This kind of closed-door meeting is not the most formal meeting, and the opponent on the other side of the ocean, who previously felt invincible, has unexpectedly chosen to compromise this time, which is a great joy for everyone here after all, so the atmosphere is generally not so serious.

As a result, until the official start of the meeting, almost every participant had to run over and shake hands with Chang Haonan, which made the latter a little uncomfortable for a while.

Fortunately, this state of pins and needles did not last long.

"Comrades from the Commission of Science and Technology, the Economic and Trade Commission, and the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Cooperation, our meeting begins now."

With Ding Gaoheng's concise opening remarks, the entire conference room suddenly fell silent.

Naturally, people like Ding Gaoheng and Wang Yuzhong could not have spoken at length in person at such an internal meeting, so a staff member of the office sitting next to Chang Haonan was responsible for briefly reviewing the entire Boeing-McDonnell Douglas merger case.

Since the announcement of the merger in December last year, Huaxia and Europe have taken a similar strategic approach, declaring jurisdiction on the grounds that the two companies sell to their respective domestic airlines and will have a significant impact on the large business jet market in the economic region.

However, at the beginning, the two sides were still in a state of "similar positions but fighting separately".

But both sides quickly realized that such a move could easily be broken by each other.

For example, in February, the United States took advantage of the air crash in the Alps to try to force Europe to compromise first.

However, this subsequently indirectly contributed to the in-depth cooperation between China and Europe in the field of aviation safety and aviation manufacturing.

That was the agreement that was signed in April.

This was obviously something that the FAA had come out of its mind.

So much so that until more than a month later, when the content of the agreement was fully determined, they were unable to make any effective countermeasures.

But the Americans didn't do nothing after that.

For example, through communication with the new cabinet of the United Kingdom, it was found that the one at the end of June was behind the US side.

Of course, if they say that they don't have any ideas of their own, then normal people will definitely not be able to believe it.

It's just that now that the relationship between the two sides has become warmer, everyone has tacitly agreed.

With the approval of the last country, the United Kingdom, on July 4, the European Commission formally adopted a legally binding resolution, declaring that the merger between Boeing and McDonnell Douglas was incompatible with the Community market, and requiring the parties to the merger to revise the original merger plan.

Two days later, the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of Justice issued notices to both China and the European Union, saying that the veto of the merger would cause great damage to U.S. defense interests, the corresponding service industry, and the U.S. domestic job market.

However, no response was received in the following week.

As anyone knows, this kind of unfounded threat is actually a sign of desperation.

Sure enough, on July 15, the day before, Boeing announced that it had received approval from the Ministry of Commerce to begin tripartite negotiations with the European Union and Huaxia, and said it was considering adding a clause to the merger agreement to prevent restrictions on competition.

When the staff member finished the last item, the conference room burst into thunderous applause.

There is no need to organize or take the lead.

In fact, in the entire conference room, the person who needs this process the most may be Chang Haonan himself.

Although he has promoted almost the whole process of Huaxia from entering the game to deepening cooperation with the European side and now breaking the situation, he has not continued to follow up on this matter.

Even Boeing's decision to make concessions was only known after coming to the conference room.

But even those who had already learned the news could not hide their excitement on such occasions.

Especially comrades from the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Cooperation.

No one knows better than them how much Huaxia has suffered losses and how much unequal treatment it has suffered in the business field over the years.

Every time there is a dispute, it almost ends in a compromise on your side.

In the context of a clear gap in hard power, there is really not much that can be achieved through negotiation alone.

Many younger people have not experienced any success stories since they started working.

This time, however, it gave them an instant boost of confidence.

It wasn't until Ding Gaoheng raised his hand to signal that the applause gradually subsided.

"Although we have won a phased victory, we still cannot relax until the final negotiation results are out."

Everyone was back in a state of upright sitting.

Even the waist bar is much straighter than just now.

"So, let me give you an update."

