735 Preferential policies

"It's incredible!"

Sisai was throwing things again. The Department of Energy reported to him that in 2009, the United States installed 10,000 megawatts of new wind power capacity, while China's new installed capacity reached 15,000 megawatts, 50% more than the United States. What is even more intolerable is that more than 30% of the 10,000 megawatts of new capacity in the United States use Chinese-made wind turbines, and all of China's own new capacity uses domestic wind turbines, at best, some necessary components are imported from abroad.

"We have twice as much GDP as China, and we invest less in wind power than China, and who can tell me what's going on?" Sissay asked as he turned to his staff.

Treasury Secretary Gayner stepped forward and said, "President, you know, our GDP is higher, but our savings rate is much lower than China's. Last year, China's savings rate reached 48 percent, which means that 48 percent of their people's income was converted into investment, while ours was less than 15 percent, which is only enough to cover the depreciation of original assets.

Last year, Chinese built 5,000 kilometers of highways alone, and we ...... Yes 0. ”

"Americans are spending too much money on consumption." "We should encourage people to save more and invest more. ”

"It's unrealistic, our people are used to spending money, and they're more willing to go into debt than save what they have," Gayna said. But Asians, and I mean Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans, have a tradition of saving since ancient times. At the time of Japan's economic take-off, their national savings rate was as high as more than 30 percent, while China's was even more terrifying, reaching nearly 50 percent. ”

"I think it's time to remind Chinese to spend more, and they should be told that the purpose of earning money is to spend money." Instead of saving money for investment. The president's policy adviser chimed in.

"We've been doing this, we've funded more than 20 academic societies and hundreds of economists in China to publish articles accusing the Chinese government of investing too much," said the assistant in charge of security. Pity. The Chinese government has turned a deaf ear to this, and they are keen on all things investment-related. The same is true for Chinese people, if they have money, they would rather look for an investment opportunity than spend it on consumption. ”

"What a terrible people." Sisai gritted his teeth, not knowing if he was angry or jealous.

In Sisai's body, half black blood. He knows. In his father's hometown in Africa, the people there didn't know what it meant to save at all, and they didn't even save the next day's wages for the next day, but had to eat and drink them all that night.

But the Chinese are the opposite, many businessmen with a net worth of hundreds of millions, who dress and eat very simply, but invest a lot of money. When you really can't find any investment direction. They went to the city to buy a house, and as soon as they bought it, it was a building, which they called "flipping houses". The same phenomenon can be seen in the United States. At a time when Americans are eating too much food and overdrawing their future income, Chinese immigrants are busy hoarding gold and houses like squirrels before the winter, and I wonder how they can have such a deep interest in investment.

Sisai decided not to pursue the issue of investment, and this is not something he can change. He changed the question and asked Secretary of Energy Twen and Commerce Secretary Ford: "Well, even if we don't invest as much as the Chinese, at least we should make sure that all this limited investment is used to purchase American products, right?" Why do we use Chinese wind turbines in our wind farms, and can anyone give me an explanation? ”

"I guess it's the operator's choice. We do not have a decree prohibiting wind farms from using foreign wind turbines. If the price of Chinese wind turbines is more favorable, they will choose Chinese wind turbines. Just like they choose shirts made in China. Ford replied. …,

"Yes, we haven't had such a regulation, but the Chinese government has such a regulation, and their wind farms use all domestic wind turbines, and American wind turbines can't enter the Chinese market at all," Tewyn added. ”

"We have to pass a bill. Wind farms built in the U.S. are required to use U.S.-made wind turbines to protect our wind turbine manufacturing industry. Sisai exclaimed.

Ford shook his head and said, "Mr. President, this is inappropriate, and the WTO will condemn us for this." ”

"Why don't they condemn China?" Sissay asked. The Chinese government can stipulate that wind farms must use its own wind turbines, and the WTO will pretend to be deaf and dumb and remain silent. When the U.S. government does this, the WTO will come out and condemn it.

