Volume VI Chapter 687 The United States Wants Economic Sanctions
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Third, the four-nation alliance of the OECD is not doing well, and it is in a period of internal and external difficulties. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoAs Syria's attitude has wavered and external pressure has increased sharply, the number of high-level high-level exchanges between Iran, Somalia, and North Korea has also become frequent.
However, at this time, a financial storm that swept Europe and the United States finally reached its climax. In August, the financial turmoil triggered by the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States swept through developed countries with neoliberal economies, such as Europe and the United States.
The main contents of the so-called neoliberal economy include: reducing the interference of political axes in the financial and labor markets of the market, cracking down on trade unions, and implementing policies to promote consumption and promote high economic growth with high consumption.
In order to promote economic growth, the capitalists encouraged Yin to eat more grain and consume like crazy. That is, to spend tomorrow's money today. The establishment of subprime mortgage lenders is to provide unsecured mortgages to those who have vague credit qualifications or even credit stains, and are based on the high growth of real estate in the United States, and these subprime mortgage institutions organized by Wall Street investors and investment funds are making crazy profits. However, when the U.S. housing bubble was punctured, real estate prices plummeted, which triggered a series of market reactions, leading to the bankruptcy of a large number of mortgage lenders, and gradually evolved into a financial storm that swept the world.
Throughout August, because of the storm caused by the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States, a large number of funds in Germany, France, the United States and other countries that participated in the investment behavior of American subprime mortgage institutions went bankrupt and collapsed, resulting in huge losses for many behind-the-scenes bank capitalists, and the subprime mortgage crisis caused not only the institutional losses of various countries participating in the subprime mortgage speculation in the United States, but also the huge losses suffered by many countries that bought huge amounts of subprime mortgage guaranteed bonds in the United States. Get involved in this subprime mortgage storm.
As the center of the storm, the US political axe has once again resorted to the magic weapon of reducing losses and passing it on to other countries. In the midst of the subprime mortgage storm, the US political axe used political and diplomatic means to get those countries with strong economic strength to come forward one after another to 'save the global financial system'. The United States is the world's financial center, the dollar is the world's currency, and the collapse of American finance will trigger a series of disasters, and it is through the sharp weapon of the 'dollar' that the US political axe will successfully pass on its losses to other countries every time to reduce its own losses.
In his office, Mr. Li read the news compiled by the Ministry of Intelligence at a time when an earthquake was going on in the international financial community, but all of this had little impact on Somalia. Iran and North Korea in the Third OECD also have little impact, both countries are countries sanctioned by the United States, and the United States itself has no economic and trade entanglements, but the dollar as a world currency, its large-scale depreciation, has an impact on international trade, especially Somalia, the dollar and the Somali shilling are hard currency, both can be used directly in the market, this is because of the imperfection of the Somali financial system, the long-term civil war led to a significant depreciation of the Somali shilling, which was once reduced to 1: 6000 or more. The national currency has a low 'gold content', which is good for exports, but Somalia is not a big exporter, and now it is at a time of high development, the trade deficit is very large, and the depreciation of the dollar still has some impact on Somalia.
Just when Li Mo was frowning and thinking about how to improve Somalia's financial system, Fan Qingqing hurriedly ran in, and as soon as he opened his mouth, it was bad news.
"Boss, Michael has news that the US Congress is preparing to pass a resolution on economic sanctions against Somalia."
Li Mo's face changed when he heard this, and he stood up reflexively, but then sat down with an ugly face. Although the relationship between Somalia and the United States is complicated, there is still some trade between the two countries, but with the large-scale entry of British and Chinese investors into the Somali market, the main objects of Somalia's foreign trade have also turned to the Third OECD and the United Kingdom and China. With the economic and trade environment of the 'small circle' of the Third OECD becoming more and more favorable, Li Mo is no longer afraid of the United States unilaterally sanctioning Somalia, but Li Mo is still very greedy for the tens of millions of funds that the United States aids every year. In any case, the money for nothing is always well spent.
Moreover, Li Mo knows from the bottom of his heart that as long as Somalia does not compromise with the United States, and in the long run, it will be at odds with Iran, North Korea and other countries, and sooner or later the US political axe will treat Somalia as equals, that is, to suspend economic aid and trade blockade.
"Does the political axe know about this?" Li Mo thought for a while and asked. But as soon as he finished asking, Li Mo laughed at himself again, he was able to get the news so quickly, thanks to Michael's relationship in the United States, in order to pursue Li Qian, Michael is basically staying in the United States now, providing Li Mo with necessary help, such as smuggling some equipment and products for Li Mo through smuggling channels, and this time, providing Li Mo with inside information. On the other hand, it is impossible to get this information quickly, and of course, as long as a day or two has passed, Somalia will also get information about what happened in Parliament from various sources.
