Traditionally, for an independent country to change its tariffs, it is a completely internal affair that outsiders cannot interfere with.

At least not directly.

But the current situation is special.

Huaxia is actively seeking WTO accession and has completed most of the required negotiations.

The only obstacle left on this path is the United States.

Although with the change in the attitude of the White House, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the matter of China's accession to the WTO has basically been set in stone, and it is nothing more than some specific conditions and details, and there is still suspense about the sooner or later it will join.

But for both parties, the most intense game has just begun.

With the size of these two countries, even the slightest favorable change in the conditions for their eventual accession to the WTO will produce tremendous benefits if they are finally implemented, so it is necessary to grasp every detail.

And the issue of tariffs will naturally become the focus of the focus.

Under normal circumstances, such a thing as directly tripling the single-digit tariffs would not be mentioned at all.

It's outrageous.

After all, the purpose of the WTO is written in a clause that "lowers tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers among its members."

But now that the stock prices of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas have fallen to the point of burning eyebrows, they will certainly not be as serious about these small things as they were in the past.

This can be seen in the outrageous agreement they reached with the EU.

The 15%-20% tariff cap is outrageous, but compared to the overlord clause that could not conclude an exclusive supply agreement within a decade, it is completely sprinkled.

Chang Haonan dared to put forward this idea, but he was actually quite confident in his heart.

In fact, in the last life, the Boeing McDonnell Douglas merger was a bad debt.

Although countless high-sounding reasons are given on the surface, the essence is that the executives of both sides are coerced into a ruthless job such as the NASA and the Department of Commerce for their own selfish interests (not even shareholders or companies).

Before announcing the merger, they didn't even think about the impact if someone got involved.

Not to mention coming up with a plan.

After all, it is normal for Americans to have this kind of mentality, just after the end of the Cold War and at the peak of their national strength.

As a result, he was directly slapped by the European Union.

Airbus' subsequent market performance exploded, largely thanks to the terms of the settlement with Boeing.

And this is still when Huaxia did not stand in line at all and did not set up any obstacles.

Now, encouraged by the cooperation between Europe and China, the slightly more decent countries of the world are on the opposite side of Boeing, and the situation is clearly worse for the latter.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be a third item in that agreement that can be called self-liberating.

In the previous life, this also existed, but the authorisation was limited to companies within the European Union.

Now it's straightforward and completely open.

This opportunity to beat the water dogs, don't seize that or people?

It's just that he, a person who has not been involved in trade in the past, and actually does not have any educational background in international trade, is not suitable for being too strong and determined as he has just discussed aviation issues.

That's why I used the tone of asking for advice.

As soon as Chang Haonan's voice fell, Ding Gaoheng immediately spoke:

"Raising tariffs on some aviation products is indeed conducive to the development of our country's aviation manufacturing industry."

"Of course, it is inconvenient for our Science and Technology Commission to express its position on matters related to trade cooperation, so let's listen to the opinions of the comrades in the economic and trade departments."

Who can sit in this conference room is not a human spirit.

Sometimes, when someone asks for your opinion, it's not really asking for advice.

Even if it is a parallel department at the same level, the weight of the voice in different situations is very different.

You must know that although this is the area of responsibility of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the revitalization of the situation in the Boeing McDonnell Douglas merger and acquisition case depends almost entirely on the initial proposal of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, as well as the key core technology developed by Chang Haonan.

Now that Chang Haonan has clearly expressed his opinion, Ding Gaoheng said that it was inconvenient, but the meaning was obviously standing behind the former.

Not to mention that you don't support it, even if you hesitate, it's a big problem.

"There's no problem with that."

A person sitting diagonally opposite Chang Haonan hurriedly said:

"Of course, I can't guarantee the final concrete result here, but when we go back, we will inform the WTO accession negotiation delegation of this request, and the matter of raising the tariff ceiling on aviation products will definitely be implemented."

When he came here, he had already changed Chang Haonan's suggestion to a request with great insight.

"Well, that's good."

Ding Gaoheng touched his chin lightly, revealing a satisfied expression, but then added:

"The key is the whole machine, the import tariff of the whole machine must be high enough, if the parts can be shipped to us for assembly, you can open a little lower, in addition, you still have to explain clearly with the European Union, this is not aimed at them, and you can even sign an exemption agreement first to prevent the Americans from obstructing and sowing discord."

Although China and the EU are also in the same bed and dreaming of different dreams, and only cooperate temporarily, at least there can be no moths in the negotiation process.

Otherwise it's not good for both sides.

The representative of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation nodded quickly, and at the same time quickly took notes.

……

The meeting lasted until the end of the night, and even a late-night snack was offered.

It's just that the latter content mainly involves the revision of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law and the future implementation issues, which are no longer so important for Chang Haonan and the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense.

After the meeting ended, Chang Haonan naturally couldn't be let go directly, but went to Ding Gaoheng's office to sit for a while.

"Xiao Chang, let's put forward two conditions, shouldn't it be considered a loss?"

Huai Guomo, who didn't speak much at the meeting but focused on recording, flipped through the notebook in his hand and asked a little unsatisfied.

There's no way, it's been suppressed for a long time, and it's really rare to have such an opportunity to take advantage.

"It's definitely not a loss."

Chang Haonan is basically satisfied with the current result:

"Increasing tariffs on imported aircraft is equivalent to encouraging Boeing to put part of the final assembly work in our new industrial park, and besides, the biggest significance of this matter for us is not in these specific things."

"Boeing's choice to negotiate with us is equivalent to announcing to the world that as long as we want to conduct business activities in our country, even if the company is not registered in our country, we must also abide by our rules of conduct, including such similar things in the future, we can use this as a basis to unhindered the principle of extraterritorial application of China's commercial laws."

"The significance of this in the business field is probably no less than that of fighting the United Nations army back then!"

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(End of chapter)