The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 510: Reopening?

Beijing.

Liu Tao was picked up by a special car as soon as he got off the plane.

When we arrived at the conference room, a meeting was in progress and the atmosphere in the entire conference room was solemn and serious.

Liu Tao sat down in the back and listened attentively.

What happened this time is nothing more than the outbreak of war between Libya and the United States, and the chain reactions that may be caused.

Also, Kissinger will arrive in Beijing today, and his purpose is obvious.

"Comrade Liu Tao, tell me what you think." The old man called out.

Liu Tao said: "The trade between us and Libya is normal trade. It is justifiable and feasible in the whole world. Europe also imports a large amount of oil from Libya."

"We exported to Libya before the war. Since the outbreak of the war, we have not carried out trade, and the Americans have nothing to say." Liu Tao expressed his point of view, "Now the polar bears are strong, and the Americans need us. If it weren't for us, the polar bears might have opened up land routes to the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean."

"It's not impossible for us to agree, but the United States has to agree that we join the GATT as a founding country!" Liu Tao said.

Libya is now out of money, otherwise it would not settle in gold.

Under such circumstances, Liu Tao had no intention of continuing to do business with Libya.

He had a weak financial situation and could not provide loans to Libya, or accept installment payments or credit from Libya.

Now there is only the GATT, but no World Trade Organization (WTO).

The idea of ​​establishing the WTO was first proposed at the Bretton Woods Conference in July 1944. At that time, it was envisaged that an international trade organization would be established at the same time as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, thus making them a "currency-finance-trade" trinity institution that would influence the world economy after World War II.

The Havana Charter signed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment in 1947 agreed to establish the WTO, but the WTO failed to be established due to opposition from the United States. In the same year, the United States initiated the drafting of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade as a temporary agreement to promote trade liberalization.

Just this year, China applied to return to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and to return as a founding country.

However, the resistance is huge.

The reason is that China has long been a highly centralized planned economic system that has formed a state monopoly on foreign trade, and China's foreign trade system is far from the requirements of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Therefore, they demanded that China reform its economic and trade system as soon as possible, and raised thousands of oral or written questions around this, reviewing China's foreign trade system, tariffs and non-tariff measures, trade in services, and foreign investment management.

Re-entry into the WTO is a must, as it brings huge benefits to China.

Since the beginning of reform and opening up, China's economic and trade ties with the world have been strengthened. In the years since the implementation of reform and opening up, China's ties with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade have been greatly strengthened.

In November 1982, China had obtained the status of "GATT observer" and could attend the annual meeting of the contracting parties. At the beginning of the year, GATT Director-General Duncker was invited to visit China. It was also at this time that China officially stated that China hoped to restore its status as a contracting party to the GATT. Just after the Spring Festival, Ambassador Qian Jiadong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva, submitted China's application to GATT Director-General Duncker to restore China's seat in the GATT.

This decision was made because it was of great benefit to China, and it was also forced by the situation and the general trend. First of all, due to the development of science and technology, the productivity level has increased rapidly, and the division of labor and cooperation in the world has become more obvious. This historical trend of world economic development has determined that my country cannot be separated from the world economic development system and develop healthily. Joining the global economic organization is a step and springboard to enter the world economic and international trade cycle and seize the global market.

Restoring my country's seat as a contracting party to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade will enable my country to participate in international market competition and have greater autonomy and room for development in international trade development and international economy, science and technology, and services.

At the same time, "re-entry into the GATT" is of great significance to my country's further reform and opening up and accelerating economic development.

Liu Tao is also optimistic about this, not only because the exports of the companies under Panshan Group are beneficial, but also because he knows that history has proven that this will be of great benefit to China.

In the last life, "entering the WTO" brought a series of challenges to China, but also brought huge opportunities. Since applying for "re-entry" and "entering the WTO", China's reform and opening-up process has been significantly accelerated. The domestic political economy has undergone profound and rapid changes under the influence of external factors, and China's economy has been integrated into the trend of world economic integration at an unprecedented speed.

In Liu Tao's opinion, the difficulties China is facing in "rejoining the WTO" ultimately lie with the United States. As long as the United States agrees, those problems will no longer be a problem.

Those that do not conform to the requirements of the GATT can be changed gradually, with a timetable given, such as reforming them one by one over ten, twenty or even thirty years.

Become first, then strive!
Kissinger’s visit to China this time is a huge opportunity!

Now both sides have a lot to discuss and can cooperate in many areas.

The meeting then changed direction, which was about how to negotiate with Kissinger, or more precisely, with the United States on "re-entry".

Liu Tao left the meeting room and returned to the courtyard.

Then I saw Zhu Lin and Yang Jie drinking tea.

Then Liu Tao learned that Zhu Lin contacted director Yang Jie because of "The Legend of the New White Snake".

Because the TV series "Journey to the West" was a huge success, director Yang Jie gained huge fame.

The hard work of filming "Journey to the West" for several years paid off after it was broadcast.

Of course, this return is not a financial return, because director Yang Jie's salary is 90 yuan per episode, and a total of 30 episodes is only 2700 yuan.

This is not 2700 years, but several years, because "Journey to the West" took several years to complete.

The reward is fame, reputation, and masterpiece!
From then on, whenever people mentioned Director Yang Jie, they would praise her as an artist.

Now Zhu Lin has found director Yang Jie to shoot "The Legend of the New White Snake", which is a very good choice. With this woman's rigorous attitude, I think she can shoot "The Legend of the New White Snake" well.

After all, people with such rigorous and demanding attitudes demand perfection, are not afraid of difficulties, and are brave enough to overcome them.

(End of this chapter)