Chapter 1392 Regional Economic Cooperation Organization
Without Germany, without Germany and even being unable to attract European immigrants, the Kingdom of South Germany could not reproduce the successful experience of East Africa, not to mention that other conditions in South Germany were much worse than those in East Africa. .
In addition, although the resources of the South German Kingdom are relatively rich, the ability to develop and monetize is also much worse. The rapid accumulation of initial development funds in East Africa was largely due to Ernst's knowledge of the general distribution of many minerals in East Africa. Condition.
So, early mineral resource exploration in East Africa can be said to be a semi-open test. Within the general scope designated by Ernst, hiring professional mineral exploration personnel from Europe can easily find some considerable mines , the most typical one is the copper mine in the Katanga Plateau.
For the specific situation of the Kingdom of South Germany, Ernst was powerless in the past. After all, Ernst's work in his previous life was concentrated in East Africa and South African countries.
In short, it is difficult for the Kingdom of South Germany to reproduce the successful experience of East Africa, and it is also difficult to get rid of the influence of East Africa.
Then, after a few greetings with Ludwig I, Friedrich continued his reception work.
There are only six countries and regions participating in the so-called international conference in East Africa this time, namely Italy, Belgium, Spain, the Kingdom of Southern Germany, Darfur, and the Abyssinian Empire.
Of course, Italy is mainly the Red Sea colony, Belgium is the Congo colony, Spain is the Spanish Guinea, the Darfur government is a puppet regime supported by East Africa, while the Kingdom of South Germany and Abyssinia The empire and East Africa are also closely related.
The common point of these countries is that they are all located around East Africa, and the central topic of this so-called international conference is to establish the Southeast African Common Market Organization.
At 9 a.m., the meeting officially started.
The Crown Prince Friedrich is still the one who presided over the meeting, which made other participating countries smell some political signals in East Africa, that is, the Crown Prince Friedrich may now be like the Crown Prince Rudolph of the Austro-Hungarian Empire , and began to contact and carry out government affairs work more and more.
Crown Prince Friedrich said, "This time you will be invited by East Africa. I think you should also be clear about the general situation, that is, to strengthen cooperation in the economic field of the eastern and southern Africa regions, so as to Establish a Southeast African Common Market to achieve mutual exchanges and common development among countries.”
The so-called Southeast African Common Market is indeed a bit shabby in terms of the current participating countries and regions. After all, with the dominant leadership of East Africa There are only seven countries and regions.
However, only these six countries and regions account for more than half of Africa's area, and the total population in Africa is close to 180 million.
Friedrich said: "From the current population development of our countries, the Southeast African Common Market will be a world-class market with a population of more than 200 million in a few years, and the population in the region may even exceed three in the future. "
"The reason why we East Africa presided over the construction of the Southeast African common market is to strengthen the economic ties between the countries in the region, thereby driving the economic development of the entire region."
" For example, the Belgium Congo and the Abyssinian Empire are both important countries in the region. and the region, but there is almost no economic and trade exchanges between the two."
"In the common market, both parties can use this new platform to generate intersections, Belgian technology, and funds can flow to The Abyssinian Empire, the minerals and agricultural products of the Abyssinian Empire can also find new sales channels. "
Previously, the Belgian Empire was the Congo, the Southern German Kingdom, and the Abyssinian Empire, There is basically no intersection in the Italian Red Sea colonies and the Darfur region supported by East Africa.
Now that the proposal of the Southeast African Common Market can coordinate them within a framework and stimulate exchanges and development among regions.
Why does East Africa do this? One is to facilitate East Africa to integrate resources in the region. These countries and regions are important neighbors of East Africa. To put it bluntly, these regions are the backyards of East Africa, so this backyard is integrated. It is obviously very important for East Africa.
On the other hand, the construction of this common market is conducive to stimulating the development of the northern economy, the weakest economy in East Africa.
Economic development first requires the flow of personnel and resources, and the above-mentioned countries and regions are bordered by northern East Africa.
The Abyssinian Empire and the Red Sea Colony are located in the eastern part of northern East Africa, with Darfur further north, while the other three countries and regions, namely the Kingdom of Southern Germany, are more than Congo and west Guinea tends to be in the west.
If the trade between them is strengthened, it will inevitably stimulate the economic development of northern East Africa, because northern East Africa is at the center of these countries and regions.
