In the matter of the super battery, Lin Xiao refused to speak up.

The prime minister felt a little sad about this, and he was a little helpless, after all, he was not a comrade in his camp, and there were some things that he was inconvenient to say, and Lin Xiao already had absolute control over the super battery, and no one could take it away.

Besides, with Lin Xiao's combat effectiveness, even the members of the Central Standing Committee were reluctant to provoke him, not to mention that the prime minister's facial paralysis last time almost had a more serious risk, but Lin Xiao took action to cure him.

Under such circumstances, the prime minister could not say anything to Lin Xiao.

After all, it is the interests of others, after all, it is the copyright of others, after all, it is a tool for others to make money, if Lin Xiao is really forced to hand over the decision-making power of the super battery, then even if he offends people to death, he may not be able to succeed.

Such an uncertain thing, a figure like the prime minister, naturally will not do it.

Although he felt a little regretful about this, a little entangled, and at the same time had to deal with people in European countries who were very interested in Lin Xiao's super battery, but the prime minister was not unacceptable to this, after all, it was Lin Xiao's business, even if he was classified as the prime minister of a country, it was impossible to force Lin Xiao to do anything, it was just something that violated principles.

However, just when the prime minister was struggling, something finally broke out, and everyone's attention finally turned from the super battery to other aspects.

"What kind of person, Britain is going to do it?" When he received the news, Lin Xiao was a little shocked, obviously he hadn't thought of this, he thought it was an April Fool's Day joke, but April Fool's Day had long passed, and now it was October, how could someone make such a joke?

Lin Xiao searched the Internet, and sure enough, he saw many questions about the historical grievances between Socrates and England within Britain.

After 300 years together, why does Scotland insist on divorce from the UK today? There are complex historical entanglements and practical reasons for this.

After the unification of the Kingdom of Scotland in 843 AD, it was a ** country. But in 1296, it was occupied by England, and the **** rule of King Edward I of England provoked a sustained revolt by the Scots, and Scotland regained its ** status in 1328.

For more than 300 years, Scotland and England were separated and united, until 1706, when Scotland and England signed the Act of Union, which came into force on May 1, 1707, and the Kingdom of Great Britain was formed, of which Scotland became a part.

Many historians believe that this was a marriage of sale, because Scotland chose to marry England in the nineties of the 17th century after the collapse of the Darin plan to colonize Panama, and a crucial provision of the Act of Union was that the English government agreed to pay a sum of money to Scotland to compensate the investors who lost their money in the Darling colonization plan.

Because the emotional foundation is not strong, the ** forces within Scotland that advocate secession from Britain have not died down, and have been accumulating strength and waiting for a comeback.

Now Scotland insists on independence. It is also confident.

Scotland was originally united with England for economic reasons, and now the trigger is also economic.

The UK is now Europe's third-largest oil producer and fourth-largest producer of natural gas, behind Russia and Norway in oil production, behind Russia, the Netherlands and Norway, which is closely related to the continuous increase in production from the UK's North Sea fields. But Scotland is reluctant to pay nearly £9 billion a year in oil and gas taxes to the British government.

In addition, many Scottish officials said that if they break away from the central government and take the existing fishing operation line as the national boundary, Scotland will get 95% of the oil fields and 60% of the gas fields, and then it will get a huge cornucopia, which is where the confidence of Scotland and England lies.

If this break-up comes to fruition after 300 years, it will have long-term and far-reaching consequences for the UK, Europe and the world, and Scotland itself may not be as smooth sailing as it hopes.

The Scots may not get a lot of benefits, but on the contrary, there will be some tricky problems.

The first is the issue of EU membership, once Scotland becomes independent. Britain and Spain will resolutely refuse Scotland's membership in NATO and the European Union in order to suppress the independence of the countries concerned. Establish forces.

There is also the issue of currency, which will also be a problem for Scotland's central bank and currency.

At that time, Scotland is likely to be unable to use neither the pound nor the euro, and will face big problems in terms of currency and national identity, and if Scotland breaks away from the pound sterling system, its financial system may fall into a dangerous situation, triggering capital flight.

Social welfare is also a conundrum that Scotland considers independent. Voters will receive many benefits, including an increase in the minimum wage. But alone. Scotland will lose many of its existing benefits, including the UK's proud national health insurance system.

For the UK, if Scotland is alone. Immediately, Britain is definitely the loser.

Without Scotland, the United Kingdom would lose one-third of its territory, one-tenth of its population, its valuable North Sea oil and gas resources, and its fishing rights.

Scottish exclusive. It will also affect the balance of Britain's remaining powers. Agreed to hold the independence. The British politician who called for the referendum is bound to become a sinner and face pressure to step down. At the same time, the opposition Labour Party has not benefited either, because Scotland is in the traditional vote base of the opposition Labour Party, and once it leaves the UK, it is difficult for the Labour Party to turn over and return to power.

