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Mu Guoxing scanned the venue, saw that everyone was seriously recording, took a sip from the teacup, and continued: "Some comrades may not understand what I just said, but it is actually very easy to understand. The constitution of the European Union is different from that of our country. This year, many of their member states will face general elections. Their governments represent the interests of large financial groups. Politicians will be useless without the support of these financial groups. That is to say, they are in a hurry. Don’t worry, we can talk to them slowly. During the talk, we won a good development opportunity for our company, and the longer the time, the better for us.”

Fang Liang secretly admired Mu Guoxing in his heart. He is worthy of being the leader of the party and the country, but he stands tall and sees far.Now the negotiations between the two sides have brought hope to some large consortiums. Under such circumstances, the EU will not easily initiate any trade sanctions, although they have previously implemented anti-dumping measures on a certain type of product, while other companies in our country, It is still possible to use this opportunity to continue the previous trade. It seems that the prince wants to fight a protracted war.

As expected of Fang Liang, a very experienced diplomat, he guessed Mu Guoxing's mind at once. In fact, Mu Guoxing has done a lot of homework during this period of time. His fighting strategy when he came to Brussels was to talk about the achievements Talk, if you can't talk, procrastinate, procrastinate to a certain extent, let's see who is more anxious!

Numerous reporters have been blocking the entrance of the Conrad Hotel for the past few days, and various news media have also made various speculations about the financial dialogue held by the Huaxia delegation this time, especially the various TV stations. The ratings of the financial and economic programs have skyrocketed, and some so-called economic experts are on TV, diligently analyzing the impact of this economic dialogue between China and Europe on the next step of bilateral trade.Of course, some tabloids also specialize in reporting some lace news, especially around Mu Guoxing himself, which has become a hot topic for their reports.What red prince, rising star in the political arena, iron-fisted ruler, etc. A lot of dazzling titles are filled with various media every day.

After active preparations by the Chinese Mission to the EU and the EU, the Sino-European Finance and Economics Dialogue started in the conference room on the ninth floor of the EU headquarters in Jordan Square on the afternoon of the second day after the delegation arrived in Brussels.One of the negotiators on the EU side is Margosen, the vice president of the European Commission in charge of trade, and the other two are trade representative Rajit and deputy representative Cox.As for the other people, they are their assistants. In such a high-level meeting, it is not their turn to speak.

VIP Two Thousand 390 Chapter Three High-level Dialogue

According to the prior arrangement of the two parties, Mu Guoxing led the deputy head of the delegation, Fang Liang, the ambassador of the Chinese mission to the EU, and Peng Junming, the vice minister of foreign affairs of China, met with the EU vice president Margosen, the trade representative Rajit and the deputy representative Kok In fact, this kind of meeting has no practical significance. It is nothing more than getting to know the main negotiating opponents in advance.

The conference room is very specially decorated. On the facing wall are the monograms in both English and Chinese, and the large characters of "Ouhua High-level Financial Dialogue" are shining under the lights.Below, there are two rows of conference tables covered with dark green tablecloths, one on the left and one on the right.A few pots of budding flowers are placed in the middle, which highlights the solemnity of the venue and a bit of relaxation, implying that this high-level meeting will be held in a relaxed and happy atmosphere.

At three o'clock local time, the two delegations entered the venue through two entrances. Don't underestimate this small gesture, which fully demonstrates the principle of reciprocity in diplomatic occasions.The main members of the two delegations sat in the front row, and the ordinary staff of the respective delegations, that is, secretaries and the like, sat on the relatively independent small tables in the back.

The seat arrangement is also very particular, all are determined according to the level of the delegation, for example, Zheng Wei is now a department-level cadre, and he can only sit in the back at this time.Although there are some deputy department-level cadres among the official negotiators, they can sit in the front row. At this time, it doesn't matter how high the secretary is.

