The negotiating room was arranged by the Americans on the 99th floor of the world-famous Twin Towers, with an unobstructed view of the bustling central area of Manhattan. From afar, you can easily enjoy the most magnificent cityscape in New York.

And setting up the place of negotiation here is undoubtedly a psychological tactic of the Americans. With the most direct manifestation of strong national power, the most eye-catching landmark in the world's most prosperous city, New York City, exerted pressure on the Chinese to make concessions.

However, this trick that used to be tried and tested in the face of third world countries has failed here for the Chinese.

The United States is the world's largest in national strength, and the United States is also the world's largest in science and technology, and the United States' goods are naturally the first in the world.

This "World Trade Center" building is the embodiment of this self-confidence of the Americans, and it has nothing to do with the WTO, which will not be born until four years away, but as the full name of the World Trade Center reflects, it is the self-proclaimed "center of world trade" by the Americans.

The Third World in Asia, Africa, and Latin America often experienced the huge gap between the United States and their respective countries in the United States, in New York, and here. Often, before the start of the negotiations, the negotiators of these countries have completely destroyed their national and national self-confidence, and they are happy and convinced by the terms and commodities offered by the United States.

In the view of Shears, the director of the US Trade Negotiation Agency, China is such a backward country.

China's economy is growing rapidly, but the gap between China and the United States is still desperately large. From capital to science and technology to influence, discourse, military strength and comprehensive national strength. From soft power to hard power, the Chinese do not have the same advantage.

Don't look at the Chinese who have made a fortune in the international financial market, don't you still have to come over and pay tribute to the American old men?

A poker game called 510K is a game in which two people on the losing side "pay tribute" to the winner with their best card. If the loser in the previous round was given more than 100 points by the winner, he will even have to pay tribute to the two best big cards in his hand. At such times, the loser often has no chance of turning over, but it is the most exciting game to be able to complete this kind of Jedi counter-kill.

For the Chinese negotiating team, China undoubtedly lost a clean game in the early 20th century. Not only did he lose all the points in his hand, but even the double king and the four twos were caught by the other party, and he couldn't see any chance of winning at all.

Now, although he has caught a dragon in his hand, he must also think carefully about how to fool the other party into a lame, so that he may steal a chicken to a chance to play cards.

In reality, the game confrontation between players at the poker table depends on the various means of the negotiation team. Whether China can seize this historic opportunity, or whether it can be beaten back to its original shape by the American masters, depends on the performance of the Chinese negotiating team.

This undoubtedly means tremendous pressure on Tong Tong Guangzhi, head of the Sino-US trade negotiation delegation.

Hills is the head of the U.S. Trade Negotiation Agency, and there are two women internationally known as the Iron Lady, one is the Thatcher woman in the United Kingdom, and the other is the American Ms. Shears. One can imagine what kind of status she has in the US State Department and how domineering her style of conduct is.

Negotiations are now almost three months underway. If it was a purely commercial negotiation, it would definitely not have been entangled for such a long time. In fact, if this huge trade between China and the United States is a purely commercial issue, why should the Chinese give away the money they have earned by their skills?

From the very beginning, this US-China trade negotiation has been a political issue.

Yes, that's right. You American boss is bullish, the rabbit makes a little money, and you have to pay protection money if you want to put it in your pocket with peace of mind. However, how is it possible to make tens of billions of dollars in huge transactions, and you want to act as if nothing had happened?

China and some industrial groups in the United States took advantage of the situation to jointly put forward a condition, but Shears was cold about it.

No matter how many relations the industrial conglomerate has launched, and no matter how much the Chinese side argues for it in the negotiations, she will never let up on this condition.

This is not surprising, because the conditions proposed by Tong Guangzhi have indeed poked at the sensitive nerves of Americans.

The Chinese side demanded that the United States assist China in resuming GATT.

The so-called resumption of GATT is to restore China's status as a signatory to the GATT. Since 1986, when China applied for the resumption of GATT, the United States has been an unbypass hurdle in China's GATT resumption process. By 1990, the situation of China's resumption of customs had changed. In the name of a separate customs territory, Baodao reapplied to join the GATT.

Once Baodao joins the GATT in a separate regional situation, it will undoubtedly be a serious provocation to China's Baodao's position. However, in order to thwart the plot of the treasure island, China must first have an independent voice in the GATT. The pressure on China to resume customs clearance suddenly became urgent.

