “interference” in the internal affairs of the South American country to the … that “firmly opposes.” A reaction also in self -defense, as China is the first importer of Venezuelan crude.
“The United States has long abused illegal unilateral sanctions and the so -called” long arm jurisdiction “, seriously interfering with the internal affairs of other countries. China firmly opposes these actions, ”said the exterior spokesman this afternoon, Guo Jiakunduring the daily press conference of the agency. “We urge the US to cease its interference in the internal affairs of Venezuela, lift its illegal unilateral sanctions against the country and take measures that contribute to peace, stability and development both in Venezuela and globally.”
The government representative has concluded by reiterating the phrase turned into psalm from the return to Trump’s White House and, with him, of this Second Commercial War between the two powers: «Commercial and tariff wars have no winners; Imposing additional tariffs will only cause greater losses to US companies and consumers ».
This last barrage occurred on Monday, in the form of the publication of the US president on his social truth platform. «Venezuela has shown great hostility to the United States and the freedoms we defend. Therefore, any country that bought oil and/or gas to Venezuela must pay a 25 % tariff to the United States on any trade that performs with our country [sic]»He proclaimed.
Thus, Trump stuck two rival regimes with a single blow. According to data from Lipow Oil Associates, Venezuela produced 921,000 barrels per day of crude oil in 2024, 351,000 of which (38%) went to China. Given the cumulative nature of the proposal, in the event that the general exports of Chinese products to the US will end up entering the US from 45%, more and closer to 60% that Trump came to suggest during the electoral campaign.
Interestingly, the second client behind China is the US himself, a receiver of 228,000 barrels (24%). In total, the country acquired Venezuelan oil and gas worth 5.6 billion dollars (5,170 million euros), transactions provided by the temporal lifting of sanctions, which were restored again in April 2024 before the manipulation of the electoral process. Trump has not clarified how these new tariffs will affect their energy policy.
Economy and ideology
Venezuela strengthened its ties with China significantly since the arrival of Hugo Chávez, until it became its main ally in the region. Since then the Chinese regime has provided assistance in the form of large loans, aid and all kinds of projects. So much so that China became the first global power to recognize and secondary the fraudulence Victoria of Nicolás Maduro in the July elections, actually defeated by the opponent Edmundo González.
“China and Venezuela are good friends and partners who support each other,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry then celebrated. “China gives great importance to its relations with Venezuela and is willing to work together with the Venezuelan side to strengthen the Strategic Association of Integral Cooperation in all circumstances, generating greater benefits for both peoples.”
“After several decades of what has often been called a” benign forgetfulness, “Latin America has once again been in the center of US foreign policy,” said a recent report by the capital consultant Economics. «An underlying factor in Trump’s attention to the region is the presence of China. This became evident in his concerns about the possibility that Chinese technology arrived in the US through supply chains in Mexico and in his statement that China controlled the Panama Canal ». The study sentenced: “The presence of China in Latin America is increasingly seen as a strategic threat by the US.”
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