851st Peace Conference, Currency, Trade VI
Although the four major gangsters of China, the United States, Britain and Germany reached an agreement on the issue of "non-proliferation of nuclear power", the four countries still had serious differences in the end of the war and the handling of the three defeated countries of the Soviet Union, Japan and India. In fact, it was the uneven distribution of spoils. China and Germany almost swallowed all the fruits of victory, while the United States and Britain had gained little, almost losing their capital. However, the United States and Britain did not dare to propose to participate in the division of the Soviet Union and Japan, but they just held on the issue of war reparations, believing that the Soviet Union, Japan and India had invasion.
The absent behavior caused great losses to the United States and Britain, and must be compensated! If the Soviet Union and Japan were divided up by China and Germany after the war, their compensation obligations should have fallen on China and Germany, otherwise the benefits would be all the benefits, and it would be too unfair for Britain and the United States to work hard and pay for nothing in the end. Hitler of course refused without hesitation, while Chang Ruiqing refused. Therefore, the first day of the Berlin meeting was not smooth. In the end, it almost ended with disagreement, and even the original dinner was not held.
After the meeting, Chang Ruiqing convened Liao Zhongkai, Wang Jingwei, and Ambassador to Germany Huang Fu and others overnight to discuss the next countermeasures. Liao Zhongkai believed that China should follow Germany's opinions on the issue of war compensation and act according to the opportunity. As long as Hitler resisted the unwillingness to assume the Soviet Union's obligation to compensate war, China should not take the initiative to make concessions.
Wang Jingwei believed that he could give in appropriately, and he didn't have to scoop out real money or silver anyway, just a little bond. In fact, Americans are not short of this money. They just want face. Fortunately, there is an explanation in front of the people of the country so that the United States looks more like a victorious country. China proposed to use 100-year bonds to repay the war reparations to Japan, and Roosevelt would definitely agree happily. China could also make demands to the United States in other places, such as the "world currency" issue and the "international trade rules".
Liao Zhongkai believed that since you owe debts, you will have to repay them for one day, even if they are 100 years old, it would be fine if the debt was paid back by the Soviet Union. After all, China scooped up more than 10 million square kilometers of land in the process of dividing the Soviet Union. Even if the Soviet Union, which lost its country, bears a compensation obligation of US$10 billion, it is worth it. This is equivalent to "buying" a square kilometer of land for hundreds of dollars. However, Japan bears a compensation liability of billions of dollars, and there may be different opinions in China. After all, Japan does not have much oil and water, and it is not worth billions of dollars no matter how you look at it.
Liao Zhongkai's view was supported by Huang Fu. Huang Fu stayed in Europe for more than ten years and spent most of his time as ambassador to Germany. He knew much about German affairs. In his opinion, Hitler was a big son who would not be paid by the Soviet Union, and Britain and the United States did not dare to offend Germany at all. As long as China follows Germany on this issue, it would not be necessary for the Soviet Union and Japan to bear any compensation obligations.
Moreover, the issue of war reparations is not necessarily really about scooping bonds from China and Germany, but rather using this issue as a bargaining chip for negotiations. Huang Fu analyzed that what the United States and Britain are fighting for now is no longer the post-war territory, but the post-war economic interests, such as the "world monetary system" and the "world trade and investment system". The British may want to occupy more share and say in the former, while the United States values trade freedom and investment freedom more.
Chang Ruiqing believes that the opinions of the two are actually the same thing. This time, Berlin and the Association are about making a fuss about the four major powers, with the purpose of seeking more benefits for their respective countries in the post-war world. Due to the powerful nuclear weapons, and the strongest military power among the four major powers, China and Germany, which also divide the Soviet Union and Japan, have also achieved the snake swallowing elephant. They will not have to worry about the issue of living space in the next few hundred years, so they have lost the motivation to continue fighting - perhaps Hitler still has the wild world that dominates the world deep in his heart.
Heart, but the German people are too satisfied with everything they have obtained in the war and are unwilling to fight again. The will of the entire nation is like this, and Hitler has no choice. As for China, it was from Chang Ruiqing to every ordinary person who didn’t want to fight anymore. It is the most important thing to digest the gains of this war. Therefore, although China and Germany have strong military strength, it does not have much threat to the United States and Britain. Therefore, the four major gangsters in China, the United States, Britain and Germany can only resolve the interests entanglement between them through negotiation and disputes.
