Either way, the Foreign Minister just doesn’t understand the general situation. Individuals have personal matters and the Foreign Minister has his own tasks. In fact, the Finance Minister is not idle either. He is receiving the visiting Minister of Finance of Japan to discuss monetary diplomacy. Obviously, for Japan
The sharp appreciation of the Yuan has made the Japanese government unable to sit still.
The appreciation of the yen is of course a great convenience for the Japanese, but this is not the case for the Japanese government. Different countries have different supports for the purchasing power of their currencies, either through resources or national strength.
But of course Japan has national strength, but it doesn’t exist. Japan’s national strength cannot be realized.
Let the Ministry of Finance suggest that they try to attract Japanese investment when negotiating with the Japanese. If the talks fail, then the UK may not have expectations for Japan's goals.
Britain is not greedy, it is just a trick to attract investment. It has given so much to the United States, why should it give some to Britain, right?
Apart from a castle-in-the-air economy, Japan has nothing to offer in the eyes of Alan Wilson. If its powerful industries are not protected, what is there to talk about with Britain? It would be a pity not to take advantage of the enemy.
In the negotiation of monetary policy, if Japan loses everything, then Britain will definitely not be able to side with Japan. You must know that Germany is also a victim of the Plaza Accord and has not yet started monetary diplomacy.
When the Chancellor of Finance received the Minister of Finance of Japan, Alan Wilson was holding a meeting of the Ministry of Finance to discuss the economic situation in the world today and came to the very real conclusion that there is still room for appreciation of the yen, even with joint intervention by various countries.
The currency market also does not help stabilize the continuous appreciation of the yen.
When the Plaza Accord was signed, in addition to the undervaluation of the Japanese yen itself, it was also in the midst of a strong interest rate hike cycle for the US dollar. Now that strong cycle has passed, this is not just a matter of countries saying that the exchange rate of the Japanese yen is OK.
Can stop the appreciation of the yen.
This is a very serious issue, so serious that the UK cannot help unless Japan offers some benefits.
Alan Wilson remembered that the Louvre Agreement was ultimately fruitless, and the joint intervention of various countries in the foreign exchange market failed to achieve its goal. After the Japanese yen exceeded 150 yen per dollar, it continued to appreciate.
Now that this result is known, the supreme authority cannot have high expectations. It is best for Japan to give up its profits immediately, but it is still unknown whether the benefits obtained by Britain will have any effect.
The vast majority of Japanese people enjoy the same carnival as the nouveau riche - because of changes in the exchange rate, the yen in their hands can be exchanged for more US dollars, and their wealth has doubled in a short period of time. The appreciation of the yen seems to
It has not affected the Japanese economy, which is extremely dependent on exports, thanks to the strength of Japanese industry.
For this kind of traditional industry, it is possible to gain competitiveness by lowering profits. How Japan impacted Europe was followed by South Korea and a certain major country.
"Experts still believe that Japan's problems are very complex and cannot be solved by intervention alone. On the contrary, the Soviet Union's problems are more important." Alan Wilson came to the meeting with the opinions of the experts, mainly his own.
No. 10 Downing Street, telling Mrs. Thatcher what decisions Britain should take.
As for Japan's request, you might as well agree to it. If you agree, you don't have to do it, and if you do it, it won't necessarily be effective. Let's first see what price Japan can offer to buy Britain.
"Even if it's bribery, it seems that you don't think it will help the best interests." Mrs. Thatcher pointed out the connotation of this proposal as if she already knew the answer. "However, some experts believe that the core driving force for the appreciation of the yen is
The strength of Japanese industry.”
"Then we can't help anymore." Alan Wilson said without the slightest embarrassment. "A defeated country can ride on the British. Isn't this a blasphemy against World War II? Of course we also hope that Japan and Germany will prosper, but we cannot
More prosperous than Britain."
As for which one is more important, Japan or the Soviet Union, neither Mrs. Thatcher nor Alan Wilson believe that the two countries are comparable. Obviously the Soviet Union is more important. After all, it is still the leader of dozens of countries, and the other one is the United States.
Private land is simply incomparable.
Mrs. Thatcher also agreed with this view. The Soviet issue has always been a top priority. Even the Atlanticists cannot change the fact that Britain is geographically in Europe. Therefore, Alan Wilson thinks the Atlanticists are funny and wishful thinking.
Even shouting about the special relationship between Britain and the United States cannot move Britain away from Europe. Isn't this nonsense?
Even when talking about currency issues, the Soviet Union is more important than Japan. You must know the ruble exchange rate. The problem is no smaller than that of the Japanese yen, but the problem lies in a different place.
