"Xiao Zhou, ......"

Feng Yongwen has his own considerations, and when he calls out his name, he will inevitably have some hesitation. But from a personal point of view, he must be inclined to Zhou Shuo.

He changed his title, from Mr. Zhou to Xiao Zhou, which shows that his attitude towards Zhou Shuo has changed. It stands to reason that there is no need for the dignified vice minister of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation to be called "President Zhou." It's just that the performance of Fanhan Group is there, and its influence and strength are not bad, so Feng Yongwen shouted. Don't think that this is his respect for Zhou Shuo, in fact, it is the opposite, it is expressing a sense of distance.

But he changed his name to "Xiao Zhou", which shows that in Feng Yongwen's opinion, Zhou Shuo is already a person worth dating. From this moment on, perhaps the two can be said to have a trace of friendship.

"Minister Feng, say it." Zhou Shuo saw Feng Yongwen's embarrassment, and immediately sold his favor.

"You know that our country has been seeking to join the World Trade Organization, that is, the WTO." Feng Yongwen said slowly: "The International Department I am in charge of is the main department that promotes WTO accession. And I myself have been in charge of the work related to the WTO negotiations. ”

Feng Yongwen is the vice minister in charge of the special work of the WTO accession negotiations, and has direct jurisdiction over the International Division. The Department of International Affairs is able to formulate China's foreign trade policy and coordinate and manage international trade disputes. Hu Lao brought Zhou Shuo to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, and he must have found a professional counterpart.

"Our country first sought to restore the status of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1984, to applying for membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995, and now in 2001. You know that our country is in order to join the WTO. How much effort and cost was it? ”

"I can tell you a little bit that our country may join the WTO in the next two years. In this context. All of our work revolves around WTO accession. ”

Zhou Shuo sighed deeply, lowered his head and said disappointedly, "So." Minister Feng thinks that at this point in time, it is not appropriate to stimulate the Americans too much? ”

He knew that there was no need for Feng Yongwen to say "these two years", September 17, 2001. On the sixth day of the 911 incident, all the legal documents for accession to the WTO were obtained.

Feng Yongwen opened his mouth, as if he wanted to defend something. However, in the end, he didn't say much, just nodded and said: "This is the general trend, it is the need of the government, it can only be said that now is not the time." ”

"I understand. Just ......"

Zhou Shuo smacked his lips, still didn't give up after thinking about it for a while, and said: "Since Minister Feng is in the position of the International Department of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, he should be no stranger to the Americans, right?" ”

"I know a little, I've been dealing with them for more than ten years." Feng Yongwen nodded in acknowledgement.

"Americans think differently than we do, they worship strength. As long as they show strength, they can only give in. Zhou Shuo encouraged his tongue and persuaded: "As long as the country is serious, Fanhan Group will also cooperate with the country's actions." Hitting Cisco's market a global scale, I think it will definitely make the Americans bow their heads. ”

Zhou Shuo is convinced of this, because this is what China will do in the future. It has also been proven that the Americans are nothing more than paper tigers. If you are strong, he will naturally be weak.

However, Feng Yongwen shook his head, sighed and said: "Xiao Zhou, what you said, this is the impression of Fanhan Group in the electronics industry. You can wipe out the American Cisco in the market. Naturally, there is such a position to say such things. In the face of the facts, the Americans also had to bow their heads. ”

"But we are a country of more than a billion people. Economically, it is only one-tenth that of the United States, and about the size of a boot in Italy. Let's be honest. We don't have the confidence to say the same thing as you. Let me tell you something—"

Feng Yongwen was stunned for a while, as if he was recalling something, and then said after a while: "Even if our country excludes the period from 1984 to 1995, which required the restoration of GATT status, from 1995 to 2001, this is six years. In reality, however, the real negotiations began only in February 1996. Do you know what our working group was doing in the year from 1995 to 1996? ”

Although Zhou Shuo knew that China's accession to the WTO was a major event, the whole process was really not clear. He shook his head and asked with some curiosity: "Minister Feng is the main leader presiding over the accession to the WTO, how can I know better than you know?" ”

"Heh, I won't sell it." Feng Yongwen smiled bitterly: "In this year's time, it is actually a negotiation of the attitude of Sino-US negotiations!" ”

"Uh, what do you mean?" Zhou Shuo was confused, what is the negotiation of negotiation attitude? Although these are all Chinese, they are clearly inexplicable when connected.

