If we say that we are competing for scientific research investment for the purpose of innovation, even Europe today is not afraid of the Soviet Union. Because Europe's technological level is at the same level as the United States and exceeds that of the Soviet Union.
But if technological exchanges continue, there will be a consequence. If the Soviet Union breaks through a technology and imitates it, this will not only involve the Soviet Union, but will spread related technologies to the whole world.
European and American products of the same price are of course better, but the representatives here also know that European and American products have a premium, which is quite high, but the Soviet Union can lower the selling price.
"Once technological exchanges continue, the Soviet Union will kill our companies. With the current trend of scientific progress, it will not be easy for the Soviet Union to catch up with our scientific and technological advantages, but once it catches up, it may pull us into the same position as them.
horizontally."
Alan Wilson's words aroused the agreement of representatives from France, Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Profits come from monopoly, which can take many forms, such as trusts, companies, cartels, whatever model is good. Anyway, there are many ways to avoid it.
, the technological blockade that the United States wants is also in the interest of European countries.
"What we want to avoid is that the Americans simply ask us to block technology while opening a backdoor for the Soviet Union. The world is so complex, and this possibility also exists. It is not like the United States has never done this kind of thing!"
"We agree with the British view!" Claire, the French negotiator, agreed deeply. "The United States not only supported the Soviet Union, but also supported Germany!"
"Everyone knows this matter well, so don't repeat it. After all, we still need help from the United States." Alan Wilson coughed softly and said that now is not the time to talk about this matter.
The United States balances the continent with European countries, and all the countries here today know it clearly.
The three famous Soviet steel bases, Magnitogorsk Steel Plant, Kuznetsk Steel Plant, and Zaporozhye Steel Plant, were almost all built with American aid, and some of the equipment came from Germany.
The largest automobile factory in the Soviet Union before the war, the Gorky Automobile Plant, was also built with the aid of the American Ford Motor Company.
Three of the four tractor factories in the Soviet Union before the war were built with aid from the United States and Germany. Among them, the Stalingrad tractor factory was first built in the United States, dismantled and shipped to the Soviet Union, and then reassembled by Americans and Germans.
Therefore, the United States definitely has a track record in this regard, and Alan Wilson’s idea of guarding against the United States is definitely not an exaggeration.
There is also the category of technological blockade, and the third type of rare materials is the most likely to be exploited by the United States, because the term rare materials itself is very general.
No matter what, Europe is geographically integrated, and Western Europe and Eastern Europe cannot be completely isolated. If we take the third rare material seriously, it is not certain whether Europe blocks the Soviet Union or the Soviet Union blocks Europe.
At this point, Alan Wilson raised his concerns, saying that the United States may dig holes in this category.
"Either let the Americans explain clearly what this rare material means, or they can simply abandon this category and only block military weapons and high-tech. Anyway, I can't think of what rare materials we have but the Soviet Union does not.
Do we want to export gold to the Soviet Union? In exchange for food?"
"This is an area that we in France think can be blocked!" Claire took out a list, obviously already on record for the upcoming meeting, and then Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands all came up with their own lists.
The five countries here plus the United States make a total of six countries. Not surprisingly, they are the founding countries of the Paris Coordination Committee. When the Paris Coordination Committee was first established, there were only these six founding countries. Among them, Belgium and the Netherlands have quite a lot of technology.
It is limited, and those with real technology are the United States, Britain, France and Italy.
Alan Wilson knew in his heart that the so-called Paris Coordinating Committee might actually have only symbolic meaning in the short term in blocking the Soviet Union. Just look at how many people there were in the Italian Republican Party and the French Communist Party in Italy and France.
Before leaving London, Alan Wilson also told Norman Brooke that this organization currently only has a symbolic meaning. It cannot be said that it has no effect at all, and its role is also very limited.
This is simply like taking a few police undercover agents to sell drugs. In the end, except for the United Kingdom, which was closely watched by the United States, France and Italy continued to cooperate with the Soviet Union. In this way, only the United Kingdom itself was cheated.
Norman Brooke could only express his agreement with the United States' views first, and the details could continue to be discussed.
Of course, the UK has also prepared its own technology blockade categories. The first item that all countries here have agreed to blockade is machine tools. Machine tools are also known as the mother of industry, machines that make machines. The upstream of the machine tool industry includes the steel and casting industries.
, while the downstream affects automobiles, railways, wind power, shipbuilding, aviation and military industries related to national defense.
Mainly machine tools, the remaining automobiles, steel, shipbuilding, and all kinds of subdivisions have been added, enriching the increasingly long blockade list.
At present, Europe is under heavy pressure from the Soviet Union. On the one hand, it has to join forces to keep warm, and on the other hand, it also needs to look for foreign aid. The existence of the Soviet Union has the potential to dominate the world, which is brought about by its huge territory.
It is not just Europe that is under heavy pressure. The same is true for the Peace Church world in the Middle East and the countries in the Far East. For a country as large as the Soviet Union, the oppression brought by it is already too strong.
The popularization of mechanized large-scale industry has greatly improved mankind's ability to conquer nature, and its ability to break through geographical barriers and geographical distance restrictions has also been greatly improved. This has greatly changed mankind's understanding of geography.
Before the era of mechanized large-scale industry, humans understood the land based on the level of primary industry and farming technology, which limited the geographical radiation and expansion capabilities of various geopolitical forces.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The arrival of the era of mechanized large-scale industry has further strengthened the Soviet Union’s geographical advantages. The Soviet Union’s geographical advantages and geographical expansion capabilities have been greatly improved, and it has initially been able to cover the Eurasian continent.
What's more, the Industrial Revolution has already gone through two rounds. If there is another one, the Soviet Union, which is not very technologically advanced, is already like this. After the next industrial revolution comes, how can imperialism still survive?
Although once the Soviet Union wins, all countries will definitely emphasize that we and the Soviet Union have lived in harmony since ancient times. But wouldn't it be better if this threat could be eliminated now?
This mentality is actually repeated in the 21st century, but with a different opponent.
But there are still many differences. The Soviet Union was the first socialist country, and using class as a weapon had great symbolic significance. It was naturally another beacon in the world, and a certain big country did not have this ability.
The Soviet Union could pull a bunch of countries into all-round confrontation, but a certain big country might not have such influence. Therefore, the United States tried its best to re-engage in the second Cold War, but few countries agreed.
At least for the countries in Europe, they do not agree to launch a second Cold War. You two countries are fighting alone and do not affect other countries. Therefore, from a historical significance, the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union has a great ideological color.
That confrontation was just an ordinary confrontation for hegemony.
Regardless of historical significance, the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union was a group fight, and the latter one was more like a one-on-one duel.
"Okay, let's wait and see what the United States thinks." They compared the lists provided by each country and discussed whether it was useless to block some lists. At the headquarters building of Woodpecker Pictures, representatives from the five countries took
A consensus emerged.
A list of technology blockades with machine tools as the core, as well as various branches of automobiles, aviation, and shipbuilding, has been released.
"Are you done?" Ingrid Bergman knew that all the representatives from other countries had left, so she came to the conference room. She saw Alan Wilson smoking and asked without scruple taking the cigarette from the man's fingertips and taking a puff.
road.
"Smoking is harmful to health!" Alan Wilson raised his head and said a slogan most familiar to Chinese smokers. It can be said that smoking is not unfamiliar to men and women of this era.
Many actresses have been shown smoking in movies, including but not limited to almost all Hollywood actresses. Even Vivien Leigh smoked before, but she was closely monitored by Alan Wilson during the British Raj and finally quit.
"As if you are my husband?" Ingrid Bergman rolled her eyes at the man, but still put out the cigarette butt.
Alan Wilson looked at the half-stubbed cigarette with some pain. This wasted half-cigarette made his already poor financial situation worse. This time he came to Paris with nothing but a Roman gold coin.
Did not bring.
Pamela Mountbatten went to develop her career. He spent the past few days eating and drinking in the embassy.
Isn’t this why you come to Woodpecker Pictures to seek help?
At this point, Alan Wilson had nothing to say. He was too embarrassed to ask the Nordic goddess to pay for half of the cigarette, so he directly picked up the half of the cigarette butt and took two puffs to show his frugal spirit.
"I did it to experience the taste of the goddess!" Alan Wilson said confidently, explaining that his behavior was just to achieve the purpose of kissing Ingrid Bergman indirectly, and he was definitely not reluctant to smoke.
"Tiantian knows that the purpose of saying nice things is not to get advantage from me." Ingrid Bergman pretended to be serious and pointed out the dirty thoughts in the man's heart, which can be regarded as accepting this rhetoric.
At the same time that Pamela Mountbatten held the shareholders' meeting for this fundraising, Alan Wilson and representatives from the other four countries arrived at the U.S. Embassy in Paris and conducted the first negotiation, which of course yielded no results.
To put it bluntly, because the United States and European countries are separated by the Atlantic Ocean, their interests cannot be completely consistent. It can be said that they have great differences. A long exchange of interests began in the U.S. Embassy in Paris.