Under the influence of the Soviet Union's high welfare policy and wrong monetary policy, the actual purchase value of the ruble has long been out of touch with its surface value. To put it simply, the currency of the ruble is no longer that valuable.
At least its exchange rate with other currencies should no longer be that high. Its current strength is only supported by the Soviet government, and this is also the fundamental reason for the crazy depreciation of the ruble in the years after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Of course, the later story that Tutou’s pension was only worth two dollars was not the real value of the ruble. It was obviously that Russia had suffered the treatment of a defeated country.
The Cold War was also a war, and a defeated country would have to bear the same treatment as the defeated country. Of course, the value of the ruble is still worth mentioning at present.
The so-called 'socialist camp' economic and trade system that has been constructed is very interesting. In addition to covering all the Soviet Union republics, it also includes almost all the socialist countries in Eastern Europe. In the east, North Korea has until now
Within this system, the Soviet Union and its partner countries enjoyed most-favored-nation status in trade.
So many countries can naturally support the value of the ruble, so during this visit to the Soviet Union, Britain also hopes to receive this kind of treatment. Although it may not succeed, it still has the dream.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Not to mention just wanting to be treated as a trading partner, when Alan Wilson was talking to the big brother before, he even wanted to use pounds to settle the economy and trade of the entire Soviet system.
In addition to discussing the Iran-Iraq war, there is also the issue of Cambodia. The Cambodian issue has little to do with Britain, but it cannot be said that it has nothing to do with it.
Alan Wilson still suggested that the main dialogue should focus on the Iran-Iraq war. After all, the Cambodian issue could allow a certain major country to dialogue with the Soviet Union. There was no need for Britain to ignore the greater interests for this matter.
This may mean taking advantage of a certain big country, but this is diplomatic work, so it’s okay to mention it. If the Cambodian issue can be solved, it will naturally be the credit of the United Kingdom. If it cannot be solved for the time being, it only means that the big country is not strong enough and deserves credit.
It certainly cannot be attributed to a certain big country. Is the UK’s hegemony of public opinion just a piece of shit?
Soon, the Foreign Secretary who had warmed up Mrs. Thatcher's visit came back and said that he had discussed the Iran-Iraq war with the Soviet side and the results were good.
So Margaret Thatcher's warm-up began. Prime Minister Thatcher spent a day traveling to Paris to meet with French President Mitterrand, and then hurried to Bonn for talks with German Chancellor Kohl. Both France and the United Kingdom insisted on the same
Position: Both countries must maintain their own nuclear deterrence.
France, Germany and the United Kingdom all have the same idea. After the agreement on reducing medium- and long-range missiles is reached, negotiations on reducing short-range missiles and conventional weapons should be followed. The leaders of these three countries all agree that regardless of the agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union,
No agreement can bypass its European allies.
Prime Minister Thatcher told reporters in Bonn: "The talks with President Mitterrand and Chancellor Kohl are an important part of the preparations for my visit to Moscow."
In recent times, Mrs. Thatcher had discussed similar issues with Italian Prime Minister Craxi.
By this point, Mrs. Thatcher had communicated information with the major Western allies, and then shouldered the trust of these leaders and the consensus reached with them, and unambiguously went to Moscow as the spokesperson of the four countries.
After uniting the European countries, the obstacles to this visit to the Soviet Union have basically been removed. The Soviet Union also began to warm up for Mrs. Thatcher's visit. The Soviet "Pravda" immediately responded, placing its hope in Mrs. Thatcher's visit.
The visit will strengthen bilateral relations and help build an atmosphere of international trust.
The Soviet Union also received a list of visiting personnel. Alexeyev couldn't help but sigh that his mother was right. His father had indeed done what his mother said and tried every means to squeeze into the visiting list.
If nothing else, it was another moment for father and son to meet, but this time it was the cultural czar who was publishing, not his grown-up son.
At the same time in London, Alan Wilson had already prepared pounds and went to the Soviet Union for shopping. He might be embarrassed to say it, but the Cabinet Secretary was so fussy and prepared to take advantage of the Soviet Union.
Two days later, on a special plane to Moscow, she told a random Reuters reporter that she believed Tutou was a "realist" and "we did not use diplomatic language when we met, we talked about substantive issues, so I respect him."
, and he respects me.”
Not far away, Alan Wilson was fingering the pounds he had brought with him. He was fully engaged and looked as if he was preparing to visit the red light district. A Reuters reporter took a look and asked the Cabinet Secretary what he thought of his visit to the Soviet Union.
, Alan Wilson calmly put the banknotes in his pocket and said, "Use national interests as the criterion. We all know that not only British citizens, but the entire free world also has huge expectations for the Prime Minister's visit this time. How to defend the United Kingdom
Leadership, the Prime Minister has given the answer."