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In addition to these, orders for machine tools, generators, and cables remain, and a large number of orders for cement and glass have also increased.After a complete set, the order placed by China is worth about 7 million yen.

This is not a small amount.

Such an order will allow the Japanese industry, which is currently in a downturn, to get out of trouble immediately.Not only can it fully make up for the loss of Japanese exports, but there is also a surplus.With such an order, Japan's current economic predicament can be solved immediately.It can be said that China's orders can make the Japanese economy active again.

Of course, China also got what it wanted.In the last "trade agreement" between China and Japan, there were some exclusive clauses.In many fields of raw materials, Japan has cut off imports from other countries and regions, and all use Chinese raw materials.For example, the 1000 million tons of coal previously imported from Vietnam and India were all imported from China.

This time there are more exclusive industries.

Starting from food, petroleum, and natural rubber, a large number of industries have been written into the "trade agreement".Beginning in 1931, Japan's food imports, oil imports, and natural rubber imports were all in charge of the Chinese family.

Of course Japan is not satisfied.

Because of this, many of their lifelines are in the hands of China.But this time they were in a hurry, so they pinched their noses and admitted the exclusive agreement.Of course, the other thing is that China and Japan are too close, and shipping is very convenient.Therefore, in terms of price, raw materials in China will always be cheaper than those in other places.Importing these raw materials from China can save Japan a large amount of foreign exchange.

And there is no other way.

China also has no foreign exchange. China has placed so many orders, but it will not take out so much foreign exchange.So the meaning of China is very simple, that is, barter.Japan imports raw materials from China, and China offsets those orders with those raw materials.If Japan does not want these raw materials, then China does not have enough foreign exchange to place orders.

The final issue of Taiwan, the two sides also reached an agreement.

That is, the signed "Shimonoseki Treaty Amendment". Taiwan and the Penghu Islands were originally ceded to Japan, but this time the amendment became a lease.China leased Taiwan and the Penghu Islands to Japan for 50 years.Not from the Treaty of Shimonoseki, but from 1931 with a 50-year lease.

The cession became a lease, and the sovereignty of Taiwan and the Penghu Islands returned to China.

This is the product of the compromise between China and Japan.Taiwan involves Japan's core interests, so Japan will never give up.Similarly, China does not want to give up Taiwan, but it does not want to fall out with Japan.

So there is such a compromise.

Taiwan is still controlled by Japan, but the nominal sovereignty is in the hands of China.

"Premier Yan (Yan Huiqing), you have worked hard."

"No, the cabinet has set a general direction, and I'm just negotiating according to the set direction."

"What about the Soviet Union?"

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"How is the situation in the Soviet Union?"

"They have been in contact with financial institutions in Europe and the United States recently, hoping to obtain some long-term loans. The Soviet Union promised to use their minerals and food as collateral, as well as the promise of an annual purchase order of 5 million US dollars, in exchange for long-term loans of more than ten years."

Although the Soviet Union is the first socialist country, it seems to be a representative of a fool who can't play economics.In fact, for international trade, the Soviet Union is still very slick, and understands the truth.

At present, the Soviet Union is as short of foreign exchange as China.

Therefore, in order to accomplish their goals and to seize the good opportunity of the current financial crisis in European and American countries, they are preparing to borrow a lot from European and American countries.Use loans from European and American countries to purchase their machinery and equipment.

Moreover, in order to reassure European and American countries for loans, an order condition of US$5 million per year was proposed.In other words, whoever gives the Soviet Union a loan, the Soviet Union is willing to hand over the $[-] million order to whom.For European and American countries that are currently in deep economic crisis, especially for those capitalists, an order of [-] million US dollars is very greedy.

reciprocity condition.

The Soviet Union understood very well the benefits of mutual cooperation.

"What's the effect?"

After the economic crisis broke out, Duan Xun paid close attention to the situation in the Soviet Union.

After all, at present, the practices of China and the Soviet Union are similar.As the two rising countries, China and the Soviet Union are both planning to take advantage of the current economic crisis to import a large number of machinery and equipment from European and American countries in order to improve their own industrial strength.

Big opportunity.

The current situation is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for both China and the Soviet Union, and neither country will waste it.If such a great opportunity had not been encountered, the two countries would not know how much time and capital they would need to complete industrialization.However, because of the rare economic crisis, China and the Soviet Union were given a very favorable international environment.As long as the current situation is made good use of, both China and the Soviet Union can quickly increase their industrial output to an appalling level in terms of their land area, population, and resources.

It wasn't a big deal at first.

But who connected China and the Soviet Union, the border line is very long.In addition, there are many accumulated grievances and grievances in the history of China and the Soviet Union, and there are still a lot of unresolved land issues.Therefore, whether it is from the history or considering the future, it is impossible for Duan Xun not to pay attention to the situation in the Soviet Union.

Therefore, China's intelligence system has been staring at the Soviet Union.Learn about the Soviet Union's first five-year plan.

