The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

Beijing.

Liu Tao was picked up by a special car as soon as he got off the plane.

When he arrived at the conference room, a meeting was in progress, and the atmosphere in the entire conference room seemed very solemn and serious.

Liu Tao sat down at the back and listened carefully.

This matter was nothing more than the war between Libya and the United States, and the chain reaction that might be caused.

In addition, Kissinger will arrive in Beijing today, and his purpose is clear.

"Comrade Liu Tao, tell me what you think." The old man called him.

Liu Tao said: "The trade between us and Libya is normal trade, which is justifiable and feasible in the whole world. Europe also imports a large amount of oil from Libya."

"We exported to Libya before the war. Since the outbreak of the war, there has been no trade. The Americans have nothing to say." Liu Tao expressed his point of view, "Now the polar bears are strong, and the Americans need us. If it weren't for us, the polar bears might have opened up a land route to the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean."

"It's not impossible for us to agree, but the United States must agree that we join the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade as a founding country!" Liu Tao said.

Libya is now out of money, otherwise it would not settle in gold.

In this case, Liu Tao did not plan to continue doing business with Libya.

He had a weak foundation, so he could not lend money to Libya, or accept Libya's installment payment or credit.

Now there is only the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, but no World Trade Organization (WTO).

The idea of ​​establishing the WTO was proposed at the Bretton Woods Conference held in July 1944. At that time, it was envisaged that an international trade organization would be established at the same time as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, so that they would become the "currency-finance-trade" trinity that influenced the world economy after World War II.

The Havana Charter signed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment in 1947 agreed to establish the WTO, but later due to opposition from the United States, the WTO failed to be established. In the same year, the United States initiated the drafting of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade as a temporary agreement to promote trade liberalization. .

Just this year, China requested to apply to return to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and to return to the GATT as a founding country.

However, the resistance faced was great.

The reason was that China's foreign trade state monopoly had been formed under a highly centralized planned economic system for a long time, and China's foreign trade system was far from the requirements of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. So they asked China to reform its economic and trade system as soon as possible, and raised thousands of oral or written questions with this as the center, and reviewed China's foreign trade system, tariffs and non-tariff measures, trade in services and foreign investment management.

We must rejoin the GATT because there are huge benefits for China.

Since the beginning of reform and opening up, China's economic and trade ties with the world have been increasingly strengthened. In the years after the implementation of reform and opening up, China's ties with the GATT have been greatly strengthened.

In November 1982, China had obtained the status of "GATT observer" and could attend the annual meeting of the contracting parties. At the beginning of the year, the Director-General of the GATT, Dunkel, was invited to visit China. It was also at this time that China officially stated that China hoped to restore its status as a contracting party to the GATT. Just after the Spring Festival, Ambassador Qian Jiadong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva, submitted China's application to the Director-General of the GATT, Dunkel, to restore China's seat in the GATT.

And making this decision is naturally because there are huge benefits for China, and it can also be said that it is forced by the situation and the general trend.

First of all, due to the development of science and technology in today's world, the level of productivity has increased rapidly, and the division of labor and cooperation in the world has become more and more obvious. Such a historical trend of world economic development determines that my country cannot be separated from the world economic development system and develop healthily. Joining the global economic organization, entering the world economic and international trade cycle, and seizing the steps and springboards of the global market.

Restoring my country's seat as a contracting party to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade can enable my country to compete in the international market, and have greater autonomy and development space in international trade development and international economy, science and technology, and services.

At the same time, "re-entry" is of great significance to my country's further reform and opening up and accelerating economic development.

Liu Tao is also optimistic about this, not only because the exports of various companies under Panshan Group are beneficial, but also because he knows that history has proved that this is a huge benefit for China.

In the last life, "entering the WTO" brought a series of challenges to China, but also brought huge opportunities. Since applying for "re-entry" and "entering the WTO", China's reform and opening up process has been significantly accelerated, and the domestic political economy has undergone profound and rapid changes under the influence of external factors. China's economy has been integrated into the trend of world economic integration at an unprecedented speed.

In Liu Tao's view, the difficulties facing China's "re-entry" now are ultimately the core of the United States. As long as the United States agrees, those problems will no longer be a problem.

Those that do not meet the requirements of the GATT can be gradually changed, with a timetable, such as ten, twenty or even thirty years to reform one by one.

First become, then work hard!

This time Kissinger's visit to China is a huge opportunity!

Now the two sides have a lot to talk about, and there are many areas where they can cooperate.

Then, the meeting changed direction, which was about how to negotiate with Kissinger, or more precisely, with the United States on "re-entry".

Liu Tao left the meeting room and returned to the courtyard.

Then he saw that Zhu Lin was drinking tea with Yang Jie.

Then Liu Tao knew that Zhu Lin contacted Director Yang Jie because of "The Legend of the New White Snake".

Because the TV series "Journey to the West" was a huge success, Director Yang Jie gained great fame.

The hard work of filming "Journey to the West" for several years paid off after the broadcast of "Journey to the West".

Of course, this reward is not a financial reward, because Director Yang Jie's salary is 90 yuan per episode, and a total of 30 episodes is no more than 2,700 yuan.

This is not 2,700 yuan a year, but several years, because "Journey to the West" has been busy for several years.

This reward is fame, fame, and a masterpiece!

From then on, when people mention Director Yang Jie, they will praise her as an artist.

Now Zhu Lin has found Director Yang Jie to film "The Legend of the New White Snake", which is a good choice. With this woman's rigorous attitude, I think she can make "The Legend of the New White Snake" well.

After all, people with such rigorous and demanding attitudes demand perfection, are not afraid of difficulties, and are brave enough to overcome them.