On the other hand, huge orders of more than $50 billion are about to enter the US industrial sector. If China has not yet joined the GATT, then China's domestic trade protection system will be enough for these American industrial groups to drink. China's accession to the GATT also means that China's industrial products market has opened its door to the world, which is a feast more sumptuous than the 50 billion orders.

With the support of such a large interest group, and the diplomatic and political pressure from China, how can Shears be able to hold on to Tsingshan?

The system of the US State Department is actually the same as that of the Chinese side, and it is a system in which the chief is responsible. As the person in charge of the negotiations, if Shears does not let go, it is impossible to make any progress in the progress of the negotiations.

Just trying to figure out the series of undercurrents behind this is enough to burn 50 billion brain cells. Moreover, in the course of the negotiations, it was necessary to deal with the specific matters involved, and every member of the Chinese negotiating team was obviously much haggard.

Tong Guangzhi's voice was a little tired, but his eyes looked at the documents in his hand meticulously, and said in a deep voice: "We can release tariff exemptions for 12 categories and a total of 138 products to the United States. In addition, we can reduce the tariff quota for a total of 511 products, which is the final solution that we can offer. ”

Shears picked up his glasses from the table, placed them on his face, and slowly unfolded the list of reduced products. After more than ten minutes, she suddenly shook her head, pointed to a line of text in the document and said, "Tong, your list is insincere. The vast majority of these tariff-free products are products that we in the United States prohibit exporting, and there is no meaning for them to reduce tariffs. ”

"That's exactly what we're talking about, Ms. Hills. Tong Guangzhi cheered up and tried to persuade again: "What we ask for is some civilian technology, such as carbon fiber patent authorization and equipment, and the list only hopes to introduce low-end technology equivalent to Toray's T300 level." It is very unreasonable for the US side to include all such products in the list of prohibited exports. ”

"We can't guarantee that China won't use its products in the military field after acquiring carbon fiber technology. Hills waved his hand casually and said unquestionably: "The United States is a member of Batumi and will not export sensitive technology to restricted countries." Unless China can become a free country, it will ...... in breaking through the blockade of Batumi"

"Mr. Tong, of course, this is not without opportunities. As he spoke, Shears took a sharp turn in his tone, revealing something that made the Chinese negotiators ecstatic.

Tong Guangzhi's face did not change, he was not deceived by this little trick of the Americans, and said quietly: "Oh, if Ms. Shears has any proposals, we can have a full discussion." ”

Seeing that Tong Guangzhi was not in a hurry to show his feet, Hills was a little disappointed, but there was not much emotional fluctuation. If the other side had exposed its flaws so easily, the negotiations would not have lasted for three months.

"I also have a list here, and on one side of the list are fifteen major items, a total of 141 products and technologies that have been banned. These include carbon fiber technology, as well as materials and patents in the semiconductor field, electronics, aerospace, energy and engines, automobiles, machinery manufacturing, and a range of products and technologies that you are very eager for. On the other side of the list, only one area is required for you, China, to agree to open up. ”

Shears tapped the document next to him and whispered a single word: "Finance." ”

"Financial ......"

Tong Guangzhi looked at the careless Hills, and his thoughts turned sharply. By now, her intentions have become very clear.

As a matter of fact, the Chinese negotiating team has already been aware of the conditions that Shears will put forward.

During this period, the trade negotiations between China and the United States have attracted the attention of many political and social forces such as members of Congress and committees. There are many reasons for this, but the tens of billions of dollars in orders have boosted the U.S. economy, which is the most exciting.

As a result, the market of American industrial groups has risen sharply, and not only the stock price is favored by investors, but also the voice of the government has grown rapidly. This is not surprising, since huge orders inevitably lead to a large number of jobs, and the expansion of production by the American industrial conglomerate is inevitable. As long as the U.S. government wants to address the employment rate in its jurisdiction, it will have to find ways to attract new factories.

In the face of the strong rise of industrial conglomerates, Shears insisted that the negotiations could not be implemented, which is not something that a trade negotiator can do. Behind her, there must be the support of forces that can compete with industrial groups.

It is not difficult to guess the forces behind this, because looking at the world, there is only one group that can meet this condition.

Wall Street.

The financial consortia have finally bared their fangs.

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