In the No. 2 workshop of Xuejiadao Shipbuilding Base, the groundbreaking ceremony of the sixth-generation drilling and shipbuilding platform built by Honghu Shipbuilding Group for Royal Dutch Shell Group is underway, and Wang Shunlong, President of Honghu Shipbuilding Group Company, and Chen Teng, President of Royal Dutch Shell Group in Greater China, also delivered speeches on the podium.

Yang Jie, who was sitting below, was also talking to Pete Worthen.

"Mr. Yang, I was also called by the European Commission to participate in the hearing before coming here, mainly around the opinions on dealing with the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis, but the interesting thing is that this meeting mentioned the purchase of the sixth generation drilling rig from your company by our group company. ”

Pete Worthon spoke in a thick, nasal voice.

"Oh, Mr. Watson is talking about Mr. Albert, chairman of the Fincantieri Group of Companies. ”

Yang Jie said with a smile: "Mr. Albert was a little dissatisfied with our Honghu Shipbuilding Group Company before. ”

Pete Worthen nodded: "Yes, the Fincantieri Group is indeed very dissatisfied with our group company's purchase of the sixth-generation drilling platform from your company, but the 'Viking' sixth-generation drilling platform led by this group company has only obtained 15 patents in almost ten years, and they are all worthless patents." ”

"I was amazed that Mr. Yang's Honghu Shipbuilding Group was able to complete the design of the sixth-generation platform in just a few years, and obtained more than 300 core patents on the sixth-generation platform, and countless patents on the edge, which made the technical team of the drilling platform led by the Fincantieri Group of Companies ashamed. ”

Yang Jie smiled, but didn't say anything.

Before Pete Watson arrived, the European Commission held a hearing, at which these EU companies were also sold badly.

Albert, chairman of the Fincantieri Group of Companies, made a loud appeal: "We hope that the EU will give more help to European companies." The European market has been in the doldrums for many years. Previously, we were able to barely break even, but after the subprime mortgage crisis, the number of orders we received was greatly reduced, and it is already a high probability that our company will lose money next year. If the EU does not provide us with effective help, I think we at the Fincantieri Group are likely to be threatened with bankruptcy in a few years. ”

Other companies are also competing to sell miserably.

"If we can't get funding from the EU, we're going to lay off 15,000 people in three months, which would be a very scary event. ”

"Yes, we will have to stop production in five factories, and in addition to the workers of these five factories who will be dismissed, there are no less than 120 enterprises that provide supporting services to these five factories, and their workers will also be in danger of losing their jobs. ”

"Yes, we're going to lay off employees too!"

"We are likely to file for bankruptcy protection! Our company is one of the oldest in Europe, and if our company fails, it will be a major loss of European industrial tradition. ”

The representatives of these enterprises spoke more and more seriously than the other, as if the sky had fallen.

Everyone knows that this is a good time to put pressure on the EU, regardless of whether the company is really in danger or not, only by making the situation of their own company more serious can they get more funding from the EU, after all, crying children have milk to eat, don't they!

Being able to get funding from the EU is simply a free benefit, so why not?

What's more, due to the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis, the current downturn in the European market is a fact, and almost no company can be immune.

The EU officials who presided over the meeting were all bitter-faced, recording the opinions of the business representatives one by one.

Of course, these officials know that these people's words are somewhat exaggerated, and they all want to make things more serious, so that the EU can pay for their losses, and these big companies have the right to speak in Europe, how dare the EU go against the will of these big companies, and if these companies really have problems such as large-scale layoffs, the EU will also be the ones to blame, because they are serving these big companies and big companies.

EU officials also suggested to these entrepreneurs what the EU can provide specific help.

"In fact, what we need most is the market. ”

Albert's words drew widespread approval, and everyone nodded desperately in agreement with the request.

"I don't understand, how do you need the European Commission to solve the market problems for you?"

The EU official headed by Eder asked.

"As a result of the subprime mortgage crisis, corporate investment in Europe has decreased, and orders for our company's products have fallen by 30%. In this case, unless we close some factories, the fixed costs of those factories alone will put us in a serious loss. To change this, we have to gain access to markets outside of Europe, especially the Eagle Sauce Market and the Rabbit Country Market. ”

Eder smiled bitterly, "Mr. Albert, it is completely impossible for us to get the Eagle Sauce Market. The Ministry of Commerce of Eagle Sauce has been negotiating with us in the hope that we will open the market to Eagle Sauce. You are in the shipbuilding business, and you should know that the current shipbuilding factories of Eagle Sauce have received strict requirements from the federal government, and they can only purchase equipment for the local production of Eagle Sauce. ”

"These abominable Eagle Sauce People!"

Many business representatives who participated in the meeting scolded Eagle Sauce.

"I understand the difficulties of the EU. ”

"However, I think the EU can put pressure on the rabbits to make some deals with them and get them to open up more markets," Albert said. ”

"What deal?"

"With the opening of the offshore oil equipment market as a condition, in exchange for the opening of the cruise and natural gas liquefaction ship market to European companies. ”

"Cruises?"

Eder said: "When did Rabbit China close the market for us?"

"It's true that they don't ban European companies from entering their markets, but these market tenders stipulate a strict localization ratio, and the degree of localization of equipment must be higher than 50%, which we think is unreasonable. ”

Albert said.

Eder nodded: "I know about this matter, and the EU is still negotiating with the rabbit on this matter, of course, not only in these aspects, but the WTO rules are a very complex system." As a general principle, WTO contracting parties should accord national treatment to foreign firms, i.e., they should not discriminate against them in the procurement of goods and services. Under such a principle, it is illegal to impose a mandatory domestic production ratio, but don't forget that the WTO Agreement has put forward an exception clause for the above provisions, that is, when it comes to state procurement, the domestic government can adopt a policy of giving priority to domestic products. ”

"Now the procurement of some high-end equipment of Rabbit is purchased by the state, so they have the right to put forward localization requirements on some equipment. At present, there are big differences between our two sides on this issue, which cannot be resolved in a short period of time. ”

Eder spread his hands: "This is something that should be considered by the Council of Ministers, I am just an ordinary business official." ”

During this period of time, Eagle Sauce has been putting pressure on the EU to relax trade barriers and adopt monetary tightening policies, while Eagle Sauce itself is increasing trade barriers and at the same time adopting quantitative easing policies to attract international investors to invest in Eagle Sauce.

EU officials are well aware that this practice of the Eagle Sauce people is to sacrifice the interests of Europe in order to help Eagle Sauce get out of the crisis as soon as possible.

In the face of Eagle Sauce's unreasonable demands, the EU really has no confidence to refuse.

The security of Europe is based on the protection of Eagle Sauce, and without the protection of Eagle Sauce people, Europe will have to face the threat of force from Da Mao alone.

Especially in recent years, the iron-fisted leader of Da Mao has invested military power in Assyria, nailing military power there like a nail, which has also caused a lot of pressure on the European Union.

And Eagle Sauce has been taking a lot of small actions to stimulate this polar bear recently, in fact, it is to scare the EU in disguise, so that the EU and some countries in the Middle East know that they can't do without Eagle Sauce's protection.

Moreover, in recent years, the tentacles of rabbits have also extended to the Middle East, and the situation in the Middle East has become unpredictable.

Regarding the requests of various companies to enter the eagle sauce market, Eder could only say that he could not help.

The EU is now able to protect its market from being eroded by the Eagle Sauce people, which is already good, how dare you think about entering the Eagle Sauce Market.

And rabbits are not easy to mess with, especially now that the level of military equipment has been greatly improved, it is impossible for the EU to use tough means to force rabbits to open the market.