Closing Remark

When we are preparing the writeup of this article, we heard the news that China and the United States started throwing rocks at each other—China announced their stopping of exporting rare earths and the U.S. said that the tariffs for China will go back to 100% as effective November 1.

I have already noticed the damage the tariffs have created to the global supply chain and its order has been disrupted completely. We heard about cancellations of orders, moving out of productions from one country to the next, and unemployment has increased. These are all very bad news.

I was trying to put those dates for the exhibition down by going through all those details and I started to ask myself whether this effort is going to be wasted as the report won’t be useful anymore. I tried to gather my determination and push the report forward, and before I push it for publication, I heard a voice telling me that, “We can work it out.”

It was a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney in 1965, and I could imagine that it was meant for repairing a relationship. But strangely enough that the lyrics fit into our situation today between the two big powers. Anyway, the lyrics go like this:

“Try to see it my way, do I have to keep on talking ‘til I can’t go on?
While you see if your way, run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be gone.
We can work it out. We can work it out.
Think of what you’re saying, you can get it wrong and still you think that it’s alright.
Think of what I’m saying, we can work it out and get it straight or say good night.
We can work it out. We can work it out.
Life is very short, and there’s no time for fussing and fighting my friend
I have always thought that it’s a crime, so I’ll ask you once again
Try to see it my way only time will tell if I am right, or I am wrong
While you see it your way there’s a chance that we might fall apart before too long
We can work it out. We can work it out.”

Here you can listen to the song: