Chapter 1886 - Someone Starts a Trade War!
Since entering the international market, Beauty Group has quickly opened up the U.S. market by using the two brands of Jiebai and Meisi.
The cheap and high-quality products have won the love of overseas users.
However, the best-selling of Beauty Group's products has also touched the interests of some people.
On the night of Yang Fei's arrival in the United States, he received a call from Sean.
Sean knew that Yang Fei was coming to the United States, and after the phone was connected, he asked Yang Fei if he had arrived.
Yang Fei smiled and said that he had arrived, and he lived in the villa.
Sean said: "There is something very important, I will talk to you in person." ”
Yang Fei groaned, "Is it convenient for you?"
Sean said, "It should be fine." ”
Yang Fei said: "Then come here." ”
Half an hour later, Sean arrived at the villa.
Yang Fei and others were eating barbecue in the garden of the villa.
Linda and Fu Ying are in charge of the barbecue, and Chen Mo and Ning Xin are in charge of the skewers.
A few big men, of course, are in charge of waiting for eating.
Mouse and Ma Feng have their own tasks, the mouse is responsible for residential security, and Ma Feng is responsible for access security.
There is a maid's room on the first floor of the villa, and the mouse and Ma Feng live in it, so that it is convenient to patrol at night.
Ma Feng had been notified, and as soon as he saw Sean's car coming, he opened the gate of the villa and let him go.
When Linda saw her father coming, she got up happily and pounced: "Dad!"
Sean gently hugged his daughter, and then greeted Yang Fei and them.
Seeing so many people, Sean hesitated slightly, not knowing whether to talk about it or not.
Yang Fei smiled: "These people are all my good friends, Mr. Sean, if you have anything to say, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it." ”
Sean nodded, and then said, "Mr. Yang, I have reliable information, and they want to sue you for dumping." ”
Yang Fei knew who he was referring to by "they".
"Sue me for dumping?" Yang Fei laughed, "That's not right, right? Where did I commit the crime of dumping? They wouldn't know the definition of the crime of dumping?"
Chen Mo said: "Yes, anti-dumping refers to the boycott measures taken against the dumping of foreign goods in the domestic market. We have our own factories in the United States, and what is produced in the American factories and sold to the Americans, which is also not an import and export product, why is it a dumping crime?"
Ning Xin snorted coldly and said, "It's really a crime that you want to add, why don't you say anything?"
Yang Fei muttered: "Products made in China are often subject to anti-dumping rulings by the United States, as far as I know, at the beginning of this year, there are many products that have been subject to anti-dumping prosecutions, including chemical whitening agents, galvanized steel wires, steel wheels, photovoltaic cells and other products. Under the intensification of trade frictions between the two countries, it is possible that some people want to take the opportunity to bite people indiscriminately. ”
Chen Mo said: "At the beginning, we were afraid of anti-dumping by the United States, so we came to the United States to open a factory." In this way, they can't do the opposite. ”
Sean shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands, and said, "They said that although the Beauty Group has a factory in the United States, it still relies on imports for some of its products. Moreover, more than half of the ingredients you make in the United States are imported. Because of this, the price of the products of the beauty group can be low, and you can be invincible in the competition with the daily chemical industry in the United States. ”
Yang Fei said: "This is really out of nowhere!"
Sean said: "They're just a bunch of unreasonable people. If they were reasonable, they wouldn't have sued you for dumping. ”
Yang Fei said: "Sean, have they already sued?"
Sean said: "I only got the news today, it was decided by their high-level management, and there should be action soon." Mr. Yang, you should respond as soon as possible. ”
Yang Fei smiled bitterly: "This is the United States, what can I do? They want to fight a lawsuit, I can only fight with them." ”
Sean said: "You can't pin your hopes of winning the case on the federal court. You have to start saving yourself. The federal courts and commercial officials must have helped Procter & Gamble. ”
Yang Fei frowned.
It was the first time he had encountered such a thing.
Anti-dumping is a common tactic used in trade wars to sanction opponents.
If Beauty Group wants to enter the world, it will definitely encounter the anti-dumping strategies of many countries.
Yang Fei has a factory in the United States, and he thought that he could sit back and relax.
He still underestimated the arrogance and unreasonableness of the enemy!
When the business war can't beat you, the other party shamelessly resorts to trade war methods!
How to deal with this kind of emergency?
Yang Fei asked, "What if, I mean, if they win the case, what will happen to us? What kind of sanctions will we get?"
Sean said: "The biggest possibility is to impose more additional duties, that is, anti-dumping duties." ”
Chen Mo said: "Why? It's not imported! We are producing products here! Even if this lawsuit goes to the United Nations, we are not afraid!"
Sean said: "One thing is true, the beauty group does import a lot of raw materials. ”
Chen Mo said: "Those are raw materials, but the products are produced by our American company." They can't afford to tax our products, can they?"
Sean smiled: "They can impose tariffs on some imported raw materials, which can also achieve the purpose of increasing your production costs." ”
"It's too much!"
"It's so shameless!"
Chen Mo and Ning Xin were indignant.
After the outbreak of the global financial crisis, due to the rapid shrinking of international market demand, enterprises in various countries are facing the dual pressure of competing for the international and domestic markets.
In order to support and protect their own industries and prevent trade diversion caused by the shrinking of the international market, many countries have introduced various trade protection measures.
Suffice it to say that in the United States, as long as a large local company sues, the American business agency will accept it, and then there will be a long lawsuit.
This kind of international lawsuit usually lasts for a year or even several years.
Whether the defense can win or not is difficult to predict.
In the process of litigation, enterprises have to pay a lot of manpower, material and financial resources.
If you can win, it's okay, but if you lose, the tariffs will be frighteningly high.
The additional tariffs are completely opened by the lions of the other side, and it is common to impose additional tariffs of 30% or 50%, and some are even as much as 85% or more!
High tariffs will inevitably cause a chain reaction, your raw material cost is high, your product cost will be high, the selling price will inevitably increase, then your price advantage will be gone.
Soaring prices will definitely cause many consumers to abandon them, and the final result is that businesses will struggle to survive.
Of course, Yang Fei knew that it was powerful, so he was worried.
As soon as the global strategy began, it was met with a strong counterattack!
Linda was still a student and didn't know much about the dangers of society, so she grilled a handful of beef skewers, handed it to Yang Fei, and said with a smile: "Eat your stomach first, and then think of a solution!"
Yang Fei was thinking about countermeasures, but he didn't react for a while, so he didn't answer him.
Linda smiled and handed a skewer of beef to his mouth and fed it to him: "Yang Fei, what are you thinking? Why don't you ignore me?"
Seeing this scene, Chen Mo and Ning Xin glanced at each other.
Ning Xin pursed her lips and smiled, raised her heels, and stomped on Yang Fei's toes.
Yang Fei groaned and came back to his senses from his thoughts.
Ning Xin said: "Idiot! There is a beautiful woman feeding you meat!
Yang Fei opened his mouth and just bit the beef in Linda's hand.
Everyone laughed......