Reborn Resource Tycoon

"Too few subsidies will reduce the international competitiveness of domestically produced agricultural products." Fang Mingyuan said, "The United States and the European Union and other developed countries have very high subsidies to their own farmers. It is about 40.00% of the GDP, while that of the EU is 20.00%. The United States originally had almost the same ratio, but in the past two years there has been a trend of substantial growth, which has made the EU very dissatisfied. And China's agricultural subsidies, before joining the World Trade Organization It is less than [-]% of the total value of agricultural production. Although it has increased in the past few years, according to the original agreement, China’s agricultural subsidies cannot exceed [-]%. Compared with these developed countries, It’s not a star and a half.”

"Yes, we made a lot of sacrifices in order to join the World Trade Organization!" Chai Yan sighed softly. She has been transferred back to the capital after the Chinese New Year and is now the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. .This time she visited Southeast Asian countries and stayed in Hong Kong for one day.He deliberately took time out to meet with Fang Mingyuan.

China is now having trade frictions with the United States and Brazil over the soybean import ban, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is of course bearing the brunt.The fierce reaction of the United States and Brazil after China promulgated the ban was somewhat unexpected in China, and when Chai Yan and the others were discussing urgently how to deal with it, Fang Mingyuan called her and sent a bunch of materials As a result, after a heated debate, the Chinese government gave a high-profile response to the severe accusations made by the United States and Brazil on the ban on the import of Brazilian poisonous soybeans, and also condemned the high-value agricultural compensation in the United States in a high-profile manner. The water got even more muddy.The enthusiastic response from the European Union and the Brazilian Cotton Industry Association caught the U.S. and the Brazilian Soybean Association by surprise. Now, in the international community, the U.S. government’s huge subsidy to agriculture has become a hot topic of public opinion in various countries. India, Indonesia , Australia and other countries also joined in.They all expressed their dissatisfaction with the US government's agricultural subsidy policy, and the soybean trade friction between China and Brazil took a back seat.

Moreover, because one of Brazil's domestic soybean associations and cotton industry associations seeks support from the United States, while the other wants to strongly criticize the United States, the Brazilian government is also in a dilemma.Moreover, although the attitude of the Brazilian Soybean Association is quite fierce, the Brazilian government is not willing to have bad relations with China on this matter. Brazil is now the world's second largest soybean producer after the United States, and the soybean Production is still increasing rapidly.Soybeans are already one of Brazil's most important export products, and Huaxia is its largest soybean export customer, accounting for nearly half of Brazil's total annual soybean exports.Last year, Brazil exported more than 900 million tons of soybeans to China, earning nearly US$20 billion in revenue from exports.

Therefore, the Brazilian government itself does not want to expand the matter, because that will inevitably affect the long-term strategic partnership between China and Brazil.

If the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was still a little uneasy when it adopted Chai Yan's opinion and faced the accusations from the industry associations in the United States and Brazil with a tough attitude, it is now.Chai Yan's proposal can be said to have been a great success, at least the United States and Brazil have been unable to fully exert pressure on China.The two major industries in Brazil are at odds, and the United States has to deal with strong accusations from the rest of the world about its high agricultural subsidies.Chai Yan visited Southeast Asia and specially arranged a one-day stay in Hong Kong.He just wanted to hear what Fang Mingyuan had to say.

"Aunt Chai, do you know that according to the information I got, it can be seen that in 2000, the direct subsidy of the US government for domestic wheat production was almost equivalent to 380 yuan per ton... converted into our currency, yes The subsidy for corn is almost 230 yuan per ton. The subsidy for soybeans is 270 yuan per ton!" Fang Mingyuan continued. "This also means that soybeans in the United States have obtained a price reduction space of 270 yuan per ton from government subsidies! In recent years, how much can farmers in our country earn per mu for planting soybeans? You know, soybeans are not originally High-yielding crop."

