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Chapter 906: Welding the Rising Car Door (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
Sometimes, the meeting does not take place in a pleasant atmosphere. In fact, the atmosphere is extremely tense from the very beginning of the meeting.

One could even say that the atmosphere was tense.

“…We believe that Nanyang must stop importing cheap goods produced in other countries and regions into the United States in the name of a “free trade zone”!”

Dulles directly produced a series of evidence, talking about things like "free trade zones", "sweatshops", "commodity laundering" and so on. Nanyang had never concealed anything about these things, and now they were all used as evidence, as evidence that Nanyang had violated the rules.

In the following time, facing the "evidence" produced by Dulles, Li Yian did not even intend to refute. He just smoked his cigar silently. He was very clear about the result of this meeting.

Japan and the United States have had such trade conflicts many times. As early as the 1990s, Tangshan also had trade conflicts with the United States every year. The idea of ​​exchanging hundreds of millions of shirts for a large airplane came about at that time.

"...Now, because of your malicious dumping, a large number of American factories have closed down and hundreds of thousands of American garment workers have lost their jobs. Now, the American textile industry has repeatedly requested Congress to intervene, and our attitude is very clear: either you take the initiative to stop exporting, or the United States will take corresponding measures to protect the interests of the American industry."

Is this a threat?
Really are!
The United States has always threatened other commodity exporting countries in this way. There is no other way, because they are buyers. Unless they do not want to do business with them, they must make certain concessions.

Historically, in the spring of 60, when the US trade negotiation delegation had just arrived in Tokyo and the negotiations had not yet begun, Japan took the initiative to promise to reduce textile exports by %. For a time, both the host and the guests were happy.

Therefore, there is no suspense in the negotiations. The only question is what can be gained from the negotiations.

Thinking of this, Li Yian said.

"Of course we can stop!"

what!
Dulles was stunned. He had been prepared to fight head-on with his opponent like a battle, but, what did he say?
"What did you say, sir?"

Dulles was a little confused and couldn't even adapt for a while.

"We can stop exporting cheap products to the United States. After all, the United States does have the right to stop imports or increase tariffs, which is what the Secretary of State just said. All necessary measures and means are your power, since you don't need cheap goods!"

He is planning to counterattack!

As the Secretary of Commerce, Charles Sinclair Weeks almost subconsciously thought that this was Li Yian's counterattack. In Charles' view, this trip to Southeast Asia would most likely be extremely difficult. After all, it was well known that he was a very outstanding businessman, perhaps even the most successful businessman in history. He must be a very difficult guy at the negotiating table. When dealing with such a person, one must be as cautious as possible.

"But I would like to ask, if other countries export cheap products to Nanyang in the future, how will Nanyang respond?"

Looking at Dulles who had not yet reacted, Li Yian continued.

"Sweatshops are not limited to Kyushu, Malaya and Mindanao. In the future, they will also appear in India, Pakistan, Japan or any other countries. In order to develop their economies, they will join the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. As member countries, they enjoy various most-favored-nation treatments and low tariff policies due to their underdeveloped economies. The cheap products produced in their sweatshops will flood into the United States and Europe like a wave. Of course, Southeast Asia will not be immune. Mr. Secretary of State, how will Southeast Asia respond at that time?"

In fact, the solution is very simple, which is to increase tariffs, to wage a trade war, and to conduct trade negotiations, but this is definitely not what Li Yian wants.

From the very beginning, he planned all this for one purpose - to weld the car doors shut and completely block Japan's path to rise.

In the past few years, although Japan's economy has not taken off rapidly, it has indeed improved. If they join the GATT, then they will most likely achieve the country's economic rise in the future, which will be like another world.

Even though Japan has been split into two countries, and even though a large number of Japanese scholars and technicians have come to Southeast Asia in the past nine years, this can only delay the rise of Japan to a certain extent. After all, for a country that attaches great importance to education, the rise is only a matter of time.

Many things must be prevented before they happen. Therefore, the possibility of Japan's rise must be blocked at all costs.

At least we should delay the rise of Japan's economy as much as possible, rather than delay it until the 1990s. For a country that intends to rise through trade, the most effective way to strangle it is to exclude it from trade.

is to prevent them from using the GATT to achieve economic growth.
"And the sweatshops produce not only cheap clothes, but also discontent among workers. We all know what this discontent breeds: riots, song titles, and opportunities for the Soviet Union, Mr. Secretary of State."

Li Yian took a puff of his cigar and said as he looked at Dulles who seemed to have not yet come to his senses.

"So, I think we need to consider more than just the issue of cheap goods from Southeast Asia. The convenience those goods bring to people's lives is simply not worth mentioning in the face of the security of the free world."

Is Li Yian trying to confuse the public?

Maybe.

At least in the view of Commerce Secretary Charles, he is confusing the public. When you talk to him about business, he talks to you about freedom and politics. This is just a negotiating tactic.

As for Dulles, he did not think so, because he had discussed this issue with the president as early as in Washington.

The sweatshops in Kyushu and other places are the hotbed of the song title. They are the biggest threat to the free world.

But this guy... actually knew!
No, he not only knew it, he was fully aware of the threat.

Dulles looked at Li Yian with confusion in his eyes. If he knew that, why would he "wash" the sweatshop products and export them to the United States, acting as a transit station for the export of sweatshop products to the United States?

"Sir, the White House also thinks so. On this point, you agree with President Eisenhower."

Dulles said.

"Indeed, as Your Excellency said before, we should not only care about the goods themselves, but also the essence of the problem..."

Li Yian no longer cared about what Dulles said next. He just smoked his cigar silently, seemingly expressionless. But in fact, he knew very well that the seeds planted in Eisenhower's heart a few years ago had sprouted, and not only sprouted, but also grew into a big tree. Even Eisenhower himself did not realize that he had become a tool inadvertently.

Psychology...is still very useful.

Psychological suggestions will be stimulated in specific environments, such as sweatshops, cheap goods, and a hotbed of song titles. All of these were just psychological suggestions given to Eisenhower by Li Yian when he visited Southeast Asia as the president-elect a few years ago.

Now…it works.

It had become Eisenhower's idea.

As Dulles spoke, Li Yian seemed to see Eisenhower transformed into a welder, welding the car door with his butt sticking out.

If you need to weld this car door, just weld it shut!

Li Yian continued.

"I agree with the suggestions made by the President, and I think we should further improve these rules and formulate more complete and hard indicators."

(End of this chapter)