After all, the commercial exchanges between them can only be achieved through the land transportation system in northern East Africa.
So, Friedrich said: "With the imperial railway and highway network, especially the Pan-East and South Africa railway network we are promoting, this solves the problem of inconvenience between countries."
"In this way, the land trade and communication channels can be opened from the Red Sea to the Gulf of Guinea, greatly enhancing the convenience of communication between the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean."
"It is beneficial to all countries Further explore their respective market scope, such as the Kingdom of South Germany, which is located along the Gulf of Guinea in western Africa, which is conducive to exchanges with Atlantic countries, but communication with Indian Ocean and Pacific coasts is not convenient, and joining the common After the market, we can use our East African railways to transport goods through railways and highways to ports in eastern Africa, and then export them to more countries."
"The main function of the common market is to revitalize the market and make the cake bigger, thereby strengthening the competitiveness between our countries and other economies. This is particularly important in this era of increasingly fierce international competition."
World War I was interfered with by foreign countries such as East Africa and the United States, which led to no fundamental change in the European continent and the overall world pattern. In other words, it was the cake of the global market, and it did not have the unprecedented war in World War I. Reassign.
So, the conflicts between countries did not disappear, but became more acute to a certain extent. However, now all major European countries do not have the energy and ability to launch World War I for the time being, so they can only continue to maintain The operation of the old order.
This has a consequence. Just like the electronic product system cannot be updated in time, the function operation of the product will be stuttered, which is reflected in international commerce and trade, which means that countries have hindered each other. , thereby affecting the normal operation of the world market.
The specific manifestation is that after the war, the tariff barriers originally established by countries were not only not broken, but were further strengthened, international trade shrank, and the global economy was sluggish.
In the past, European countries were able to alleviate these problems through colonial expansion, but at the end of the last century, the world had basically been divided up, and this method has obviously become a bit outdated.
Of course, if we use war to seize other people's colonies and markets, this is a feasible plan, but the First World War is the result of this plan. Under the troubles of foreign countries, the two major European interest groups are just After a simple internal friction, only East Africa and the United States, Japan, and other non-European extraterritorial powers took advantage.
This also led to the great European powers' hatred for the United States and East Africa after the war.
European countries with damaged interests also implemented more extreme tariff policies after the war, delaying the economic development of East Africa and the United States as much as possible. Of course, this is a more decent statement, and an indecent statement is to guard against East Africa and the United States further seizing the global market and maintaining their remaining assets.
In order to deal with the counterattacks of European countries, East Africa and the United States obviously cannot do nothing.
For example, the Southeast African common market that East Africa wants to promote is to form cliques, expand and maintain its market share, and safeguard East Africa's economic transformation. "His Highness Friedrich, under this so-called Southeast African common market, will he involve East Africa's fingers on the development of our countries or colonies?" The Italian representative mentioned it with some ignorance.
Italy itself is not very interested in this meeting. After all, anyone with discerning eyes knows that East Africa has established this Southeast African common market. To put it bluntly, it is just to make money and to build a circle. However, if restrictions are completely relaxed, any of the countries here can really compete with East Africa, and the final outcome will be the target of East Africa's exploitation and plunder.
In that case, why Italy sent people to attend this unwilling meeting is also very simple, that is, their strength is not enough to say "no" to East Africa.
This is just like the Caribbean region today. The United States is the Supreme Emperor of the Caribbean. If the United States does not give face, the United States has various ways to make the country in the region worse than death.
This is the case in Italy in the face of East Africa. The Red Sea colony is the most important colony in Italy today, with a total population of millions, but this colony is under the nose of East Africa.
So Italy has to send government representatives to deal with East Africa, and this is true for both Spain and Belgium.
In the past, their worries were obviously not groundless. After all, from the late 19th century to the early 20th century, East Africa's usual style of doing things showed the dominance of imperialism.
Since the South African War, East Africa has launched more than one war of aggression. In international affairs, especially issues involving their own interests, they tend to threaten, intimidate and even put them into force to resolve them.
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However, the direction of East Africa has changed now. In the field of economic development, Ernst believes that the domineering style of behavior is not conducive to the international image of East Africa in the future. Moreover, with the development of East Africa's economy and industry, he wants to Better integration into the international market requires a better international image as a helper.