"Call Wang Ning and ask him to pay close attention to the movements of the European Union, and remind the political axe side of the news so that they can prepare. It doesn't matter if the United States unilaterally sanctions Somalia, but the EU cannot get involved, at least not yet. Li Mo quickly made a decision in his mind and commanded.
Somalia needs a lot of industrial equipment, all of which are purchased in Europe, of which the United Kingdom and Italy are the main trade objects, and now between China and China, because of the secret agreement, some equipment procurement has been transferred to China, but at present, this trade channel has not been fully developed, and for the time being, Somalia is still in urgent need of supplies from Europe.
"Qingqing, send a message to the mouse again, so that he will use the network he has built before in a short time, if it is really impossible to stop it, we can only use smuggling channels." Li Mo pondered for a while, then continued.
Fan Qingqing recorded Li Mo's two orders, and quickly twisted his waist and went out to convey the order.
"Grandma, the Yankees are really looking for the time!" Li Mo is speeding up the purchase of advanced equipment during this time, through the previous cooperation relationship, several well-known European machinery companies have agreed to export some "not very advanced" equipment to Somalia, as long as it is two months, when the equipment is shipped back, Li Mo will not care so much.
Li Mo has the world's most advanced ultra-compact machine tools, which can process the equipment needed for production, but Li Mo lacks key technology. Therefore, Li Mo plans to use the means of supernatural energy to obtain the manufacturing technology of the equipment through procurement, which is equivalent to 'copying' a lot of equipment, and soon the industrial system and military industrial system of Somalia can be established, and no one will be afraid at that time.
With the equipment, the training of skilled workers is easy, the big deal is to spend time slowly let the workers work on the equipment, rather than scrap a batch of equipment, but also to train qualified skilled workers. Moreover, in recent years, Li Mo has also cultivated a group of high-quality skilled workers, who have passed paramilitary training, and the surnames of discipline and obedience are very different from those 'traditional workers'.
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"Li Mo, the U.S. Congress has passed a bill to sanction Somalia, and there is no doubt that the real surname of this news is that our people got it from the U.S. Congress." In a relatively secluded house, Lei Zhen said with a stern face.
He thought that Li Mo had not yet received the news, and after receiving the order from China, he immediately invited Li Mo to come and reminded Li Mo to prepare in advance.
Li Mo was a little moved in his heart, no matter what, at this time, Huaxia Political Axe still regarded Li Mo as an ally.
"Lao Lei, thank you for the reminder, but I already know about this matter, and I have made relevant preparations." Li Mo smiled and said.
Lei Zhen was stunned for a moment, laughed, and said, "You kid, I knew I couldn't underestimate you." You'll know so soon, it looks like you've really done a lot of preparation! "The 'preparation' in Lei Zhen's mouth refers to the dark line arranged by Li Mo in the United States, and now that the bill has only been passed for a few hours, Li Mo has received the news that this dark line is most likely to be a member of Congress.
Li Mo smiled and didn't explain much, but asked Huaxia about the use of the first batch of silicon-uranium alloys and whether the quantity of silicon-uranium alloys was sufficient.
The use of Lei Zhen and Ding Huiqiang is definitely not clear, even if they are clear, they will not tell Li Mo, this is all about state secrets, as for the demand for silicon-uranium alloy, five tons is definitely not enough, but because the price of silicon-uranium alloy is too expensive, before the use of this new material is fully confirmed, Huaxia Zhengaxe still has no intention of large-scale import.
"By the way, Li Mo, do you know about Iran's satellite launch?" Lei Zhen asked suddenly.
"I know, but I got the news after the satellite was successfully launched." Li Mo didn't understand what Lei Zhen meant for a while, and there were some reservations in his words.
"The Iranian political axe is making too much trouble this time. The development of nuclear weapons has already caused a lot of fear in Western countries, and now that artificial satellites and multi-stage rocket technology have been developed, everyone is worried about Iran's current nuclear forces. Lei Zhen heard the vigilance in Li Mo's tone, smiled and said casually.
"Iran, like North Korea, is a de facto nuclear state, and although there are still many suspicions about this, I think the intelligence agencies in China should be able to get relevant information." Li Mo plans to take this opportunity to give Huaxia some 'hints'.
"Of course, Somalia can also be considered a de facto nuclear state." Li Mo changed his words and asked indifferently, "But do you know where our nuclear weapons come from?" ”
This question made Lei Zhen and Ding Huiqiang widen their eyes and prick up their ears at the same time. Although the outside world is still skeptical about the speed of development of Iran's nuclear program, it has finally given 'affirmation', after all, Iran has been secretly developing nuclear weapons for decades, but where did the legendary 'strategic missile battalion' in Somalia come from? This is still a mystery to the outside world. It is absolutely impossible for a country like Somalia to develop nuclear weapons on its own, but where do Somalia's nuclear weapons come from? Who are the backers behind it? Many countries are looking for information on this, because the countries behind Somalia can 'finance' Somalia as well as other countries, and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is a dead letter.
(To be continued)