Wang Yuzhong's gaze swept across the venue from left to right, and then he began to say:

"According to the information sent back by our negotiating delegation from the Brussels side, the conditions offered by the EU side are:

1. Within 10 years, Boeing will maintain the independent legal status of Douglas, the commercial aircraft manufacturing arm of McDonnell Douglas, and submit an annual report on Douglas's operations to the European Union;

2. For a period of 10 years, Boeing shall not enter into any exclusive supply agreement and shall waive the 20-year exclusive right to supply with Air America, Delta Air and Continental Airlines, except for Airbus;

3. Boeing will license all competitors to use the patents and know-how that it has so far acquired as a result of research and development work funded by the government;

Fourth, Boeing has pledged not to abuse its dominant market position in its dealings with suppliers, and this clause will be subject to regular review by the Council of the European Union. ”

After finishing the four contents, he put down the document in his hand:

"Depending on whether we have interoperability with the EU, Boeing and NASA should accept this condition."

For a while, the expressions of everyone in the venue were wonderful.

Chang Haonan believes that if it weren't for the two bosses sitting in the first place, I'm afraid that many people would subconsciously burst out foul language.

"This ...... I can't imagine ......."

After a long time, someone sighed in a slightly trembling tone.

Who would have believed that Boeing, which has long been the hegemon of the aviation industry, would agree to such a request?

Not to mention anything else, the second article alone, Boeing is not allowed to sign an exclusive supply agreement for ten years, but Airbus can, which is likely to directly cause the United States and Europe to change their positions in market share.

The so-called exclusive supply agreement requires the airline that buys the aircraft not to buy other competing products of the same type at the same time, and as a condition, the airline will generally receive a relatively preferential price.

In general, this is a powerful weapon used by the stronger side to suppress the weaker side.

If you had to choose between the two, at least at the end of the 90s, most users would still choose Boeing over Airbus.

But now the tide has turned.

"It seems that Boeing is under much more pressure on this matter than we imagined......"

Even Huai Guomo, who was sitting opposite Chang Haonan, took a while to calm down.

"That's what we're meeting for today."

Ding Gaoheng said and gently tapped the table in front of him:

"If the Americans can agree to such a demanding demand from the EU, what conditions should we put forward?"

Wang Yuzhong, who had just taken a sip of water, added:

"At present, one of the conditions put forward by the Americans is that they are willing to reach mutual recognition of the airworthiness of regional airliners with us like JAA, and the standards are the same as 50 tons, 100 seats and below, and they need to be produced in our country."

Tonight, everyone has suffered a lot of spiritual shock, but such conditions still make many people start to look at each other again.

"It seems...... Is it a very sincere condition? ”

"yes...... When we were reciprocal with Europe before, we seemed to have come up with a lot of technology......"

"If we can talk to the FAA and JAA about mutual recognition of branches, it should be a good result......

“……”

Negotiating this kind of thing, in the final analysis, should start from strength.

After all, Europe has Airbus, a company equal to Boeing, so it can occupy absolute dominance.

After all, China's aviation technology is much backward in comparison, so intellectually speaking, it is impossible to put forward the same conditions as the EU.

Taking a step back, the third of the EU's four articles was originally for the whole world, and there was no need to re-propose it, and the other three were of little significance to China.

You have to build a competitor on par with Boeing before you can talk about exclusivity.

Therefore, everyone basically thinks that the mutual recognition of airworthiness of regional airliners can be taken down, which is already far beyond the initial expectations.

At most, it is to add some agreements to produce Boeing aircraft parts in China, as Airbus has done.

Anyway, it's good to stuff it into the aviation industrial park that has not yet completed the site selection.

However, at this time, Chang Haonan raised his hand and signaled that he wanted to speak.

Naturally, consent was immediately obtained.

"I think this condition of the Americans is very confusing and insincere."

"Therefore, it is time to reconsider the development of new negotiating principles, and we must not be led by the nose by the other side!"

(End of chapter)