"It's not very good at the moment."

Dai Kan said: "Originally, the Soviet Union exported resources and grain in exchange for foreign exchange, and used these to import machinery and equipment. In addition, they used their own gold reserves and bank loans from European and American countries. The completion of the first five-year plan was relatively smooth. However, with the China exported a large amount of resources abroad. After exporting food, the current world mineral prices and food prices have plummeted, and the prices are almost one-third of what they were two years ago. This has dealt a big blow to the Soviet Union's exports. Therefore, many financial institutions in Europe and the United States He was very hesitant about giving loans to the Soviet Union, and he was not very relieved about the export of Soviet resources and grain. Because the loan required by the Soviet Union was high and the time was long, but the scale of their exports was not very large.”

Both China and the Soviet Union are large countries with rich resources.

When the world economy is good, nothing can be seen.But when the world economy is not good, the exports of China and the Soviet Union have been hit hard.

Because of the decline in industrial output in European and American countries, the demand for raw materials has decreased, resulting in a decline in raw material prices.

But even so, the two countries still need to export in exchange for foreign exchange.Not even talking about foreign exchange, for the sake of stable employment in the country, we cannot give up exporting.China, in particular, vigorously developed the mining industry during the First Five-Year Plan, making China's mining industry an astonishing scale.

Not only are the large enterprises of the central government producing a lot, but the mining industry developed by the local government is also amazing. There are even some small minerals that the government cannot count in China.But the Second Five-Year Plan had just begun and the world economic crisis came.Large-scale water release and large-scale construction are carried out in the country to digest the output of these mining industries.The result was a further boom in China's mining industry.

Those mining individuals, they don't care what the world economic situation is like.They only know that China is currently undergoing large-scale construction, and the large-scale industrial development requires a lot of minerals.Therefore, they invested heavily in the mining industry, which made China's mining industry develop rapidly.

Up to now, it can be said that the output of China's mining industry has already ranked first in the world in many fields.Such a large output is not satisfied with domestic sales.Many of China's minerals continue to supply the world market in large quantities. The result is that the price of minerals has plummeted due to the economic crisis, because China's large supply continues to decline.The global raw material market has been impacted by China's large-scale exports.

This is also very detrimental to the Soviet Union.

Because the Soviet Union is also a country that vigorously develops the mining industry, exporting a large amount of minerals every year to obtain foreign exchange.China and the Soviet Union can be said to be rivals in this respect.But now, China is far stronger than the Soviet Union in this respect.In terms of the scale of the mining industry, China is several times that of the Soviet Union.

Speaking of which, except that China's current oil production is not as good as that of the Soviet Union, the data on other raw materials are completely outmatched by the Soviet Union.The export volume is also several times that of the Soviet Union.

The result was that the Soviet Union was a little disgraced.

But it wasn't just this aspect of the hit to Soviet exports.The Soviet Union exports three to four billion catties of grain every year, which is a bulk commodity in the Soviet Union's exports and brings huge amounts of foreign exchange to the Soviet Union every year.For these foreign exchange, the Soviet Union even had a Ukrainian food crisis, causing countless casualties in Ukraine, the Soviet Union's large granary.The grain exported at such a price was originally the most important supplement to the Soviet Union's foreign exchange.It brings huge foreign exchange of about 40 million US dollars to the Soviet Union every year.

But when China decided to export grain, the scale was on the order of tens of billions of catties, which was several times, or even ten times, that of the Soviet Union's grain exports.China's decision to export grain has impacted the world grain market and caused world grain prices to plummet.

Another serious blow to Soviet exports.

what's the result?

The result was that the Soviet Union exported in exchange for foreign exchange, and the idea of ​​using these foreign exchange to buy European and American machinery and equipment completely fell through.These things exported by the Soviet Union were not enough to buy the raw materials that Soviet industries needed to import.Now the Soviet Union's important exports in these areas have dropped by more than 70% in less than a year.

But at the same time, the machinery and equipment imported by the Soviet Union increased sharply, causing the Soviet Union's gold reserves to be almost exhausted in just one year.This situation makes European and American financial institutions very hesitant.

With this export from the Soviet Union, can you repay the loan?In particular, the size of the loan requested by the Soviet Union is large. Can this export pay interest?Capitalists are profit-seeking.At present, European and American financial capital is looking for loan targets, but the current situation in the Soviet Union makes them worry that the Soviet Union will not be able to pay back the money.

"What about imports?"

"There have also been many problems. In recent months, the Soviet Union's imports have also been very difficult, and they have not achieved their planned goals."

"what is the reason?"

"In the past two months, the prices of many machinery and equipment have begun to pick up. Although the increase is not so obvious, the price of machinery and equipment has indeed stopped falling. In particular, the price of new machinery and equipment has begun to rise. Conflicts with the Soviet Union plan began , I heard that the Soviet government was arguing more intensely.”