Chai Yan had no choice but to smile bitterly. In order to join the World Trade Organization, Huaxia made huge concessions in many aspects, especially in agriculture.That's why domestic agriculture is so weak in the face of the impact of overseas agricultural products.The US government's high agricultural subsidies have enabled the US agricultural products to gain a strong price competitive advantage in the international market.Last year, the export of agricultural products from the United States reached nearly 600 billion U.S. dollars, making it the world's largest exporter!

"We can also appeal to the World Trade Organization that the Americans dump soybeans into our country. I have a piece of information here from the International Agricultural Policy Council. Since [-], the price of American soybean exports has been lower than his planting costs. , It is completely unprofitable. It is because of the US government's continuous huge agricultural subsidies that the US soybean planting area will continue to expand, and the export volume will continue to increase!" Fang Mingyuan took out a document from his hand and handed it to Chai Yan said, "An important topic of this year's World Trade Organization meeting is the issue of agricultural subsidies. We have muddied the water, and even if the Americans want to continue to exert pressure on us, they will not be able to do what they want!"

"Moreover, American agriculture is a farm system. Industrialized farms often have thousands of acres of land, and one acre is almost equal to [-] mu. That is to say, a farm is tens of thousands of acres of land. In our country, one The average farm family has six or seven acres of land, which is just over an acre. In the United States, due to the realization of mechanization, a dozen or even a few people can run the entire farm, but we are a family with three generations of old, middle-aged and young. Tied to this acre of land, how can we compete with the Americans? In fact, not only our country, but many countries in the world are facing the same dilemma. Moreover, the US government’s high agricultural subsidy policy has caused nearly [-] American farmers Thirty to forty percent of the income comes from the U.S. government. To put it a bit exaggeratedly, our farmers are not competing with American farmers, they are competing with the U.S. Department of the Treasury!" Fang Mingyuan sighed, "If this continues, how can our farmers have any income? Enthusiasm for growing soybeans?"

Chai Yan couldn't help but a wry smile. The Americans were able to form a large-scale farm planting, but China was unable to form a large-scale farm planting. This was caused by historical reasons and various factors. Among other things, the population of the United States There are nearly one billion fewer people than China, but the arable land is as high as 55 billion mu!As for the country's arable land area, Chai Yan does not know the exact figure.In recent years, there has never been an accurate official data, and she estimated that it should be around 20 billion mu.The number of farmers in China is more than ten times the number of farmers in the United States!
So in this area, even if the country intends to change it, it will affect the whole body. There are too many places affected in all aspects. It is impossible to complete the ten-year term of the prime minister.And there are too many places to wipe its ass, and a little carelessness may cause large-scale social unrest.But she didn't refute anything, because Chai Yan believed that Fang Mingyuan knew these things very well.It might even be clearer than her, so his purpose of saying this is definitely not to ask the government to immediately implement large-scale farm planting.

"Mingyuan, I know...there are still many deficiencies in the country in this regard, but the country is already starting to repay agriculture, and the agricultural tax has been gradually cancelled, isn't it? You have to give the country time to adjust." Chai Yan road.

Fang Mingyuan shook his head and said, "Aunt Chai, everyone understands the truth, but Chinese people can wait. The Americans won't give you enough time to change, and they won't wait for you to catch up. Food security issues must be resolved. It is important to stimulate farmers' enthusiasm for farming. There is no delay. I remember that John Bullock, who was Secretary of Agriculture in the Reagan Administration, once bluntly pointed out in a congressional hearing that 'food is a weapon, and the way to use it is To tie the social stability of nations to us, so they won't mess with us.'”

"The country has attached great importance to food security over the years." Chai Yan said with a wry smile.

"The country attaches great importance to rations, rice, wheat, and corn! But I think soybeans are also food!" Fang Mingyuan said without hesitation. "If we can't guarantee the safety of my country's soybean demand, then there is a big gap in the Great Wall of Grain!"

