Chapter 999: Internal Friction!
You must know that the rabbit is also one of the five constants, and the status of the rivers and lakes is fought by wars, although there has been no war for many years, but the military strength has also increased rapidly with the improvement of national strength.
Which country still dares to use force to knock on the rabbit market, isn't that the old birthday star eating arsenic and thinking about his life!
"But if it drags on for a few more years, many high-end equipment industries in China will rise, and many subsidiaries of Huaxing Group will buy them in Europe.
In recent years, the European Union has implemented a neo-liberal economy, the state has abandoned industrial support policies, and a large number of original state-owned enterprises have been privatized, and only 2.8% of the state-owned enterprises in the hands of the government belong to the manufacturing industry, and many of them are large in scale, and the industries in which they are located are usually affected by market failures and externalities.
That is to say, the influence of the government of these countries in the EU on the market economy is seriously insufficient, because the government cannot take out so much money in its hands, and there are so many countries in the EU, everyone has their own small abacus, and there is no strong government, and the internal friction is also very serious.
As the largest shipyard in Europe, Albert's idea of using the power of the EU to crack the rabbit's domestic market is very unrealistic.
Eder also knew that the Fincantieri Group of Companies was still alive and well with orders for high value-added ships such as luxury cruise ships and warships.
The technical strength of this group company is still very strong, and the "three pearls" in the shipbuilding industry - aircraft carriers, large LNG carriers, and luxury cruise ships can all be built.
In particular, as the world's largest luxury cruise manufacturer, Fincantieri's business covers all types of ships in the luxury cruise market, including small and medium-sized ultra-luxury cruise ships, post-Panamax and Panamax cruise ships, and expedition cruises, etc., and has always occupied 50% of the market share, ranking first in the world.
Although South Korea has now surpassed Neon Country to become a major shipbuilding powerhouse after the world's shipbuilding focus has shifted from Europe to Asia, and the rabbit is closely following, the Fincantieri Group is still alive and well with its high value-added products.
Fincantieri is also optimistic about the potential and prospects of the development of the cruise market in Rabbit Country, so he wants to use the power of the European Union to let Rabbit purchase more luxury cruise ships in China.
After decades of development, the strength of Rabbit shipbuilding has grown by leaps and bounds, although it is said that it can not be built except for aircraft carriers and luxury cruise ships, but now there are several domestic shipping companies in Rabbit that can produce and build large LNG ships, and they are also seeking to gather the "three pearls in the crown" of the shipbuilding industry.
Albert was also a little anxious about this.
"Mr. Albert, I don't understand why you are asking the European Commission to help you develop the market. Isn't it a business to open up a market?"
Edel said.
"No, it's not just a business practice. "In the past decade or so, companies like Huaxing Group have developed their own equipment industry by stealing our technology. Now, not only have they achieved import substitution and no longer use our equipment, but they are also stealing our traditional markets in Asia, Africa and South America. Since they are using unethical means of competition, we have no advantage in the competition at all. β
"Unethical means of competition...... Can you elaborate on that?"
"For example, they violated the rules on employee welfare in production. It is understood that workers in their country work 10 hours a day and earn less than 3 euros per hour. In this way, they have been able to reduce the cost of equipment so that they can defeat us in the price war. β
"Yes, their workers work in very poor conditions, and they don't pay attention to environmental protection, and the construction cost of the production line is very low......"
"They imitate our brand and don't pay us for the intellectual property at all!"
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At this time, these companies are gritting their teeth and counting these domestic enterprises of Rabbit, completely forgetting that it was only ten years ago that they felt that these domestic enterprises of Rabbit were really stupid and naΓ―ve, and used meager profits to produce products for them, so that they made huge profits.
"We hope that the EU will initiate a strict review of products made in China, including the review of intellectual property rights, the review of the environmental system and the review of the social responsibility system, and that Chinese companies that cannot meet the EU standards will be banned from entering the EU market and other countries' markets for their products......"
Some business representatives said loudly.
"As far as I know, the products that can enter the EU market have passed the EU review, and you say that the customs officers of the EU countries are very unhappy, and they will also annoy the rabbit country, so the consequences will be borne by the EU or by you companies?"
Edel sneered.
β......β
Everyone was silent.
The EU can formulate its own trade policy, but to make these policies can affect other countries, it is a bit of a strong man, when the European market enters the cold winter, what everyone wants is to seize the market of developing countries, so their biggest purpose is to let the EU help them to squeeze rabbit domestic products out of these developing country markets.
This is directly pushing the rabbit to the opposite, and even Eagle Sauce can't do it, let alone the EU, and Eder doesn't want to refuse it outright.
"I will submit your comments to the European Commission for discussion. β
Eder closed his notebook at this time, and said at the same time: "However, the help that the European Commission can provide to everyone is limited after all, and I hope that you companies can take more active measures to effectively control costs and win the market with their own strength." I am confident in European companies. β
After the meeting ended, Albert found Eder.
"Mr. Eder, I have one more thing to report to the European Commission, which is about the Viking project for deep-sea oil development. Can you give me ten minutes?"
"Viking project?"
Edel was stunned for a moment before thinking about this Viking project.
The EU once engaged in a Viking project, which seems to have been seven or eight years ago, but in fact, the EU has done a lot of similar projects, but basically there is a lot of thunder and little rain.
The European Union allocates funds for these projects every year, and these projects only have some presence at the time of appropriation, and these companies and R&D institutions seem to have disappeared on weekdays.
Of course, the European Commission is not full of vegetarians, and there are also good proposals for large-scale R&D projects like the Vikings aimed at maintaining Europe's technological leadership.
Although these plans are very good, they have encountered countless obstacles in the implementation process, such as funding problems, collaboration problems, and patent problems, and almost every step forward has to be overcome and it is very difficult to implement, and the first official who proposed this plan has stepped down, and the matter has been silent.
Eder was an official in charge of economics and commerce, so he knew something about the Viking project, which had not been in action for at least several years, and he was a little stunned when he heard Albert talk about it.