Resource Tycoon Reborn

"Too little subsidies will reduce the international competitiveness of domestically produced agricultural products..." Fang Mingyuan said, "Developed countries such as the United States and the European Union provide very high amounts and proportions of subsidies to their own farmers. Japan's total agricultural subsidies account for Its gross agricultural production accounts for about 40%, while the EU's is 20%. The United States originally had almost the same proportion, but it has experienced a substantial increase in the past two years, which makes the EU very dissatisfied. And my country's agriculture Before joining the World Trade Organization, subsidies accounted for less than 2% of the total agricultural production. Although it has increased in recent years, according to the original agreement, my country's agricultural subsidies could not exceed 8.5%. Compared with these developed countries, it is not even a tiny bit lower."

"Yes, we made a lot of sacrifices in order to join the World Trade Organization!" Chai Yan sighed lightly. She had been transferred back to the capital from the local area after the Chinese New Year and is now the deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

.This time she visited Southeast Asian countries and stayed in Hong Kong for a day. She deliberately took the time to meet Fang Mingyuan.

China is now having trade frictions with the United States and Brazil over the soybean import ban, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is of course the first to bear the brunt. The response from the United States and Brazil after China issued the ban was somewhat unexpected in the country, and just when Chai Yan and the others had urgent discussions

When asked how to deal with it, Fang Mingyuan called her and sent her a bunch of information. The result was that after a fierce debate, the Chinese government disagreed with the United States and Brazil on the ban on the import of Brazilian poisonous soybeans.

The harsh accusations were met with a high-profile response, and the issue of high agricultural compensation in the United States was high-profile, thus muddying the waters. The enthusiastic responses from the European Union and the Brazilian Cotton Industry Association also caught the American and Brazilian Soybean Associations off guard.

, Now in the international community, the U.S. government’s huge financial subsidies to agriculture has become a hot topic of public opinion in various countries. Countries such as India, Indonesia, and Australia have also joined in. They have expressed their dissatisfaction with the U.S. government’s agricultural subsidy policy. China

The soybean trade friction with Brazil has taken a back seat.

Moreover, since one of the Brazilian Soybean Association and the Cotton Industry Association seeks support from the United States, while the other wants to strongly criticize the United States, the Brazilian government is in a dilemma. Moreover, although the attitude of the Brazilian Soybean Association is quite fierce, the Brazilian government is not

Not willing to have bad relations with China on this matter, Brazil is now the world's second largest soybean producer after the United States, and soybean production is still increasing rapidly. Soybeans are already one of Brazil's main export products.

China is its largest customer for soybean exports. The amount of soybeans exported to China accounts for nearly one-half of Brazil’s total annual soybean exports. Last year, Brazil exported more than 9 million tons of soybeans to China, earning revenue from exports.

Nearly two billion dollars.

Therefore, the Brazilian government itself does not want to expand the matter, because that will inevitably affect the long-term strategic cooperative partnership between China and Brazil.

If the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was still a little uneasy when it adopted Chai Yan's opinion and took a tough attitude in the face of accusations from industry associations in the United States and Brazil, now, Chai Yan's proposal can be said to have been a great success, at least on the part of the United States and Brazil.

It is no longer possible to exert all its efforts to put pressure on China. The two major industries in Brazil are at odds with each other, and the United States has to deal with strong accusations from other countries in the world about its high agricultural subsidies. Chai Yan visited Southeast Asia and specially arranged a day to stay in Hong Kong. Just because she wanted to

Let’s hear what other opinions Fang Mingyuan has.

"Aunt Chai, do you know that according to the information I have obtained, it can be seen that in the past two thousand years, the U.S. government's direct subsidy for domestic wheat production was almost equivalent to three hundred and eighty per ton... converted into our currency, it is three hundred and eighty

Yuan, the subsidy for corn is almost 230 yuan per ton. The subsidy for soybeans is 272 yuan per ton!" Fang Mingyuan continued. "This also means that U.S. soybeans receive 272 yuan per ton from government subsidies.

There is room for a price reduction of 272 yuan per ton! In recent years, how much money can farmers in our country earn per acre by planting soybeans? You know, soybeans are not a high-yielding crop to begin with.”