Since we need to negotiate, of course it is impossible to take all the benefits from all sizes. Now China and Germany have taken a big advantage in their territory, and they cannot suffer losses in international trade rules and the world monetary system. Moreover, in order to develop the newly occupied land, the capital of the United States is needed, so they can only bear the Soviet Union and Japan's "indemnifications" to exchange bonds that will only be repaid 100 years later for immediate benefits. Of course, this is just its own wishful thinking. Judging from Hitler's attitude, Germany seems to be ready to make concessions to Britain and the United States in other aspects.
Just as everyone was silent, Deputy Chief Chen Xinrui suddenly pushed the door and reported: "Prime Minister, I just received a call from Hitler's office that the next meeting will be held on May 5, and the discussion will be about the post-war international trade and monetary system. In addition, President Hitler hopes to invite you and your wife to have dinner, one hour later, and the location will be at the Royal City Residence."
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Dad said, tell the Germans that I look forward to meeting the sirloin at dinner time." Chen Xinrui turned around and left after saluting the military salute. She sneered at Liao Zhongkai, Wei Wei and Huang Hui. The issue of compensation for 1014 was shelved. As a bargaining chip, she took it to the next stage of negotiations.?p>
"Prime Minister, the next stage of negotiations is very critical. We are now weak in terms of international trade and the world monetary system. Britain, the United States and Germany are likely to scoo up solutions that are not conducive to me." Wang Jingwei has had contact with diplomats from Britain, the United States and Germany in the past two days and has heard about the intentions of these three countries.
He continued: "The United States and Germany may reach an agreement on the issue of free trade. They are both manufacturing powers and need an open international market to digest their products. The United Kingdom is very ambiguous about this issue. Their current interests are mainly in finance. As long as the United States and Germany make a little concession to Britain in the world monetary system, the United Kingdom may support free trade."
"Prime Minister, on these two issues, we must strive to the end. The world monetary system is directly related to the amount of domestic capital in my country. Premature implementation of free trade will impact our domestic market." Liao Zhongkai immediately made a suggestion that he is a member of the Zhongg G party or a member of the Politburo in this time and space. Although he is a "rightist" within the Zhongg G, he is actually biased towards the left in terms of political and economic views, and of course he is opposed to trade liberalization.
"Mr. Zhongkai, we cannot take advantage of all aspects, otherwise the Berlin Peace Conference would be impossible, and we cannot confront the entire white world." Wang Jingwei immediately raised a different opinion, and Liao Zhongkai did not refute, but looked at Chang Ruiqing waiting for his decision.
"There are gains and losses. I agree with Zhao Ming's opinion. China cannot take advantage of it, otherwise Britain, the United States and Germany will definitely not do anything." Chang Ruiqing smiled slightly and said, "What we can get at the Berlin negotiating table must also be consistent with our military strength. In the negotiations, we must still be backed by strength. We are not as good as we can fight the entire white civilization alone." He paused and said, "My opinion is that we should strive for as much as possible on the issue of the world monetary system. The guarantee of the initial issuance of 'world currency' should be the land and gold reserves of various countries. The distribution standard for the increase in currency issuance in the future should be the increase of GDP. On the issue of trade, we should make concessions and agree to trade and investment liberalization, but a period of protection needs to be set, and the five years after the end of the world war is the bottom line."
Liao Zhongkai and Wang Jingwei's expressions became serious. They all thought that the "five-year protection period" proposed by Chang Ruiqing was too short. Although the heavy industry of the Greater China Federation is not weak and is now stronger than Britain, China's heavy industry is strong in its huge scale, and its competitiveness and technology are not good. Not to mention Britain, even France and Italian heavy industry enterprises may have better technology and competitiveness than China! As for China's light industry, it is even weaker. Not to mention technology and competitiveness, even the output is not enough, and it is difficult to meet the demand of the domestic market in the war. In just five years, the weak Chinese industry can face the competition between the British, American and German companies?
"Okay, I need to think about this issue carefully, call the country and ask for advice." Chang Ruiqing has experience in later generations, and of course he does not think that the industry of the Greater China Federation, which concentrated mainland China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, which are the four future manufacturing powers (regions), will be squeezed out by the manufacturing industry of the United States and Germany. If it is real free trade, it is precisely the manufacturing industry of the United States and Europe!
After Chang Ruiqing finished speaking, he stood up: "The time is almost over now. I want to go and have dinner with Hitler and exchange with him about free trade and world currency issues. Zhongkai and Zhaoming, we must have confidence in our own industries. They are not that fragile. As long as there is an appropriate mechanism, we will definitely come from behind to catch up with the United States and surpass Germany. So what we need to think about now is not protection, but how to create a good environment and mechanism. The five-year protection period is used to do these things. I believe that as long as the operating environment improves and the market mechanism is established, our country's merchants and workers will definitely perform as well as our soldiers." (To be continued
Chapter completed!