Chapter 691 Taking risks

Facts have proved that at least the Europeans in the 90s were still able to show some efficiency when their lives were at stake.

Within a few days, news spread to China that the European Aerospace Group was planning to modify the itinerary and visit in advance.

At this time, Chang Haonan had basically finished his work in the capital and was about to leave for Jiangcheng to ensure the final stage of construction of the heavy-duty die forging press.

As a result, 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.

After all, in the battle of wits and courage with the KGB in the past few decades, similar scripts are not uncommon.

It was originally planned that the first phase of the project would only hand over some parts that did not involve the core of the aircraft to Chinese suppliers for production.

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.

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.

Market confidence is something that is never rational to you.

Rubin's prestige among the Donkey Party is considerable.

A rational person's assumption is, after all, just an assumption.

Inside the Oval Office.

So he quickly stopped Albright’s crazy idea:

"We have to pay attention to strategy when doing things. China has not started talking to the Europeans yet. We cannot push them to come together. On the contrary, if we give them some sweeteners, we may be able to divide them..."

"Of course this is no problem..."

For the few people here today, they have been planning for such a long time, so naturally they cannot give up easily.

"WTO negotiations?"

At most, I didn't expect that the former would be so stubborn. It took less than half a month and he couldn't bear it anymore...

What really shocked him was the report itself.

Therefore, his first feeling was -

During the first few items, the other people still maintained their calm expressions, but when Rubin mentioned the last item, the atmosphere in the office changed almost instantly.

An international affairs assistant handed the report to several other people seated on three rows of couches on the other side of the office.

……

What if we are preparing to divert trouble to the east?

"More importantly, I personally think that if the Chinese side with the euro, then we will probably not be able to push the euro-dollar exchange rate below 1 in a short period of time."

It should be admitted that the Europeans’ ideas are good.

"We have special intelligence acquisition channels in Europe, and the accuracy does not need to be questioned."

"You have just seen their specific plans, as well as the conditions and bottom line."

Chang Haonan was stunned when he heard the news, and then remembered that the European Aerospace Group was later the Airbus Group.

Therefore, everyone unanimously focused on the key exchange rate point of 1:1.

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 expressed his agreement.

"Although these matters have their own leading units, they were basically promoted by you at the beginning, so when negotiating later, we still have to refer to your opinions, especially in the industrial park, where many details still need to be confirmed. ”

Although he has not told outsiders yet, he has decided to resign within this year, hand over the position of Finance Minister to his student Lawrence Henry Summers, and go to work as a senior executive in the enterprise.

Considering that this industrial park has been clearly stated from the beginning of its planning to provide supporting facilities for the European aviation industry, and now that the foundation has been laid, how to develop it in the future will definitely need to be discussed by both parties.

But in today's context, there is obviously still room for negotiation.

The location of the industrial park was determined in October 97, and it has been almost a year and a half now. If we count the progress, various preliminary work such as land planning, policy support and infrastructure are almost coming to an end.

Even if he is asked to sit in the other party's meeting and write a memo, it is nothing more than that.

Having said this, he put the cigar in his hand on the metal bracket next to him and looked up at the sofa:

"Bob, do you think that if China agrees to the EU's conditions, how much impact will it have on the situation?"

Chang Haonan almost blurted out.

This can't be fake, right?

Rubin himself also hopes that China can join the world trading system as soon as possible.

毫不夸张地说，从1:1.1800跌到1.0210所造成的负面影响，可能还没有1.0210跌到0.9990来得大——

On the contrary, the fact that the EU would seek help from China is basically a well-known fact and is not surprising to professionals.

"Of course I will go to the industrial park, but this time the delegation opposite is very large, and the visit time is also relatively long."

Albright was a staunch supporter and powerful promoter of Allied operations. Naturally, the first thing that came to mind was the direct approach:

"If they side with Europe... I'm afraid it will be difficult to solve the problem simply."

Elsewhere, Treasury Secretary Robert Edward Rubin hadn't even recovered from the report he'd just read.

However, at the implementation level, there is indeed still room for improvement.

"How to stop them?"

A China that has joined the WTO will bring no harm to his career in his later years.

Not that the content of the report is that incredible.

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:

Even before Chang Haonan received 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.

"So China cannot be allowed to openly support the euro."

"Besides, China's joining the WTO is also good for us."

To Rubin, the content of the document just now was so detailed and substantial that it hardly seemed like "intelligence."

"The accuracy of this information..."

Including the NSK bearing incident that triggered the collapse of Japanese companies' reputation last year, they also used the other party's Eurocopter company.

Another question came from behind the desk.

Therefore, after he finished speaking, several people immediately expressed their clear support.

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 -

"Are you planning to go to the aviation industrial park we plan to build in Luzhou?"

As for why he had to go through all the trouble like this, it was obviously to deceive others.

"Everyone, this is information that the intelligence department has just intercepted in the past few days. The Europeans should be almost unable to bear it anymore and are preparing to ask for help from China."

Albright, sitting opposite Rubin, spoke decisively:

"At least not in the short term."

"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 euro's downward trend in 2-3 months."

After circulating it from beginning to end, the person sitting behind the desk said:

They are also old friends in a sense.

It's like a bastard looking at mung beans - their eyes met.

After all, it is a project personally supervised by the highest level. In addition, Anhui Province itself is also a relatively well-developed region, so the efficiency is certainly not high.

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."

If the euro is really hit below 1, even if it recovers in the future, the damage to its credibility will be irreversible.

Rubin still felt 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 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 seventh in the world."

Rubin felt his head swelled when he heard this crazy woman's speech, and quickly interrupted her:

As a result, the other party waved his hand directly:

"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.