After Mu Guoxing and Margo Sen introduced their respective entourages, the meeting officially started.As the host, Margosen first delivered a welcome speech. In his speech, he highly appreciated the achievements of EU-China trade in recent years and was full of optimism about the future trade prospects of the two sides.He believes that the benefits brought by the economic cooperation between the two sides are obvious. The EU will focus on promoting strong economic development, promote the development of economic and trade relations between the two sides from a strategic perspective, further strengthen the strategic partnership with China, and cooperate to cope with global economic challenges.

In his speech, Mu Guoxing also expressed his gratitude to the EU on behalf of the Chinese government, and said that the China-Europe comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership is developing well, the high-level exchanges between the two sides are frequent, and the cooperation in various fields such as economy, trade, investment, and finance is progressing smoothly.China has become the EU's second largest export market, and the EU has been China's largest trading partner for six consecutive years.Huaxia will support a package of financial stabilization measures adopted by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, and take practical actions to help some EU countries cope with the sovereign debt crisis.China-Europe economic and trade cooperation is standing at a new historical starting point. The two sides should seize the opportunity of accelerating the transformation of economic development mode and adjusting economic structure, tap the potential, and jointly cultivate high-tech, new materials, energy conservation and environmental protection, aerospace and other cooperation highlights.

Afterwards, the two sides reached an agreement on the arrangement for the next step of the dialogue.In fact, the first dialogue is mainly a courtesy contact. No one would think that there will be any progress in the first dialogue. Negotiations take time. After all, this sentence still makes sense.

Taking advantage of the translation time, Mu Guoxing and Ma Gesen were carefully examining each other. Ma Gesen's eyes were full of arrogance, and he looked at Mu Guoxing with his cat-like eyes, trying to find out from the opponent's face something.

Mu Guoxing's eyes met him without showing any weakness. This was a contest between the two sides. Ten seconds passed, and 30 seconds passed. In the end, Margosen finally lost in this confrontation. Now, he felt that today's opponent was a very difficult character to deal with. Mu Guoxing's eyes were full of wisdom and courage, and he had the belief that he could defeat any opponent.

Over the past few years, Margosen has dealt with officials from many countries outside the European Union, but he has never met an opponent like Mu Guoxing. Almost all of them will be defeated under his gaze.Combined with the information Margosen had collected in advance, at this time he believed that what Rajit said earlier was correct, and that the opponent was a very wise and patient person. This was evident from Mu Guoxing's fearless gaze. can be proved.

The first meeting ended in such a bland manner. Although the meaning of the words of both parties did not express any needs of their own, but after a careful understanding, the content included is very extensive.In his speech, Margosen mainly hoped to continue to strengthen the strategic cooperative relationship with Huaxia to cope with the challenges of the global economic crisis. In fact, he hoped that Huaxia would support the EU to overcome this financial crisis.

In his speech, Mu Guoxing also expressed his intention to help the EU deal with the sovereign debt crisis, and at the same time in high-tech.New materials, energy conservation and environmental protection, aerospace and other aspects express China's demands.In international negotiations, when you hear what the other party says, you have to understand it with your heart. It is useless to rely solely on the literal meaning.

After this conversation, I'm afraid Margosen is busy again. It doesn't matter if he didn't hear it. He has so many entourages and so many secretaries sitting in the back row. The content of this negotiation must be recorded. , and finally, experts in relevant fields will conduct summary analysis to form a complete document and submit it to all EU Commissioners.

Fang Liang and Peng Junming did not speak during this meeting. They have been paying close attention to the situation in the venue, especially worried whether there will be any loopholes in the speech of Mu Guoxing, a prince who has no diplomatic experience, or whether He was entangled by the old fox of Margoson, and he made plans for some unexpected situations that might arise.

To their surprise, what Mu Guoxing said in the meeting was not out of line at all, and he also subtly conveyed Huaxia's appeal to the other party. The two diplomats with more than ten years of diplomatic experience also sighed.

"Director Mu, your speech in today's meeting was very good."