Ford replied: "In fact, China does not explicitly stipulate that their wind farms cannot use foreign wind turbines, but every wind farm will abide by this unwritten rule when purchasing them, because their wind farms are all invested by the state, and they do not have private wind farms." ”

"We need to educate our entrepreneurs and instill in them the spirit of patriotism." "We should make every entrepreneur aware that the United States is facing unprecedented challenges, and we must unite to resist the competition from China, which is a competition between countries." ”

Belch...... Please, isn't this good at election time? The staff members are secretly slandering in their hearts. This benevolent brother probably talked big and empty during the election campaign, and he looked so sad everywhere he went. Why don't you come up with some real measures, pretending to be like this is a fart? And what patriotism, businessmen are patriotic, isn't this a complete joke?

Sisai is a lawyer by training, and he is good at making speeches and sensationalism. On any occasion, he can burst into tears at any time, as sad as if someone had stolen 100 dollars. However, after crying, he was relieved that he had done what he had to do, and that the rest should be done by someone else. In the more than a year since he became president, he has choked up in public much more times than he has made substantive decisions, which has won him the hearts of many female voters. To say that Americans are simple-hearted, and you elected a president just to accompany you to shed tears?

In contrast, Sisai's predecessor Bush Jr. did not have so much hypocrisy, as a second-generation president, Bush Jr. has always been arrogant, often saying the wrong things, doing wrong things, and making all kinds of jokes without he minding at all. But when it was time to make a decision, Bush Jr. did not hesitate at all, and really had the courage to act.

"Mr. President, there is a situation that needs to be brought to our attention." Twin rudely interrupted Sisay's performance and said to him, "Actually, it's not a question of educating our wind operators how to be patriotic, it's that our wind operators are no longer exactly American businesses." As far as we know, the wind farms owned by Chinese companies in the United States have reached nearly 2,000 megawatts of installed capacity. It is these wind farms, owned by Chinese companies, that have opened up a precedent for the use of Chinese wind turbines, which has led to Chinese wind turbines gaining a place in the US market. ”

"How is this possible?" Sisai was confused by this newly obtained information: "How can Chinese companies come to the United States to invest in wind power?" ”

"We don't have a bill that prohibits Chinese companies from investing in wind power in the United States." "Also, some Chinese companies have entered the U.S. market in a roundabout way to operate wind power, for example, I know of a company called Lansell, which is registered in the U.S., but it's a wholly owned subsidiary of a Chinese company. I think all of you have heard of this Chinese company, it is called Hanhua Heavy Industries. ”…,

As soon as Tewen said the name of Hanhua Heavy Industries, everyone subconsciously glanced at Xisai, and then quickly looked away. As Xisai's staff, everyone naturally knows some past stories about him, when Xisai first debuted, he took the funding of Hanhua Heavy Industry to participate in the election of parliamentarians.

"Hanhua Heavy Industries, I've heard of it." Sisai felt everyone's gaze, he pretended to be in control of everything, and said, "I have paid attention to this company many years ago, and I have also had a relationship with its chairman, Mr. Lin. I admit that GCA is a very dynamic company, it is ambitious, and I have always believed that American companies should learn from its spirit, which is actually an American spirit. It was with this spirit that our ancestors ......"

You are really a talker...... Twin sighed in his heart, and he had to interrupt Sisay again: "Mr. President, I think that letting Chinese interfere in the construction of wind farms in the United States is very detrimental to our development of the wind power industry." In order to stimulate the development of the wind power industry, we have provided tax breaks for wind farms to purchase wind power equipment, and if these wind farms purchase Chinese wind turbines, it is equivalent to using American taxpayers' money to fund China's wind turbine industry. ”

Sisai's impassioned remarks were repeatedly interrupted by Twin, with a bit of a sense of smuggling. Hearing Tewin's introduction, he said: "Your opinion is very correct, we cannot use American taxpayers' money to fund China's wind turbine industry. Mr. Twin, what do you think we should do? ”

"I think we should define the target of the tax reduction as the producer of the wind turbine, not the buyer of the wind turbine. It is necessary to reduce the price of wind turbines made in the United States by reducing taxes on producers and making them competitive. In this way, the Chinese will not be able to enjoy the preferential conditions we offer. Twin threw out what he had wanted to say for a long time, but in fact, he was asked to say by more than a dozen American wind turbine manufacturers.

"I think it's a viable idea." Sisai's eyes lit up.

Ford shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't think this plan will help solve the problem, and just because giving wind turbine manufacturers a tax cut doesn't mean they're going to be price competitive." (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )