Chapter 369 Feel Proud!

Traditionally, if an independent country wants to change its own tariffs, it is a completely internal matter that outsiders cannot interfere with.

At least not directly.

But the current situation at this time is rather special.

China is actively seeking to join the WTO and has completed most of the necessary negotiations.

The only remaining obstacle on this path is the United States.

Although the attitude of the White House has changed, anyone with a discerning eye can see that China's accession to the WTO is basically a certainty. It is nothing more than some specific conditions and details, and there is still suspense about the sooner or later it will join.

But for both parties, the most intense game has just begun.

With the size of these two countries, even the slightest favorable change in the conditions for final accession to the WTO will produce huge benefits in the final implementation, so every detail must be paid attention to.

The issue of tariffs will naturally become the focus.

Under normal circumstances, such a thing as directly increasing the single-digit tariff to three times the original level would not be raised at all.

That's outrageous.

After all, the purpose of the WTO is to "reduce tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers among members."

But now that the stock prices of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas have plummeted, they will not care about these little things as much as they did in the past.

This can be seen from the outrageous agreement they reached with the EU.

Although the tariff ceiling of 15%-20% is outrageous, compared with the overlord clause that cannot sign an exclusive supply agreement within ten years, it is just watershed.

Chang Haonan dared to propose this idea, but he was actually quite confident in his heart.

In fact, in the previous life, the Boeing-McDonnell Douglas merger was a bad debt.

Although countless high-sounding reasons are given on the surface, the essence is that executives from both sides are coercing a ruthless job like NASA and the Department of Commerce for their own selfish interests (not even shareholders or companies).

Before they announced the merger, they didn't even think about the impact if someone intervened.

Not to mention coming up with a plan.

After all, they are Americans who have just ended the Cold War and are at the peak of their national power. It is normal to have this mentality.

As a result, the EU gave it a slap in the face.

Airbus' subsequent market performance exploded, largely due to the settlement terms reached with Boeing.

And this was even when China didn't take sides at all and didn't set up any obstacles.

Now inspired by the cooperation between Europe and China, all decent countries around the world are on the opposite side of Boeing, and the situation is obviously worse for the latter.

Otherwise, there wouldn’t be a third item in the agreement that can be called freeing oneself.

This content also existed in the previous life, but the authorization targets were only limited to companies within the EU.

Now it is directly and completely open.

If you don't seize this opportunity to beat up a drowned dog, then you are still a human being?

It's just that he has never been involved in the trade field in the past and actually does not have any educational background related to international trade. He is not suitable to be too strong and decisive like the aviation issue he just discussed.

That’s why I used the tone of asking for opinions.

As soon as Chang Haonan finished speaking, Ding Gaoheng spoke immediately:

"Raising tariffs on some aviation products is indeed beneficial to the development of our country's aviation manufacturing industry."

"Of course, it is not convenient for us, the Science and Technology Commission, to express our position on matters related to trade cooperation. We should listen to the opinions of comrades in the economic and trade department."

Anyone who can sit in this conference room is not a human being.

Sometimes, when others ask for your opinion, they are not really asking for opinions.

Even for parallel departments at the same level, the weight of their voice is very different under different circumstances.

You must know that although this is the area under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the ability to revitalize the situation in the Boeing-McDonnell Douglas merger was almost entirely based on the initial proposal of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and the key core technologies developed under the leadership of Chang Haonan.

Now that Chang Haonan has made his opinion clear, Ding Gaoheng said it was inconvenient, but his intention was obviously to stand behind the former.

Not to mention stating that you don't support it, even if you hesitate, there will be big problems.

"There's no problem with that."

A person sitting diagonally across from Chang Haonan quickly expressed his position:

"Of course, I can't guarantee the final specific results here, but when we go back, we will inform the WTO negotiation delegation of this request, and the matter of increasing the tariff ceiling on aviation products will definitely be implemented."

When he came here, he had the insight to change Chang Haonan's suggestion into a requirement.

"Ah, very good."

Ding Gaoheng gently touched his chin and showed a satisfied expression, but then added:

"The key is the complete machine. The import tariff of the complete machine must be high enough. If the parts can be shipped to us for assembly, the price can be lower. In addition, we still need to explain clearly to the EU that this is not aimed at them. , you can even sign an immunity agreement first to prevent Americans from obstructing and sowing discord."

Although China and the EU are in the same bed and are only cooperating on a temporary basis, at least nothing can go wrong during the negotiation process.

Otherwise it will be bad for both parties.

The representative from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation nodded quickly and took notes quickly.

…

The meeting lasted until the night, and a late-night snack was even provided.

However, the following content mainly involves the revision of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law and future implementation issues. For Chang Haonan and the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, it is no longer so important to pay attention to.

After the meeting, Chang Haonan could not be let go directly. Instead, he went to Ding Gaoheng's office to sit for a while.

"Xiao Chang, let's just put forward two conditions. It shouldn't be considered a loss, right?"

Huai Guomo, who didn't speak much at the meeting but focused on taking notes, flipped through the notebook in his hand and asked with some unfinished thoughts.

There is no way, I have been suppressed for a long time, and it is really rare to have such an opportunity to take advantage.

"It's definitely not a loss."

Chang Haonan is basically satisfied with the current result:

"Increasing tariffs on imported complete aircraft is equivalent to encouraging Boeing to put part of the final assembly work in our new industrial park. Moreover, the biggest significance of this matter to us is not actually these specific things. .”

“Boeing’s choice to negotiate with us is equivalent to announcing to the world that as long as it wants to conduct business activities in our country, even if the company is not registered in our country, it must still abide by our rules of conduct, including if similar incidents like this occur in the future. We can use this as a basis to unimpededly implement the principle of extraterritorial application of our country’s commercial laws.”

"The significance of this in the commercial field is probably no less than that of fighting the United Nations Army back then!"

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