Chapter 691 Taking risks
Facts have proved that at least Europeans in the 1990s were able to show some efficiency when their lives were really at stake.
Within a few days, the news that the European Aerospace Group was planning to modify the itinerary and visit in advance reached China.
At this time, Chang Haonan had basically finished his work in Beijing and was about to leave for Jiangcheng to ensure the final stage of construction of the heavy-duty die forging press.
Not long after Zhu Yadan reported her itinerary, she received a call from Ding Gaoheng.
"Xiao Chang, I just received a notice from above. The European Aerospace Group is going to send a delegation to China in two days to inspect and discuss with us issues related to cooperation in the aviation industry."
After the call was connected, The other party got straight to the point.
When Chang Haonan heard the news, he was stunned at first, and then remembered that the European Aerospace Group was later the Airbus Group.
If calculated in terms of output value, about 70% of the cooperation with Europe he has facilitated in the past two years is related to this company.
Including the NSK bearing incident that triggered the collapse of Japanese companies’ reputation last year, they also used the other party’s Eurocopter company.
They are also old friends in a sense.
“Are you going to the aviation industrial park we plan to build in Luzhou?”
Chang Haonan almost blurted out.
The location of the industrial park was determined in October 1997, and it has been almost a year and a half now. If we calculate the progress, the preliminary work such as various land planning, policy support and infrastructure is almost the same. It's time to come to an end.
After all, it is a project personally supervised by the highest level. In addition, Anhui Province itself is also a relatively well-developed area, so the efficiency is certainly not high.
Considering that from the very beginning of the planning of this industrial park, it has been clearly stated that it is to provide supporting facilities for the European aviation industry. Now that the foundation has been laid, how to develop in the future will definitely still need to be discussed by both parties.
Originally, the first phase of the project was planned to only hand over some parts that did not involve the core of the aircraft to Chinese suppliers for production.
But in today’s context, there is obviously still room for negotiation.
“Of course I will go to the industrial park, but this time the delegation opposite is very large and the visit time is relatively long.”
Ding Gaoheng on the other end of the phone replied:
"In addition to Luzhou, the other party has also applied for trips to several other places, such as the Bingcheng Helicopter Group and the newly built aviation weather simulation wind tunnel in Fucheng."
"These few days Although each matter has its own leading unit, it was basically you who promoted it at the beginning, so I still have to refer to your opinions when negotiating later, especially in the industrial park, where many details still need to be confirmed. "< br>
“Of course there is no problem with this...”
Connecting China’s aviation industry with the global aviation industry is something Chang Haonan has been planning since two years ago, so he almost subconsciously Agree.
But only halfway through his words, he suddenly realized that at this very sensitive time point, the Europeans might have the same idea as him -
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He wants to use the weakness of the euro as a bargaining chip in exchange for a wider range of industrial transfers. The other side also wants to use his advantages in the aviation industry to exchange for China's support for the euro.
It’s the bastard who looks at the mung bean - his eyes meet.
As for why it is necessary to go around like this, it is obviously to deceive others.
……
It should be admitted that the Europeans’ ideas are good.
However, at the execution level, there is indeed still room for improvement.
Even before Chang Haonan got the news and speculated on the purpose of the EU's trip, a report with detailed content and straightforward conclusions had been sent to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Inside the Oval Office.
An international affairs assistant handed the report to several other people sitting on three rows of sofas on the other side of the office.
“Everyone, this is the information that the intelligence department has just intercepted in the past few days. The Europeans may be almost unable to bear it anymore and are preparing to ask for help from China.”
After circulating it from beginning to end, the person sitting behind the desk said:
“You have just seen their specific plan, as well as the conditions and bottom line.”< br>
Having said this, he put the cigar in his hand on the metal bracket next to him and looked up at the sofa:
“Bob, what do you think, if China agrees to the EU’s conditions? , How much impact will it have on the situation? "
On the other side, Treasury Secretary Robert Edward Rubin has not even recovered from the report he just read.
Not that the content of the report is that incredible.
On the contrary, the fact that the EU would ask China for help is basically a well-known fact and is not surprising to professionals.
At most, he didn't expect the former to be so slutty. It took less than half a month and he couldn't bear it anymore... What really shocked him was the report itself.
It wasn't until he heard someone calling his name (Bob is Robert's nickname) that he suddenly woke up. However, he did not answer the other person's question immediately, but carefully confirmed:
"The accuracy of this intelligence..."
For Rubin, the content of the document just now was so detailed and substantial that it simply did not look like "intelligence."
Even if he is asked to sit in the other party's meeting and write a memo, it is nothing more than this.
So his first feeling was even——
This can’t be fake, right?
After all, in the battle of wits and courage with the KGB in the past few decades, similar scripts are not uncommon.
What if we are planning to divert trouble to the east?
As a result, the other party waved his hand directly:
“We have special intelligence acquisition channels in Europe, and the accuracy does not need to be questioned.”
Rubin still felt that it was a bit outrageous. But since the leader said so, he couldn’t ask any more questions, so he had to answer the previous question:
"Although China's economy is currently only the seventh in the world and not as large as Italy's, its growth rate is very fast and its market potential is large enough. Its influence on the global economy is far more than just being the seventh in the world."
"At present, the EU has basically taken all their response measures. The exchange rate of the euro against the US dollar this morning remained at 1.0210. If China really uses the euro in all or most of its trade with Europe, I think... at least it can Offset or even reverse the downward trend of the euro in 2-3 months."
"More importantly, I personally think that if the Chinese side with the euro, then we will probably not be able to do so in a short time. Hit the exchange rate of the euro against the US dollar below 1.”
During the first few items, the other people still maintained their calm expressions, but when Rubin mentioned the last item, there was a lot of noise in the office. The atmosphere changed almost instantly.
The hypothesis of a rational person is just a hypothesis after all.
Market confidence is something that is never rational to you.
So everyone unanimously focused on the key exchange rate point of 1:1.
It is no exaggeration to say that the negative impact caused by the drop from 1:1.1800 to 1.0210 may not be as great as the drop from 1.0210 to 0.9990——
If the euro is really hit below 1 , then even if it recovers in the future, the damaged reputation will be irreversible.
For the few people here today, they have been planning for such a long time, so naturally they cannot give up easily.
"So China cannot be allowed to openly support the euro."
Albright, who was sitting opposite Rubin, said firmly:
"At least not in the short term."
>"How should we stop them?"
The question came from behind the desk again.
"WTO negotiations?"
Albright is a staunch supporter and powerful promoter of Allied action. The first thing that comes to mind is naturally the direct approach:
"If they stand on On the European side... I'm afraid it will be difficult to solve the problem simply."
Rubin felt his head swelled when he heard this crazy woman's speech, and quickly interrupted the other party:
"Besides, China Joining the WTO is also good for us.”
Rubin himself also hopes that China can join the world trading system as soon as possible.
Although he has not told outsiders yet, he has decided to resign within this year, handing over the position of Finance Minister to his student Lawrence Henry Summers, and he will go to work as a senior executive in the enterprise.
A China that has joined the WTO will bring no harm to his career in his later years.
So he quickly stopped Albright’s crazy idea:
“We need to pay attention to strategy. Now China has not started talking with the Europeans, we cannot push them to go At the same time, on the contrary, if you give some sweeteners, maybe you can divide them..."
Rubin's prestige among the Donkey Party is considerable.
Therefore, after he finished speaking, several people immediately expressed their clear support.
"But what if the little white rabbit doesn't eat our carrots?"
Albright said something slightly joking, but there was no joke in his tone.
(End of this chapter)