In addition, Scotland has the UK's most important strategic nuclear arsenal in the event of independence. The British could only move the arsenal, which would cost huge financial resources and a long time.

The referendum will also have far-reaching regional repercussions for Europe, as once Scotland**, the UK's dominant position in the EU will no longer exist, and the UK may face the option of leaving the EU.

At the same time, European countries are worried that their national territories will be ** like this, which will lead to some irrational political and social asymmetry, and more crises will erupt.

As far as the world is concerned, once Britain loses a certain amount of leadership power, it may intensify alliances and confrontations, adding destabilizing factors to the world situation, and in Europe, the United States will act more unscrupulously.

At the same time, the situation in the British Isles will become more tense, and the national contradictions after the decomposition will intensify and local conflicts will increase.

"Britain is imminent, what impact will it have on our China?" Lin Xiao was most concerned about this issue.

"Of course there was an impact, and it was a big impact." Before the prime minister could speak, Fang Hua picked up the conversation on the side, after all, he is the permanent representative of China to the European Union, and he has a great say in this regard.

"Oh?" Lin Xiao is more interested in this issue, after all, officials in the diplomatic system must be more experienced in this regard, which cannot be denied.

"This impact is not only at the diplomatic level, but also has a relatively large impact on Chinese enterprises." Fang Hua explained, "For example, companies that have trade relations with the UK are likely to run into some trouble. ”

Once the Scottish referendum is successful, there will be some legal troubles for Chinese enterprises to cooperate with the local economy.

Because the nature of the subjects is different, the problems faced are also different.

If it is signed with a private entity, it is more about the autonomy of the contract, and the subject, subject matter, and performance mode of the contract are less affected by the first factor, of course, but it does not rule out that in some extreme cases, the change will lead to the loss of the subject matter. The most important factor to pay attention to is the agreement on the dispute resolution mechanism, which depends on whether the dispute resolution mechanism agreed upon at the time of signing the contract is litigation or arbitration. The key to litigation resolution lies in the applicable law of the agreement, and arbitration settlement mainly focuses on the agreed arbitration institution.

In the case of a contract with a public entity, it involves the succession of States within the meaning of international law.

For example, after the division of States, the newly formed State has ownership of the natural resources under its territory.

If Huaxia has signed a natural gas sales contract with the original country, and the natural gas of the original target belongs to the new country after the division of the country, the problem of failure to perform will occur. However, this does not mean that Huaxia Company has to pay for it, if Huaxia's company has signed a security agreement at the time of signing the contract, even if the above situation occurs, Huaxia's company can still enforce the secured property in accordance with the law. Although the contract cannot be enforced, the economic interests of Huaxia Company can be guaranteed.

In fact, South Sudan is not a typical example, because South Sudan is relatively backward in the economy, and the agreements signed with China are relatively limited. Not only that, but South Sudan** and its home country continue to be at loggerheads over resources. Unlike South Sudan, Scotland is a Western civilization that values the spirit of contract and respects agreements.

If it is assumed that the Scottish referendum**, then it is a people. The main country, again through a referendum so and civilians. In other words, the event will not have much negative impact on Chinese enterprises entering local investment and participating in economic cooperation.

"In international economic cooperation, the risk of the best can be avoided. From a legal point of view, the most important point is to look at the agreement itself. When Fang Hua talked about this, he said, "We can boldly predict that Scotland is independent." （http：／／)。 It will continue to be the traditional English legal system, i.e. the common law system. The common law system emphasizes the spirit of contract, and the key to economic cooperation with such countries is to consider the terms of the agreement. ”

What Fang Hua means is that in terms of the terms of the dispute settlement mechanism, if litigation settlement is agreed, the applicable law of the country must be agreed upon, and if arbitration settlement is agreed, the arbitration institution must be carefully selected, and the guarantee clause must be determined in the agreement to ensure that when the contract cannot be fully performed, the secured property can be enforced to make up for the loss, and finally the two parties need to respect each other and act according to the contract.

"That said, it doesn't really matter much." After Lin Xiao heard this, he finally figured out this matter.

"You can't say that, in case Scotland really goes out, it will be a problem in all aspects of the relationship." Fang Hua said, "How to deal with the relationship between England and Scotland, not to offend both sides, but also to deal with the relationship, what will be the reaction of the European Union, what will be the reaction of the United States, whether there will be a regional conflict, what kind of changes should be made in China's policy towards the United Kingdom, these are all necessary to make emergency plans in advance, otherwise, it is really difficult to do it until the end." ”

"Isn't this what your Ministry of Foreign Affairs does, if there is no trouble, what do you want the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to do? If nothing happens, it doesn't reflect the value of your existence. Lin Xiao said very irresponsibly.

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