Mu Guoxing glanced at Peng Junming who was speaking, and said with a slight smile: "Ma Gesen is also an ordinary person, but his appearance is not the same as those of us with black heads and yellow skin. The rest is nothing special. Despise the enemy strategically. , pay attention to the enemy tactically, be aboveboard, neither humble nor overbearing, now that he wants something from us, why should we be afraid of it?"

Fang Liang and Peng Junming looked at each other, they both understood the meaning of Mu Guoxing's words.What Mu Guoxing said is right. Margo Sen is also an ordinary person, and he also has the emotions and desires that ordinary people have. Don't feel afraid just because he has white skin and yellow head. As long as this psychology is eliminated, If you put the country's interests at heart, what's so scary about foreign devils?We used to come to talk with him from time to time, and now they have something to ask from us, so there is no need to be afraid of them.Who has ever heard that creditors are afraid of borrowers.

Mu Guoxing not only thought this way, but also did so. When he met with the Deputy Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium, Mu Guoxing also expressed the same meaning: international exchanges should pay attention to mutual benefit and mutual benefit, and things he does not like to do It must not be imposed on other countries. In today's global economic integration, it is more important to adhere to this principle. Huaxia is willing to conduct extensive business exchanges with any country in the world under this principle.

These words of Mu Guoxing were quickly reported by the western media. All the politicians saw this report and thought that the red prince of Huaxia Kingdom was a little different from other officials. Can't see it yet.But one thing they can be sure of is that what Mu Guoxing pays attention to is equality, reciprocity, and mutual benefit.If any country does not respect this principle, it cannot become a friend of Huaxia, and Huaxia is unwilling to continue trading with them.

The next two days were for group dialogues. The EU trade officials participating in the dialogues gradually realized that it was difficult for them to gain any additional benefits from this dialogue because the other party was too tough in the negotiations.On the basis of the principle of reciprocity and mutual benefit, it does not give an inch. Once the EU side makes a request, the Huaxia side will immediately return the color and make an equally important request, which means that you do not agree with my conditions. , I will definitely not agree to your conditions.

VIP 390 Chapter [-] Dramatic Changes

In the past two days, Mu Guoxing has been relatively free. Accompanied by Tong Dali, the Chinese ambassador to Belgium, he met with several world-renowned economists living in Belgium in a private capacity, and discussed with them the current international economic situation. , and the question of whether trade barriers should be adopted has been deeply discussed.

These famous economists were surprised to find that Mu Guoxing is not only knowledgeable in economics, but also proficient in multiple languages, and there is no communication barrier between them at all.Of course, their conversations were also widely publicized by the local media. In just a few days, Mu Guoxing's name was widely spread in the EU economic circles.

In his spare time, Mu Guoxing also went to watch performances at the famous local Manet Opera House, and visited local schools, factories, and hospitals many times. With his personal charm, Mu Guoxing deeply conquered the common people in Brussels. It also pretended to be fighting a protracted war with the EU.

At this time, the country is also closely cooperating with this financial dialogue.In addition to temporarily suspending the negotiations on the purchase of sovereign debt with some EU countries, Huaxia’s industry and commerce and quality supervision departments have also successively investigated some well-known European brands, factories and specialty stores established in China, and the production and sales of luxury products based on reports from the masses. products were investigated.The evidence from the investigation shows that the products of these well-known brands in Europe have some defects in quality. Subsequently, the industry and commerce and quality inspection departments imposed punitive penalties on these manufacturers and specialty stores, although the amount of fines was not too large , but the signal is not to be ignored by anyone.

Some large European companies can't sit still at this time. They know that if this continues, the factories they set up in China will face the danger of closing down.Although these factories are all produced according to EU standards, they must not forget that manufacturers located in China must obey the management of the local government and must also abide by China's laws.Ordinary people will not listen to the propaganda of these manufacturers, they believe in the reports of their country's industry and commerce and quality supervision departments.Because of this, the sales performance of several well-known EU companies based in China has plummeted, and the most have reached more than 8%.

This point has hit their seven inches, and they want to use the same means to retaliate, but now it is precisely because the EU has been implementing trade barriers in recent years, coupled with the high labor and operating costs of the EU, Huaxia enterprises At present, it is true that this condition is not met, so there is no factory in Europe to produce any luxury goods, and there is no goal for revenge.

You must know that the European Union is currently in a serious economic crisis, and the profits of luxury goods are very high. Once their products in this area are blocked in China, it will undoubtedly make their economy worse, and the life of these big conglomerates will be even more difficult. up.

After Mu Guoxing's work in many aspects, the public opinion of the news media is also very unfavorable to Margosen at this time, accusing him of being wrong for his tough trade protectionism. The country, or directly put pressure on the EU, and these pressures were finally passed on to Margosson, which prompted a dramatic change in the subsequent financial talks. Another high-level talk, Mu Guoxing found that Margotsen was missing. Instead, he was replaced by another EU vice-president and trade commissioner, Brigdon.The explanation given by the other party was that due to health reasons, Margosen could no longer attend the Ouhua High-Level Economic Dialogue, and Mr. Brigdon would be fully authorized to act on his behalf.

Both Fang Liang and Peng Junming realized that Mu Guoxing's strategy had worked, and the European Union had just changed its team.What is the reason for health is nothing more than a diplomatic rhetoric. Under the double pressure of public opinion and big financial groups, the European Union, a mighty behemoth, has to lower their heads that have always been held high. The current situation can be said to be extremely difficult for China. advantageous.

In his speech, Brigdon changed Margoson's strong attitude, and he continued to promote the benefits of global economic integration to various countries to the Huaxia delegation, and strongly advocated that trade disputes should be resolved through negotiation under the To framework. We do not agree with any country's one-sided trade protectionism.

In his speech, Brigdon also touted the series of achievements made by China in the reform and opening up, and pointed out that according to the theory of average purchasing power, China's gdp and economic strength have surpassed Japan in general and are second only to the United States.Huaxia not only has huge foreign exchange reserves, but also has become a global force and an important market in telecommunications, transportation, energy, and environmental protection industries.

During this high-level dialogue, Brigdon also offered to postpone the collection of anti-dumping duties on Chinese footwear products, suspend the anti-dumping investigation on Chinese fastener products, and actively support Chinese enterprises to enter the EU.When the conditions are ripe, the export restrictions on China's high-tech will be relaxed, and the EU will support China to become a country with a complete market position.

It is a good thing that there is no pie falling from the sky. After throwing out these baits, Brigdon also raised the hope that China will increase its purchase of EU sovereign debt. At the same time, he also hoped that China would relax foreign exchange controls and raise interest rates. Change policy on rare earth exports.

According to the bottom line set by the central government, the purchase of European sovereign debt should be significantly higher than last year, which is also in line with national strategic needs.Now most of Huaxia's foreign exchange reserves are in US dollars, and it is very dangerous to put all eggs in one basket.Compared with the rogue country of the United States, countries such as the European Union still pay more attention to national credibility.On behalf of Huaxia, Mu Guoxing solemnly promised that the next step is to increase the purchase of European sovereign debts, and to help European countries overcome the immediate economic crisis within their capabilities.

It's like a banker who has a huge amount of money in his hands and wants to release it to earn a spread. Anyway, European debt is relatively safe, and the interest rate is also very impressive.Since it can make money and be beneficial to our country's foreign trade exports, why not spend such a small amount of money?

Regarding the change of the rare earth export policy, the central government means that it can be increased by 5.00% to [-]% on the basis of last year, but Mu Guoxing has no intention of doing so.Rare earth is a very important strategic material, and it is also non-renewable. Instead of exporting to help these Western countries develop high-tech products, it is much better to leave it to our future generations.

