736 Strive for the best

Sisai found himself in a mess in power, and he had a set of ideas for governing the country, but when he put it into practice, he found that the gap between the idea and the reality was too great. He listed more than a dozen goals for his tenure, but none of them were accomplished in two years. He and his team were busy all day long, and it can be described as a headache and a pain in the foot, but in the end, nothing was accomplished.

The matter of clean energy is a great hope that Sisai has placed great hopes on, but in the process of advancing, it has been repeatedly frustrated. After learning that the operators of wind farms were enjoying tax cuts and purchasing Chinese wind turbines at the same time, he immediately submitted a proposal to the Diet to adjust the tax policy, asking that the main body of the tax reduction be changed to domestic wind turbine manufacturers, but such a proposal was also noisy in the Diet and could not be passed at all.

Members of Congress representing the interests of manufacturers naturally applauded the Sisay proposal, saying that it was an important measure to get the United States out of its current economic predicament, and whoever opposed the passage of this proposal was a public enemy of the United States and an agent of the Chinese in the United States.

Those parliamentarians who represent the interests of operators have taken a clear stand against it. They believe that the development of clean energy is to combat global climate change, and as for which country produces wind turbines to use in the process of developing clean energy, it is not the crux of the matter, and Cisai's proposal is putting the cart before the horse.

In an attempt to counter Sisay's proposal, the lawmakers publicly challenged those who supported it, asking them whether they could commit to reducing the price of wind turbines to the same level as those in China if they cut taxes on American wind turbines.

Everyone knows that the ability of Chinese to control costs is against the sky, and even with the support of the country's tax reduction policy, American wind turbine manufacturers dare not say that their products can be sold cheaper than Chinese products. What's more, these wind turbine manufacturers also have their own profit demands, and the state provides policies to make them rich, and fools will promise to reduce prices immediately after tax cuts.

The manufacturers, of course, don't speak out directly, and they find another reason to refute the question. They point out that the number of new wind farms built in the U.S. each year is too small. So much so that their investment in product development cannot be diluted, which is an important reason why the price of wind turbines in the United States cannot be reduced.

On the face of it, this is also plausible. For example, the development of a new generation of wind turbines requires an annual investment of $1 billion, and this money needs to be allocated to the product. If you sell 10,000 MW of wind turbines a year. $100,000 per megawatt of R&D investment; And if you can sell 20,000 megawatts of wind turbines a year, the apportionment per megawatt can drop to $50,000.

Manufacturers have responded to criticism from congressmen with such figures, arguing that they can promise to reduce the price of equipment by $50,000 per megawatt if the United States could add 20,000 megawatts of wind power a year instead of the current 10,000 megawatts. The question is, does the government have such courage?

At a time when these two are pointing fingers at each other. A third force is also involved, and they represent traditional energy companies. These people believe that wind power and solar power are just the brains of fools who have been brainwashed by the so-called myth of global climate change, and that biomass energy is king. The government has this money, so it might as well scoop it to Alaska for geological exploration and see if it can find some new oil reserves.

As for the parliamentarians who have nothing to do with these companies, they have a soy sauce mentality. Talking about cool things. They believe that both wind and oil companies are moths in the U.S. economy. The state should not give them any subsidies, but should impose heavy taxes on them in order to reduce taxes for the common people. According to them, as long as the people have money, they will buy things, and demand can automatically generate supply, which is what Say .........said,

Sissay was so distracted by these arguments that he wanted to give a lesson to the congressmen about what the national interest was and what the American spirit was. But he finally didn't do such a stupid thing. He knows that there are interest groups behind the parliamentarians, and there is no bunch of interest groups behind him, the president. In a country where interest groups dominate decision-making, it is ridiculous to talk about national interests.

The matter of tax cuts for wind turbine manufacturers has been put on hold, with the efficiency of Congress. It is estimated that at the end of this term of office in Western Sai, this discussion will not have a result. Wind turbine manufacturers can't afford it themselves, and cheaper wind turbines from China have seized their market, making it increasingly difficult for them to operate. In this case, wind turbine manufacturers have offered a weapon that American companies are accustomed to using: anti-dumping and anti-dumping investigations.

The so-called anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures refer to anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures, both of which are unfair competition methods expressly prohibited by the WTO. According to U.S. wind turbine manufacturers, Chinese wind turbine manufacturers enjoy subsidies from the Chinese government when they export wind turbines to the U.S. and sell their products to the U.S. market at a lower price than in the Chinese market, which is why Chinese wind turbines are so cheap.

As a result of the WTO agreement, countries are increasingly relying on tariffs as a means to protect their industries. Unilateral tariff increases are a means that run counter to the principle of trade liberalization and are prone to retaliation from other countries. In the absence of tariffs as a means, countries have invented a variety of non-tariff measures, such as anti-dumping and anti-dumping investigations.

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Now, the wind turbine manufacturers have jointly made a double anti-dumping request, which is no less than a slap in the face of his president.

"I don't think it's an effective means to crack down on Chinese wind turbines through anti-dumping investigations." Sisai said to Energy Minister Twyn in chagrin.

Twin asked, "Why?" ”

West Circuit: "I've seen the evidence submitted by these wind turbine manufacturers and I think it's far-fetched. Perhaps the Chinese government does have subsidies for Chinese wind turbine manufacturers, but such subsidies are provided through tax breaks, land allocations, etc., which have been a gap in the WTO. In fact, we are also cutting taxes on wind turbine manufacturers, which is no different from what the Chinese do. ”

"Mr. President, you must know that the main purpose of our anti-dumping investigation is to temporarily restrict the import of wind turbines from China and provide a buffer for our wind turbine manufacturers," Twen said. It doesn't matter what the results of the survey are, as long as there is such a process. ”

Sisai was even more annoyed, and he said: "I know this, which is why I oppose this double anti-dumping investigation." I believe that we should focus on improving our competitiveness and not base our hopes on non-trade barriers. Free trade is a principle that we have always believed in, and I don't want to see the United States become a trade protection country. ”

"Mr. President, I think we should face reality." Twin looked at Sisai and said with a bit of hatred for iron.

"The reality you say means that our fan industry cannot compete with the Chinese?" Sissi asked rhetorically.

Twin shrugged, "That's true, although it's not pleasant to admit it. ”…,

"How is this possible? As you told me, our technology is far superior to that of the Chinese. Sisai asked.

"That's ...... used to be better," said Twin, "but Chinese in the last two years, Chinese have invested hundreds of billions of dollars in the wind turbine industry, and their production equipment is much more advanced than ours, and the production costs are much lower than ours."

They have the largest machine in the world for machining wind turbine blades, and they can machine one blade at a time. We use smaller machines, and to machine a blade, it takes several splits to complete.

In the past, Chinese mainly relied on low labor costs to reduce the cost of products, but now, in addition to the labor costs are still low, they have also surpassed us in technology. With the increase in production efficiency, they can also effectively reduce costs. ”

"The world's largest device is actually in China, not in the United States?" Sisai felt that this was an incredible thing, completely subverting his common sense. Isn't the United States the number one power in the world? How is it possible that the Chinese have equipment and the Americans do not?

Commerce Secretary Ford said, "Mr. President, this is true. Chinese have many world-class equipment, but we in the United States do not, this situation has appeared 10 years ago, and it has been especially serious in recent years. Chinese like to pursue the world's first, you know that. In the past, they didn't have the money and didn't have enough technology accumulation, so they couldn't do it. And now, as long as they do any equipment, they must be heading towards the goal of being the first in the world. ”

"Last month, Chinese built the world's largest wind turbine blade to date, with a total length of 62 meters, a maximum chord length of 4.5 meters and a pre-bend of 1.5 meters...... Well, let's put it this way, this blade is used in offshore 5 megawatt wind turbines, and the only ones that can make this class of wind turbines are Vestas in Denmark and Hanhua Wind Turbine Company in China. ”

"I heard the news that Hanwha is interested in buying Vestas, and if this rumor is true, then ...... There will be no company on earth that can hold GCA. Ford added with a smile, ignoring the fact that Sisai's face had darkened. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation