Chapter 965: Frustrated debut?
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After the talks between Premier Yang and Prime Minister Havanin, negotiations between Zhang Qingyun and Ministers Pecarinen and Lehtomeki began in the luxurious conference hall of the hotel. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info arrived
In addition to Zhang Qingyun, the Republic of China also included Ma Jin, deputy international negotiator of the Ministry of Commerce, Li Ruoming, Commercial Counselor of the Embassy of the Republic in Finland, Wang Zhou, director of the European Department of the Ministry of Commerce, and chairmen of several well-known enterprises.
On the Finnish side, in addition to the two ministers, there are also Nokia executive Stefan Elop, Stora Enso president Curie Hamara and the heads of the Asian side of their two divisions.
Pecarinen was past his age, a typical old Western gentleman, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, a pair of blue eyes that were so far-reaching that even if his face was full of kindness, he would make people think that he was an old fox.
In fact, Pecarinen is not a simple figure, and he has a great credit for it at the Finnish Economic Exhibition. More importantly, he is a foreign minister of Finland who has a national knowledge of the politics of the republic, and is the first person in Finland's diplomacy with China.
Before the start of the talks, he looked at Zhang Qingyun with a kind and scrutinizing look, the two shook hands, he patted Zhang Qingyun's shoulder with his other hand, and said very friendly: "Minister Zhang, East China is a very good place, our Finnish investment in China accounts for the largest proportion in East China, I know that you are an important influential official in East China, so I personally very much hope that you can exert your influence and give us more policy support for Finnish enterprises in China." ”
Zhang Qingyun glanced at him and immediately understood that this old man was very difficult to deal with, and he knew the political system of the republic very well. The amount of support Finland can receive for investment in East China depends largely on the importance of the government of East China Province, and even the attention of the municipal governments below. That's it
The economic development of the Republic is an all-round development of the central government's policies, and local governments are emerging in an endless stream to invigorate the economy. Pecarininen's ability to explain this mystery in one sentence shows that he really knows the Republic very well. At the same time, he does know Zhang Qingyun very well.
"Your Excellency Minister Pecarinen, I am willing to use my influence to support Finnish companies investing in any part of China!" Zhang Qingyun smiled, Pecarinen was stunned for a moment, and laughed.
As a person who understands the country, Pecari would rather not look down on Zhang Qingyun because he is young, you must know that under the political system of the Republic, "to be able to reach his current high position at Zhang Qingyun's age, his own ability, background and other comprehensive conditions must be extremely good."
With a land area of nearly 10 million square kilometers and a population of more than 1.3 billion, such a country is an absolute behemoth, and the ministerial-level cadres of such a country do not know how much competition they have to go through to stand out, and how difficult their growth process must be.
Otherwise, Zhang Qingyun would not be famous in the world, and Zhang Qingyun's age is an absolute junior in the political arena of the Republic. But in some countries around the world, their presidents may be only a few years old, and there is no comparison at all, because it is not a comparison of the order of magnitude at all.
"Minister Zhang Qingyun, let me introduce to you, this is our Minister of Foreign Trade and Exhibition, Ms. Lehtomeki." Pecarinen pointed to a tall, slightly chubby lady next to him, and Lehtomeki was looking at him with a smile.
Zhang Qingyun nodded at her with a smile, and Lehtomeki stretched out his hand, "Zhang Qingyun shook hands with her very gentlemanly, but did not speak. Pekarinen joked: "Your Excellency Minister Zhang, our lady Lehtomeki has admired your name for a long time, and she asked me for your resume a few days ago, but she has been trying to understand you!" ”
Zhang Qingyun frowned slightly, and immediately stretched, and said with a smile: "Then I am very honored, Ms. Lehtomaki is a world-renowned successful lady, I have heard your name many years ago." ”
When he said this, all three laughed at the same time. Lehtomeki looked at the young official of the republic in front of him with great interest, there was no doubt that Zhang Qingyun's conversation was very sophisticated, but she also clearly saw the moment Pecarinen was joking, and Zhang Qingyun's face was still slightly red, like a little boy's.
Such a big contrast appeared in the same person, and Lehtomeki found it amusing. He, unlike Pecarinen, didn't know much about the Republic. I just read some materials about Huahua in the West.
She had the impression that the Republic was a very conservative country, and she didn't know much about it, even though he had been to it many times. But for Huahua's things, she still just feels mysterious and incredible.
Now from Zhang Qingyun's body, she seems to see a little conservative thing, but he sees more mature things, this feeling makes her a little messy, and she feels that the young man of the republic in front of her is a little incomprehensible.
After Zhang Qingyun and the two ministers finished saluting, the next thing was to shake hands with other personnel from both sides, and finally the personnel from both sides entered the meeting room and took their seats.
The first five minutes of the meeting were a show, and the reason was naturally to cooperate with the media to video and take pictures, and the five minutes later the media was cleared, and the talks really began.
The main purpose of Zhang Qingyun's talks is to obtain Finland's support for the EU's recent antidumping investigations against the Republic in the areas of textiles and garments, and in addition, to win support and cooperation from the Finnish side for the Republic in the areas of clean energy development, upgrading of the electronic communications industry, and papermaking.
In recent years, the Republic has imported more than 5oo technology and equipment projects from Finland in these industries, with a total amount of nearly 500 million US dollars, and the average amount of a single contract exceeds 10,000 US dollars, which ranks first among all European countries.
Of course, in order to achieve the set goal, Zhang Qingyun also prepared a considerable amount of benefits for Finland. At present, the global economic recession is under great pressure on the Finnish government, and the republic can promise to provide preferential loans to the Finnish government and enterprises with 100 million US dollars. It can also promise to give more preferential policies to Finnish enterprises investing in China.
But there is a problem here, that is, in terms of mineral resources cooperation between the two countries, Zhang Qingyun cannot make concessions. In accordance with the requirements of the State Council, in the future, cooperation between the Republic and the countries of Europe should be absolutely reduced in terms of resources. With the development of the Republic in recent years, its own resources have been stretched, although some resources such as non-ferrous metals, rare earths and other reserves of the Republic are relatively rich, but in order to achieve a sustainable development strategy, the Republic cannot do everything possible to economize resources.
Especially in international cooperation, it is necessary to play less resource cards. Of course, such resources as oil resources and iron ore need to be imported from abroad, and the Republic of China has already raised this kind of diplomacy to a new level.
Zhang Qingyun had to admit that Pecarinen was an old fox, and as soon as the negotiations began, he went straight to the non-ferrous metal mines, and he directly asked the Republic to relax the export conditions, and the Finnish side needed to get higher quality and cheaper minerals.
Zhang Qingyun didn't say anything, the Ministry of Commerce and Pecarinen were talking to Ma Jin, and Ma Jin still couldn't reach a consensus on this issue despite all his efforts, so he couldn't help but turn his head and whisper to Zhang Qingyun: "Minister Zhang, it seems that the Finnish side is determined to win this, this is a bit troublesome!" ”
Zhang Qingyun kept smiling, and Pecarinen squinted a pair of fox eyes as the two communicated, and there was also a gentleman's smile on his face. Wang Zhou, who was next to him, leaned over to Zhang Qingyun at this time and said: "Minister Zhang, my opinion is to focus on the overall situation, after all, our visit to Europe this time has a strategic intention. ”
Zhang Qingyun nodded and said, "If there is a dispute, put it aside first, put forward our request first, and see how they react!" He coughed, and finally spoke in his own right, and he went straight to the point about the points in which the Republic hoped for the support of the Finnish side.
This time it was Lehtomaiki who was talking to Zhang Qingyun, this woman was also very difficult to deal with, and it was very difficult for Zhang Qingyun to make every request, and the negotiation process was unexpectedly difficult. Zhang Qingyun tried several times, and finally understood the other party's intentions, the two of them had a red face and a black face, and the intention was obvious, that is, to let their side agree to their demands first, and then they would consider the requirements of the Republic as appropriate.
Zhang Qingyun was in a bad mood and stopped talking, Ma Jin and Lehtomeki began to talk, but the progress was not ideal, and the two of them were entangled for a long time in an EU anti-dumping investigation case against China's garment industry to no avail.
"Your Excellency Ma Jin, Your Excellency Minister Zhang Qingyun! As you know, Finland is a member of the European Union, and the pressure on us to oppose the EU's anti-dumping investigation against China is very high, so it is difficult for us to agree to such a request! Lehtomaki said, with a sincere face.
Zhang Qingyun looked at his watch, his eyes looked out the window, he understood at this time that the other party did regard himself as a rookie, and the other party's positioning of the Finnish relationship also had a problem. They believed that the republic's visit to the four Nordic countries could only succeed and not fail, so they put on a lion face. Under such differences, the negotiations could not continue.
Zhang Qingyun really didn't expect that his first visit abroad would encounter such a bad situation. According to the general practice, as is the case now, the differences between the two sides are too great, and this difference is a difference in diplomatic positioning, and it is really difficult to continue this negotiation.
There is one point that is Zhang Qingyun's bottom line, that is, no matter what, the two sides of the negotiation must respect each other and be completely equal. But now the situation does not seem to be like this, Pecarinen, the old fox, and Lehtomeki, the strong woman, seem to have calculated that they must be forced to compromise, where is such a negotiation on an equal footing?
Zhang Qingyun slowly shook his half, his eyes withdrew from the window, and at this moment he made a difficult decision