Before Chai Yan could speak, Fang Mingyuan continued: "Aunt Chai. I also have some business partners in Brazil. According to the news from them, the Brazilian government has rejected the proposal of domestic soybean exporters to sue Huaxia in the World Trade Organization." The Minister of Trade and Development of Brazil believes that China's ban on the import of Brazil's poisonous soybeans is only a temporary problem. The two countries are negotiating urgently on this matter, and the problem of non-permanent trade barriers that the World Trade Organization will not accept will be resolved soon. Moreover, Brazil's Minister of Agriculture also stated that this incident is just an accidental incident!"

Chai Yan blinked, and then she was overjoyed. If the Brazilian government did this, it would save a lot of trouble.

"I heard that the President of Brazil will visit our country in the near future. I personally have a proposal. It is better to ask Brazil to strictly abide by our 'zero tolerance' policy by continuing to increase the amount of imported Brazilian soybeans." Fang Mingyuan laughed, " Anyway, in recent years, my country has continuously increased soybean imports, which is a reality that cannot be changed in the short term. It would be a pity if this carrot is not used.”

Chai Yan's eyes lit up again, but she hesitated and said: "Brazil and the United States have always accused us of the international standard of three soybean seeds per kilogram of soybeans, and think our standard is unreasonable!"

"Tell them this is fart!" Fang Mingyuan said bluntly, "The international standard is the lower limit. What is the lower limit? It cannot be lower than this standard. According to their logic, the world poverty line announced by the World Bank is A person earns US$450 per day, which is US$[-] a year, so let the Americans cancel the welfare subsidies for the poor in their country. According to the World Bank standard, how can there be poor people in the United States? It's all farting! I don't believe it, as long as Americans can work, they still earn less than five hundred dollars a year!"

Chai Yan sighed and said: "Last year, the poverty line in the United States was: the annual income of a single person was less than 500 US dollars; the annual income of a two-person family was less than 500 US dollars. I can't remember any more. .According to this standard, the poor population in the United States has basically remained at about 136.5 million in recent years. And almost half of these 108.5 million people have their own houses, and the truly homeless people only account for a small part of them. Part. The average housing area of ​​the American poor has reached 28 square meters, which is 70.00 square meters more than the average European family of [-] square meters. Moreover, [-]% of the poor in the United States own cars, and nearly one-third of them own cars. Own more than two cars."

"Is this the poor? This is obviously a big money in the world. Does it obviously not meet the international poverty line standard?" Fang Mingyuan said, "Americans modify the poverty line standard, so let's modify the soybean zero tolerance policy. Is it wrong to set high standards to ensure the health of Chinese people? Why don’t they mention that the standards of imported agricultural products from Japan and South Korea far exceed the international average standards? If you want to change it, everyone should change it, and treat everyone equally! If it’s not your turn, you have to mention the special national conditions. International standards when it’s someone else’s turn?”

Chai Yan couldn't hold back and laughed, Fang Mingyuan is cruel enough, if the US government dares to lower the poverty line to the international standard, the Americans will definitely rebel, and none of the domestic politicians can sit still Secure the presidency.

"Hey, by the way, yesterday, a Brazilian soybean export company publicly announced that it would abide by the requirements of the Chinese government and ensure that the exported soybeans do not contain any seed coating soybeans. Has something to do with you?" Chai Yan asked. He clapped his hands and said, "I checked, and it exported more than 300 million tons of soybeans to China last year. The main buyers are the crushing companies under the Carrefour Group, which is the predecessor of Jiahua Edible Oil Group."

"Yes, my family holds 50.00% of the shares." Fang Mingyuan nodded and said, "I hope that the relevant domestic departments can give this company some convenience. In this case, the current alliance of overseas soybean exporters can be broken."

Chai Yan stared at Fang Mingyuan, speechless for a long time, Fang's family invested in oil and iron ore in Brazil, she knew about it, but when did he quietly set up a soybean export company?And 300 million tons, which is also among the best among Brazilian exporters to China!
"What are you guys hiding in Brazil? Tell them all!" Chai Yan said through gritted teeth. If she had known that he had so many cards, how could the soybean trade friction incident give her such a headache? (To be continued..)