"The United States is the leader of the WTO, and there are many countries behind him who are looking forward to it. Coupled with the strength of the United States itself, the United States has a very important voice in the WTO. When China first conducted the WTO negotiations, the so-called negotiations of the Americans were to throw out a bunch of clauses, one, two, three, four, you Chinese must agree, there is no room for negotiation! ”

"For Americans, that's negotiation."

Of course, we can't agree to this, otherwise it would be tantamount to accepting the Americans' conditions in their entirety. So before we start formal negotiations, we need to first negotiate with a negotiating attitude. In other words, we Chinese demand that we have a position at the negotiating table on an equal footing with the Americans! ”

When Feng Yongwen said this, he shook his head helplessly and sighed: "It took us a year to persuade the Americans to admit that China and the United States are equal opponents at the negotiating table. ”

"Do you understand what I mean?"

Zhou Shuo touched his chin and didn't speak for a long time.

He was deeply shocked by the difficulties of China's accession to the World Trade Organization. Chinese can fight a trade war with the EU in the future, can wrestle with the Americans, who would have thought that it would be so difficult at the beginning?

The predecessors planted trees and the later generations enjoyed the shade, perhaps, he should also be more considerate of China in this era.

The bombing of the embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia caused us to swallow blood in the end. Compared with these things, this small setback of Pan Han Group is really nothing.

Maybe it's a gentleman's revenge, ten years is not too late? There is no need to wait, after 911, the Americans naturally can no longer afford to take care of the Pan Han Group, and after joining the WTO, there will not be so many worries in China.

For the sake of the overall situation, can you endure the calm for a while?

"I understand what Minister Feng means." Zhou Shuo nodded with difficulty and opened his mouth, but found that he was still very unwilling.

After all, Cisco's background is deep, and it can be said that it is an opportunity to force them to such a point. The mall is changing rapidly, and no one knows what it will be like in a year.

Perhaps it was the Pan Han Group that returned to the U.S. market and cut Cisco down.

But it's also possible that Cisco will rise back from adversity or find another way.

In fact, Zhou Shuo seems to have even a greater second possibility. The entire network system of the Internet is laid by Cisco, and such a company is terrible.

But no matter how many reasons there are, he still only has to "take care of the overall situation".

"In that case, I will be prepared for the worst and withdraw from the American market." Zhou Shuo said unwillingly.

"The country is sorry for you, Xiao Zhou. You have achieved excellent results, but you have suffered such a great loss because the country is not strong enough......"

Zhou Shuo gritted his teeth and said, "Minister Feng, you don't need to say it, I still have this kind of awareness." When we went back, we stopped thinking of entering the U.S. market. ”

"Hey, you-"

Feng Yongwen laughed helplessly, pointed at him and smiled: "I'm just saying that at this time, it's not the right time to provoke a Sino-US trade war, who let you go back and die down?" ”

"Huh?" Zhou Shuo was stunned, looked at him and said, "Isn't Minister Feng worried that our affairs will have an impact on Sino-US relations?" ”

Feng Yongwen couldn't cry or laugh, and said: "That's the official attitude, I'll call you Xiao Zhou, for the sake of Hu Lao, let's talk about private whispers." ”

"The United States is different from China in that companies have much more influence over the government. Cisco is a big company, but it doesn't have to be able to cover the sky alone. How did we solve the trade frictions in the past? There is an old saying in China, which is called inciting the masses to fight the masses! For example, if there is a problem in the trade of the machinery industry, we want to import agricultural products from the United States, so let the agricultural guild go to the industrial guild. Got it? ”

Zhou Shuo's eyes lit up, nodded again and again, and smiled excitedly: "Understood, understood!" ”

"It's good to understand, if we don't interfere officially, this is already done for the Americans. Whatever you want to do in the people, just let go and do it. As long as we don't come forward, the US officials can't say anything. ”

Zhou Shuoxi smiled, breathed a sigh of relief for the first time, and said lightly: "With Minister Feng's words, I have a bottom in my heart." ”

"Xiao Zhou, you are a capable person. Looking at the achievements of Fanhan Group today, you can know that it is actually the country that supports you. I don't have much support for you, the only thing I can do is to let go of your hands and feet and let you do it to your heart's content. ”

"Minister Feng, you don't need to say it, the son doesn't think the ugly dog doesn't think the family is poor. It's an American bastard, don't I distinguish between right and wrong? ”

"Just watch, I'll teach Cisco a profound lesson!"

"The Americans are really deceiving people in this matter, and I will pay attention to the progress of the incident."

Feng Yongwen poked his head over and suddenly said in Zhou Shuo's ear: "Give me a good lesson for these Americans, let them know that Chinese are not easy to bully!" ”

"Yes!" (To be continued......)