Chai Yan smiled helplessly. In order to join the World Trade Organization, China made huge concessions in many aspects, especially in agriculture. That is why domestic agriculture is so weak when faced with the impact of overseas agricultural products.

The U.S. government's high agricultural subsidies have given U.S. agricultural products a strong price competitive advantage in the international market. Last year, U.S. agricultural exports reached nearly 60 billion U.S. dollars, making it the world's largest exporter!

"We can also appeal to the World Trade Organization for Americans dumping soybeans into our country. I have a piece of information here from the International Council on Agricultural Policy. Since 1998, the price of Americans exporting soybeans has been lower than their planting costs.

, completely unprofitable. It is because of the continuous huge agricultural subsidies from the US government that the soybean planting area in the United States will continue to expand and the export volume will continue to grow!" Fang Mingyuan took out a document from his hand and handed it to

Chai Yan said, "An important topic at this year's World Trade Organization meeting is the issue of agricultural subsidies. We have muddied the waters. Even if the Americans want to continue to exert pressure on us, they will be unable to do so!"

"Moreover, agriculture in the United States is a farm system. Industrial farms often have thousands of acres of land, and one acre is equivalent to about 6.1 acres. In other words, one farm is tens of thousands of acres of land, and in our country, one

The average farm family has six or seven acres of land, which is just over one acre. In the United States, due to mechanization, a dozen or even a few people can run the entire farm, but we are a family with three generations of old, middle, and young people.

If we are tied to this acre of land, how can we compete with the Americans? In fact, not only our country, but many countries in the world are facing the same dilemma. Moreover, the U.S. government’s high subsidy policy for agriculture has caused nearly a hundred American farmers to suffer.

Thirty-forty percent of the income comes from the U.S. government. To put it a bit exaggerated, our farmers are not competing with American farmers, but with the U.S. Treasury Department!" Fang Mingyuan sighed, "How can our farmers have any income if this continues?

Motivated to grow soybeans?”

Chai Yan couldn't help but smile bitterly. Americans can form large-scale farm cultivation, but China cannot form large-scale farm cultivation. This is caused by historical reasons and various factors. Not to mention other things, the population of the United States

There are nearly one billion fewer people than China, but the cultivated land is as high as 5.5 billion acres! As for the country’s cultivated land area, Chai Yan is not clear about the specific figures. In recent years, there has never been an accurate official data, she estimated that

At around 2 billion acres, the number of farmers in China is more than ten times that of farmers in the United States!

Therefore, even if there is an intentional change in this area, it will affect the whole body. It affects too many places in all aspects. Even the prime minister's ten-year term cannot be completed. And he has to wipe his ass.

There are too many places, and a little carelessness may lead to large-scale social unrest. However, she did not refute anything, because Chai Yan believed that Dong Mingyuan knew these things very well in his heart. He might even know them better than she did, so he said

The purpose of these words is certainly not to ask the government to immediately implement large-scale farm cultivation.

"Mingyuan, I know...it is true that there are still many deficiencies in this aspect in the country, but the country has already begun to support agriculture, and agricultural taxes have been gradually cancelled, right? You have to give the country time to adjust." Chai Yan

road.

Fang Mingyuan shook his head and said: "Aunt Chai, everyone understands the truth, but the Chinese can wait. The Americans will not give you enough time to change, and they will not wait for you to catch up. Food security issues must be solved

It is urgent to get attention and stimulate farmers' enthusiasm for farming. I remember John Bullock, who served as Secretary of Agriculture during the Reagan administration, bluntly pointed out at a congressional hearing that 'food is a weapon, and the way to use it is

Tie the social stability of various countries to us, so that they will not be willing to mess with us.'"

"The country has attached great importance to food security in recent years." Chai Yan said with a wry smile.

"What the country pays attention to is food rations, rice, wheat, and corn! But I think soybeans are also food!" Fang Mingyuan said without hesitation. "If we cannot guarantee the security of our country's soybean demand, then we are on the Great Wall of Food.

There’s a big gap!”

Before Chai Yan could speak, Fang Mingyuan continued: "Aunt Chai, I also have some business partners in Brazil. According to the news from them, the Brazilian government has rejected the proposal of domestic soybean exporters to sue China to the World Trade Organization.

The Brazilian Minister of Trade and Development believes that China’s ban on the import of poisonous soybeans from Brazil is only a temporary issue. The two countries are urgently negotiating on the matter and will soon resolve the issue that the World Trade Organization will not accept such non-permanent trade barriers.

And Brazil’s Minister of Agriculture also said that this incident was just an accident!”

Chai Yan blinked and then felt overjoyed. If the Brazilian government did this, it would save a lot of trouble.

"I heard that the President of Brazil will visit our country in the near future. I have a personal suggestion. We might as well continue to increase the amount of imported Brazilian soybeans to require Brazil to strictly abide by our 'zero tolerance' policy." Fang Mingyuan said with a smile, " Anyway, in recent years, my country has continued to increase its soybean imports, which is a reality that cannot be changed in the short term. It would be a pity if this carrot is not used."

Chai Yan's eyes lit up again, but she hesitated and said: "Brazil and the United States have always accused us of saying that the international standard is three soybean seeds per kilogram of soybeans, thinking that our standards are unreasonable!"

"Tell them this is fart!" Fang Mingyuan said bluntly, "The international standard is the lower limit. What is the lower limit? It cannot be lower than this standard. According to their logic, the world poverty line published by the World Bank is per

A person's income is US$1.25 a day, which is a few US$456.00 a year. Then let the Americans cancel welfare subsidies for the poor in the country. According to the World Bank's standards, there are no poor people in the United States.

?Every one of them farts and oozes oil! I don’t believe that as long as Americans can work, they can’t earn more than five hundred dollars a year!”

Chai Yan sighed and said: "Last year, the poverty line in the United States was: a single person's annual income is less than 9,500 US dollars; a two-person family is less than 12,500 US dollars. I can't remember any more."

.According to this standard, the number of poor people in the United States has basically remained at around 35 million people in recent years. And almost half of these 35 million people own their own homes, and only among them are truly homeless people.

A small part. The average housing area of ​​each poor American family has reached 136.5 square meters, which is 28 square meters more than the average European family of 108.5 square meters. Moreover, 73% of the poor in the United States own a car, and nearly one-third

One person owns more than two cars.”

"Is this a poor person? In the world, this is clearly a wealthy person. This obviously does not meet the international poverty line standard!" Fang Mingyuan said, "If the Americans change the poverty line standard, we will change the zero-tolerance policy on soybeans.

Is it wrong to set high standards to ensure the health of Chinese people? Why don’t they mention Japan and South Korea’s standards for imported agricultural products that far exceed the international average standards? Everyone must change it and treat everyone equally! If you can’t take your turn, you have to mention special national conditions.

When it’s someone else’s turn, we need international standards, right?”

Chai Yan couldn't help laughing. Fang Mingyuan was cruel enough. If the U.S. government dared to lower the poverty line to international standards, the Americans would definitely rebel. None of the domestic politicians would be able to sit down.

Secure the presidential throne.

"Hey, by the way, yesterday, a Brazilian company with soybean export qualifications publicly announced that it would abide by the requirements of our government and ensure that exported soybeans do not contain any seed coating soybeans. Does this have anything to do with you?" Chai Yan

Yi clapped his hands and said, "I checked and found that it exported more than three million tons of soybeans to China last year. The main purchasing companies are the crushing companies under the Carrefour Group, which is the predecessor of Jiahua Edible Oil Group."

"Yes, my family holds 50% of the shares in it." Fang Mingyuan nodded and said, "I hope that the relevant domestic departments can provide some convenience to this company. In this way, the current alliance of overseas soybean exporters can be broken."

Chai Yan stared at Fang Mingyuan and was speechless for a long time. She knew that the Fang family invested in oil and iron ore in Brazil, but when did he quietly set up a soybean export company? And it was three million.

Tons, this is also among the best among Brazilian exporters to China!

"What else is your kid hiding in Brazil? Tell them all!" Chai Yan said through gritted teeth. If she had known that he had so many cards, how could the soybean trade friction have caused her such a headache? (To be continued, please ask.)

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