Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 1021 Pry open Japan
The first day was uneventful, and the second day was uneventful.

Outside the conference room, looking at the Japanese representatives filing out, Carter tried to find a hint of impatience on their faces, but he couldn't find it.

A group of people with serious expressions, as if they were really discussing something very important.And Carter remembers the schedule, this is clearly talking about useless environmental protection
Okay, really good, really bearable!

Let's see how long you can endure
Then the third day, and the fourth day.
This time, Carter was even more twisted.After arriving in California, Nobusuke Kishi and others who visited those Japanese communities, let alone impatient, smiled on their faces!Throughout the day, I seemed to be happily interacting with those Japanese-Americans, or Japanese overseas Chinese studying in the United States.

It's time to shake hands, it's time to smile, it's calm, the taste of the years is quiet.

Until the 28th, when the delegation was brought to the White House, Carter's mission ended.
"I can't take it, these people are too much! Don't send me a message to see Mr. Foley, or Mr. Mitchell (President of the Senate in 91), they don't even give me anything about life above request!"

Returning to Scowcroft's office, Carter took off the Naleman's tie around his neck.

"This errand is a mess, I don't seem to be disgusting to them! I thought about deliberately embarrassing them, but thinking about it, it seemed too much, a bit too low-handed, so I didn't do it! Who would have thought that this Everyone in the gang belongs to bastards?!"

"Isn't that a good thing?"

Seeing Carter, who was full of resentment and felt like a waste of time, Scowcroft's expression was very flat.He even laughed!

"A good thing? What's wrong? This shows that they are determined! In order to achieve their desired goals, they have endured all kinds of unequal treatment, which shows their determination!"

"Thinking about it from another angle, does this mean that their current dependence on foreign demand has far exceeded our imagination?"

Tapping the table with his fingers, Scowcroft said with a hint of a hint:
"No matter how we treat them, they won't dare to show even the slightest bit of dissatisfaction! What does this mean? In the past two years, they would not have such an attitude! Remember that book?" Japan can say No'."

"You mean, they can't say no now!"

"Of course, look at this! In January, when you were still in the infantry battalion in California, Nobusuke Kishi led a team to the United States once. This is the meeting material and the speech transcript of his speech on Capitol Hill. You can take it back, think about it, and make a report on their visit this time!"

"Okay, I get it! Also, sir, your tie is quite flamboyant!"

Packing up the documents on the table, Carter laughed and ran back to his work station in the basement.

Play for fun, make trouble for trouble, don't joke about work!

Poured himself a cup of coffee as usual, and Carter slowly flipped through the past records.

Sure enough, as expected!
In January of this year, a delegation of Japanese parliamentarians led by Nobusuke Kishi went to the United States to discuss trade issues.Including his speech on Capitol Hill, the main content is also: Japan will adhere to the commitment of the open policy, calling on the United States and Japan to further strengthen the cooperative relationship between the two sides under the bilateral and multilateral frameworks!

In other words, the United States and Japan should be more open to each other in the economic and trade field, such as reducing the import tariffs on Japanese goods?For example, invest more in Japan.
However, in today’s era, the upper limit of foreign investors’ shareholding in Japanese companies is 25%; and the banking, insurance, and securities industries hardly allow foreign investment, and the upper limit of real estate investment is also locked.

Whether to invest in Japan or not, and how much to invest, this is really not what Japan can do!

Combined with the problems Japan is facing today, Nobusuke Kishi’s performance of forbearance during this visit, and combined with a record eight months ago, Carter raised his pen after pondering for a while.
The center of this report is simple and clear: the United States should take this opportunity to further force Japan to open its market and loosen foreign investment controls!
The so-called taking advantage of his illness to kill him!

If you don't seize the current opportunity when Japan is extremely weak and extremely dependent on the US market, you can pry open this door.It will undoubtedly be even more difficult to open up after they have opened up a new market and the economy has stabilized!

It was said to be a report and a suggestion, but Carter also felt it. In fact, this suggestion can be mentioned or not, because those guys in Old Bu will definitely do it!
It depends on the candidate, who is the Secretary of State today?With the addition of a president who is "expert in foreign wars" like Old Bu, Carter doesn't think they will miss this opportunity.On the other hand, let's look at who has the right to speak today.
The Republican Party has almost always represented the interests of big capital and big industrial and commercial owners.This has never been a secret in America.

And which capital can withstand the stimulus of the crazy decline in the Japanese stock market today?
This is undoubtedly a godsend opportunity to harvest Japanese industrial assets!However, wherever the foreign capital investment restrictions are placed, the total foreign capital share in any Japanese company cannot exceed 25%.
Even if all investment institutions are of one mind, the right to speak within the invested Japanese companies is pitifully low!
After all, this is not like the ticketing industry like the Tokyo Club. The real core industry, whether it is manufacturing or energy, if they don’t have the right to speak, what should they do in the end? Then this kind of investment has something to do with charity. What's the difference? !

When the accumulation of capital reaches a certain level, the amount of pure money has become a secondary option for investment.Everyone understands that if you invest in the right industry, you will never be short of money.In other words, if the influence rises, will the money still be less? !

At such a time when big capital and big companies want to touch Japanese assets but dare not go there, do you think they want Japan to loosen foreign investment controls and exchange controls? !
One is convenient for them to enter, and the other is convenient for them to exit!
With such an opportunity, the above are all their own people.If you don't try to force Japan to open up further, then you will be a ghost!

Sure enough, a week had passed since Carter's report was submitted.

About ten days after Kishi returned to Japan, Japan updated its foreign investment control policy:
1. The upper limit of foreign shareholding ratio is increased: the upper limit of foreign investors' shareholding in Japanese companies is increased from 25% to 33.3%;

2. Relaxation of restrictions on foreign investment in industries: the upper limit of investment in the banking industry is raised to 20%, and the insurance and securities industries are raised to 30%;

In addition, there are two policy announcements that seem like a fig leaf:

For foreign workers in Japan, the Japanese government will provide support in terms of accommodation during their stay in Japan; strengthen the crackdown on unfair treatment of foreign capital and Japanese immigrants, and create a good business environment.
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