For example, in the previous life, the Soviet Union basically became an existence that people disliked and hated in the late Cold War. Many countries, under the guidance of Western public opinion, jointly resisted the evil empire of the Soviet Union, which also accelerated the disintegration of the Soviet Union. .
Although the reason is definitely not that simple, in terms of the performance of the United States in the 21st century in the previous life, international public opinion and image have become elements that a country must pay attention to in its status and competition in the world pattern.
So, Crown Prince Friedrich comforted: "Representative of Italy, don't worry about our East Africa using this organization to make profits. Our starting point for establishing a common market in Southeast Africa, as I said before, is to strengthen countries. Cooperation relationship. ”
"And cooperation! Naturally, this is implemented on the basis of bilateral reciprocity, so we in East Africa will definitely not let everyone suffer losses, but will actively help you develop."
That's what it means, but in East Africa will inevitably dominate the economic cooperation between East Africa and these countries. After all, East Africa's economic size, industrial strength, and capital advantages are not comparable to those of these countries.
But Friedrich certainly won't point this out, and other countries, as long as they are not brainless idiots, will not expose the wolf ambitions of East Africa. For the countries participating in this meeting, their purpose is There is always only one, that is, to win as much benefits as possible.
Crown Prince Friedrich said: "In terms of the construction of the Southeast African Common Market, it is basically that we all unite and give full play to our strengths."
"For example, We in East Africa can provide funds, technologies or channels to help you develop or sell some resources or goods that you cannot do. "
"The end result of this is the profit that everyone has, and it also stimulates the vitality of regional economic development and helps countries get rid of the current economic depression. Why not do it?"
And next, East Africa also We put forward our own specific construction opinions on how to build a common market in Southeast Africa.
Friedrich said: "The first thing is to lower or even cancel regional tariff barriers and promote the free circulation of goods. Similarly, you can also sell your advantageous goods to more Region. ”
"Secondly, we are led by East Africa and participated by various countries to establish the Southeast African Development Bank, thereby promoting resource development and technological industry cooperation within the region, helping countries build their own advantageous industries and enhancing regional competitiveness . ”
The main function of the Southeast African Development Bank is to provide loans to organizational members, and East Africa can also increase the international status and liquidity of Rhine Shield through this financial institution, while strengthening East Africa's control over its surrounding industries.
Other countries are pleased to accept this. After all, from the perspective of today's Southeast Africa, only East Africa has the ability to provide financial support to help them achieve regional development.
Most countries with poor economic strength cannot do without the important way to raise funds for borrowing money. In the Southeast African Common Market Organization, the economies of other countries and regions except East Africa and Belgium are the same as those of East Africa and Belgium. The situation can be described in a very difficult way.
Belgium is a country with good economic value, but its size is too small, it has no ability, and the courage to compete with East Africa on this issue.
Friedrich continued: "Further, it is to integrate and optimize the industrial structure within the region, so as to avoid duplicate construction and vicious competition, define the market share of similar commodities, achieve resource sharing and industrial coordination Development. ”
About this, it is actually to solidify industries within the Southeast African common market and clarify the development direction of their respective key industries. There is no doubt that East Africa will have an advantage.
Of course, East Africa cannot eat it completely. Since it is cooperation, it is obvious that other members of the organization should also drink some soup, such as transferring some low-end and severely polluting industries that are not suitable for East Africa's development.
Friedrich also gave specific feasible cases about this point, such as the Abyssinian Empire, like East Africa, is a high-quality coffee producing area, but in the past, due to technology and production efficiency The reason has been long-term competition and suppression by the coffee cultivation industry in East Africa. East Africa can give up a certain market share and support the development of the coffee cultivation industry in the Empire of Abyssinia.
East Africa will naturally not suffer any losses. With the economic development of East Africa and the increase in labor costs, the coffee planting industry, which is heavily dependent on intensive labor, is becoming increasingly unsuitable for East Africa's development.
So, East Africa's transfer of coffee cultivation industry to the Abyssinian Empire can not only solve the labor cost problem, but also will not be out of East Africa's control due to the geographical location of the Abyssinian Empire.
Secondly, some of the lowest-end planting industries were transferred to the Abyssinian Empire, while in other aspects, breeding, planting technology, fertilizers, pesticides, and agricultural machinery were definitely provided by East Africa, and the downstream industries, that is, Processing and sales are also controlled by East Africa, and no matter how East Africa calculates, it is impossible to suffer any losses.
(This chapter ends)