Chapter 627 Punishment (asking for monthly votes at the beginning of the month)

European Community!

When Bush mentioned the "European Community", his voice was filled with chill, and the temperature of the entire conference room dropped a lot and became icy.

World War I and World War II broke Europe, and the United States benefited from the war across the Atlantic Ocean, making a lot of money, and many wealthy people and scientists in Europe went to the United States, which rapidly strengthened the national strength of the United States. After World War II, the United States was the most powerful in the world.

The world's largest economy, the world's largest industrial country, and the world's first industrial power!

The United States has the largest gold reserves in the world and is the largest creditor of major European countries.

It can be said that world hegemony is within reach!

The United States will replace Britain and become another hegemon in the world!

Since World War II, because of the threat of the Soviet Union, Europe has to rely on the United States across the Atlantic Ocean as a backing.

And the United States came to Europe again as a savior. During World War II, if it were not for the support of the United States, Europe would have been killed by Hitler long ago. Without the United States' "Marshall Plan", Europe would not have been able to rebuild quickly in ruins.

This time, the United States was not blocked back to North America by Britain and France as after World War I, but truly became the core of the West.

Although Churchill delivered the "Iron Curtain Speech" in the United States, the United States and the Soviet Union quickly turned from allies to confrontation, NATO and the Warsaw Pact became the two major camps in the world, and the bipolar structure of the United States and the Soviet Union became the world structure after World War II.

The United States did not become the world hegemon like Britain, but confronted the Soviet Union.

In order to resist the Soviet Union and even defeat the Soviet Union, the United States invested more money to build Europe, and also continuously invested huge amounts of money in military expenditures.

According to the United States' initial idea, as the United States' control deepened, the European economy would be disintegrated by the United States and could only become a vassal of the United States.

But who would have thought that these countries would not accept it and continue to make trouble.

Europe reflected on World War I and World War II, and the conclusion it came to was that Europe should be integrated, Europe should form a large alliance, and integrate the economy, politics, and military.

Moreover, in the Charles de Gaulle era, the proud Gallic rooster of France was unwilling to succumb to the United States, and actually opposed the United States in many ways, withdrew from NATO, drove the NATO headquarters out of French soil, and drove away the US troops.

France is also actively promoting European integration.

The European Community is already the prototype of the European Union!

If Europe really achieves integration, relying on Europe's foundation, Europe's population, industry and technology will be no less than the United States, or even stronger than the United States.

At that time, the world will not be bipolar, but tripolar!

In addition to the Soviet Union, the United States' competitor will have an additional European Union!

More importantly, Europe has a psychological advantage over the United States, because in the eyes of Europeans, the United States is just a group of country bumpkins. The United States used to be a place of exile for European criminals. Only those who couldn't survive in Europe went to the United States to live.

What culture can the United States have?

In recent years, the European Community has become increasingly alienated from the United States.

This time, the Bush administration wants to deal with Japan, and it also wants to kill Japan, the chicken, to show the European Community.

It is not easy for the United States to deal with the European Community for the time being, so as not to completely turn to the Soviet Union. If Europe turns to the Soviet Union, the United States will no longer have to play, and all forces will have to retreat to North America.

But can't they deal with the little Japan under their control?

If this is the case, how can you be the leader in the future! ?

"Impose a fine of 20 billion US dollars on Toshiba, and impose a 200% tariff on all Toshiba's imported products, stop importing Toshiba's products for 5 years, close all Toshiba's factories in the United States, and drive Toshiba out of the United States completely." Bush's voice was full of coldness, "Not just Toshiba, a comprehensive investigation must be conducted. All Japanese companies that provide socialist countries with equipment and technology that violate the provisions of the Batumi regulations must be fully sanctioned as long as they provide socialist countries with prohibited equipment and technology."

This has already shown that the United States is not only investigating and punishing Toshiba, but also including Japanese companies from all over the world.

After all, the Japanese have not only Toshiba, but many large Japanese companies that have gained a huge market share in the United States.

Major industrial enterprises in Japan, such as Panasonic, Sony, Toshiba, Sharp, NEC, Fujitsu, Canon, Kobe Steel, Nippon Steel, Komatsu Industries, etc., are squeezing the living space of similar production enterprises in the United States.

This investigation is not limited to Toshiba, but will also radiate to these Japanese companies, and use this method to strike Japanese companies.

As long as the CIA investigates, it is up to the Americans to decide what to find out.

It can be said that this is a heavy blow.

"Didn't the Japanese find a public relations team? Let them find one and do a good job of publicity!" Bush sneered.

Do you really think that the public relations team is omnipotent?

"Claim $100 billion from the Japanese government, just as we need to invest in military research to regain our leading edge!" Bush said this with a cold look in his eyes.

$100 billion is a huge amount of money.

But he knew that Japan could take it out, because Japan had long replaced the United States and became the world's largest creditor country.

Now Japan's foreign exchange reserves have exceeded $100 billion. Japan has a large amount of U.S. debt, which was purchased in 1980 and later, and are all high-interest U.S. debt.

Japan's annual trade surplus has exceeded $100 billion for consecutive years.

But this is just a fine, a claim for compensation!

There is another set of combined punches next!

"Mr. President, the current situation in China cannot be underestimated. It has developed very quickly in recent years. We must curb it." A cabinet member reminded, "We must avoid the situation in Japan from reappearing. If China becomes another Japan, it will be very disadvantageous to us. After all, we can have many means to deal with Japan, but we have no means to deal with China."

"Now we still need China to share the pressure of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union is our first opponent!" Bush waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Now we still have a trade surplus with China, not a trade deficit!"

"And now China has just announced their GDP. China's GDP is only 312.4 billion US dollars, less than 6% of ours, and it is far from posing a threat to us!" Bush felt that things must be prioritized.

The United States' first competitor is the Soviet Union, which is a very powerful opponent.

If you are not careful, the Soviet Union can sweep the world, and then there will be nothing for the United States.

And China is the United States that has opened a new era with great political wisdom and courage, and has a huge helper.

"But Mr. President, they are selling weapons recklessly, and they are constantly cutting their troops. They don't seem to be willing to help us." The cabinet member said, "If Libya didn't have Eagle Strike anti-ship missiles, if it didn't have 'Aegis' air defense missiles, our previous losses wouldn't be so great!"

As one of the most powerful intelligence agencies in the world, it is not difficult for the CIA to obtain some intelligence.

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