Mu Guoxing's refusal was also ingenious. His reason was that the whole world is now paying attention to environmental protection. As a developing country, China should do better. Excessive mining of rare earths will bring serious environmental protection problems. Before the problem, the current rare earth export policy will not have any changes.

Mu Guoxing finally proposed that he hoped that the EU would expand cooperation with China in the fields of high-end manufacturing, aerospace, innovative industries, financial services, energy conservation and environmental protection, and pointed out that China does not have the problem of manipulation and control of exchange rates. That is, if the EU expands its cooperation with China in the above five areas, we will also give due consideration to the issue of exchange rates.

The high-level financial dialogue this time can be said to be very successful, and the two sides have also made considerable progress in the negotiation. This shows that as long as it is on the basis of equality and mutual benefit, all issues can be discussed, and agreement can be reached in the end.

After the meeting, Brigdon did not leave the venue in a hurry, and looked at Mu Guoxing's back and said to Raggit: "Mr Raggit, I finally understand why Mr. We must be careful in front of tough people. Any means of coercion will be of no use to him. If this person really takes control of China's regime one day, it will not be a good thing for us in the European Union ah."

Rajit didn't speak, just nodded silently, the genius knows what he is thinking now?

VIP two thousand 390 chapter five national interests

Mu Guoxing convened a meeting with several negotiators. At the meeting, everyone agreed that the work during this period of time has been fruitful. According to Brigden's statement today, this high-level dialogue between Huaou Finance and Economics may be more important. Complete the tasks assigned by the central government.

According to the schedule of the meeting, the last group meeting will be held tomorrow to resolve some specific issues, and the last high-level meeting will be held in the morning the day after tomorrow, followed by the signing ceremony and a joint press conference. This means that Mu Guoxing This time the delegation will return home on time.

"Comrades, judging from the current situation, the results of this meeting are not bad. This is not only because of our efforts, but also because there is a strong motherland standing behind us. If there is no unified arrangement and deployment by the central government , as well as the close cooperation of the industry and commerce and quality supervision departments, it is impossible for us to achieve such great results. I hope that everyone will not relax in the group meeting tomorrow, and will strive for reason in terms of specific commodity exports and try our best to help us The country's enterprises strive for greater interests!"

After the meeting, Fang Liang and Peng Junming stayed and sipped tea for a while. Fang Liang said, "Mr. Mu, the work of the past few days has left a deep impression on me. You are right in what you said at the meeting. The achievements we have achieved It is because there is a strong motherland standing behind it, and those of us engaged in diplomatic work understand the meaning of this aspect better. I believe that our motherland will become even stronger in the not-too-distant future!"

Fang Liang said these words on this occasion, it was a bit too high-sounding, but after careful analysis, his words contained a lot of meaning, not only expressed his hope that Mu Guoxing could enter the core leadership, but also had some meanings. The meaning of wanting to come over.

During this period of time, Mu Guoxing's opinion of Fang Liang is still very good. This person has strong working ability and is very organized. He is basically responsible for diplomatic matters. Mu Guoxing is only in charge of financial dialogue. Deployment and finalization, in general, the cooperation between the two people is still very good.Compared with Peng Junming, the other deputy team leader, Fang Liang was much better than him.

Mu Guoxing smiled and said: "There will be such a day, let us work hard for this goal!"

Fang Liang nodded and smiled, indicating that he had already understood what Mu Guoxing meant. As a diplomat, it was their specialty to figure out the meaning from the other party's conversation, and it was their daily routine to say something meaningful. Like today, the two sides didn't speak very clearly, but they both understood what the other side meant.

After bidding farewell to Mu Guoxing, Tong Dali said to Fang Liang in the elevator: "Ambassador Fang, our Director Mu is not easy. He has achieved such a great result in leading a team for the first time."

Fang Liang nodded: "Yeah, it's not a matter of age if you have ambitions, it's true that you have real skills to get to where you are now."