Beiyang reactionaries

"I agree with Premier Yan's opinion."

Dai Kan spoke in support of his subordinates' opinions, saying: "To establish a RMB settlement center in Europe, it should be established in a city with great influence and strong financial strength. The current European ones are qualified, that is, London and Paris. The current domestic situation in France We cannot judge which faction will win. Negotiating with them is too troublesome and will waste time. Compared with the political stability of the United Kingdom, London is the world's financial center, and the sincerity of the United Kingdom is also the greatest at present."

"Ah."

Duan Xun nodded.

In the current situation, London is indeed the most suitable.Britain's politics is relatively stable, and although Britain has also suffered damage from the war, its recovery is also the fastest in Europe.In addition, the United Kingdom itself is a big country in the world. Even if its strength is greatly affected now, its influence in the world still exceeds that of China.Cooperation with the UK is beneficial to the development of the RMB.

So Duan Xun said: "Vice Premier Zhang (Zhang Jiaao) is in charge of this matter. He will go to London in person to negotiate with the UK. A result must be negotiated before the end of this year. Next year, our country will start currency exchanges with some European countries." Therefore, time is tight. As for the two banks that will carry out the RMB settlement business, the Bank of China will also determine it as soon as possible.”

He Fengshan's negotiation is about the general result.

It's all about general direction.

As long as the general direction is discussed, the remaining specific issues and details must be left to professionals.Since Eden, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom, took the initiative in person, according to the principle of equality, the Chinese side should at least be a figure at the level of the deputy prime minister.Because the British foreign minister has great power, Eden is even more likely to become the British prime minister's foreign minister.

So Duan Xun chose Zhang Jiaao, the deputy prime minister who came from the financial system.

"Yes."

"There are also trade negotiations with the Commonwealth countries, and the progress must be accelerated."

The United Kingdom represents not only the United Kingdom, but also the Commonwealth of Nations behind the United Kingdom, which is not a small force.Duan Xun's idea is that China and other forces in the world will negotiate one-on-one and sign some cooperation agreements.

Once China and the UK reach a cooperation agreement in this regard, it will represent a cooperation agreement between the Chinese Federation and the Commonwealth of Nations.This will make a big difference to the whole world situation.China will not compete with the United States and the Soviet Union for European hegemony, but it does not mean that China will give up cooperation with European countries.On the contrary, China should actively cooperate with European countries.

What Duan Xun hopes most at present is to sign a trade cooperation agreement between the Commonwealth of China and the Commonwealth of China with the United Kingdom.

"Yes."

"What about the negotiations over there in the Soviet Union?"

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"What about the negotiations over there in the Soviet Union?"

"The Soviet Union is willing to cooperate and does not reject the development of trade with our country. But they have little interest in the currency swap we proposed."

Wang Jingwei spoke.

In diplomacy, China is "no taboo for meat and vegetables", and has not been particularly close to any country.China's basic market is in Asia, so China has been integrating East Asia and Southeast Asia for the past two years.For countries that are not in Asia, China does not treat them differently.

On the contrary, China is very active in developing diplomatic relations with other countries.Signed the "Sino-US Trade Agreement" with the United States, and there are cooperation agreements in trade, currency, and investment.But it did not treat this as the entire Western country just because it signed a trade agreement with the United States.On the contrary, China treats the United States and European countries separately, so it is negotiating with the United Kingdom and even the Commonwealth of Nations to sign a trade agreement.It did not spare other European countries, nor did it spare South American countries, and of course it is even more impossible to ignore the Soviet Union.

The socialist camp headed by the Soviet Union has become an important force in the world.In today's world, who dares to ignore the Soviet Union and the socialist camp headed by the Soviet Union.And China is even less likely to ignore the Soviet Union.

After all, China and the Soviet Union are currently bordering each other.Therefore, the diplomacy between China and the Soviet Union is the most important part of China's diplomacy.

It is basically impossible to globalize trade now.

Because the interests of major countries cannot be unified, it is impossible to implement real trade globalization.It is completely impossible for the United States and the Soviet Union to let go of their problems and promote the globalization of trade.

It's not that the two countries must be confronting each other, but that the two countries really have many differences.

In particular, the planned economic system of the Soviet Union was incompatible with the trade globalization that the United States wanted to promote.The trade globalization and capital globalization promoted by the United States are most taboo against a strong government like the Soviet Union and a planned economic system like the Soviet Union.Under such a system, it is difficult to promote the globalization that the United States wants.Even in a country like China, with a planned economy as the mainstay and a market economy as a supplement, there are still a lot of problems to be solved in the trade negotiations between the two sides, let alone a country with a complete planned economy system like the Soviet Union.

And not to mention the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union, even if the United States is so strong now, it will not be able to complete it in a short while if it wants to settle the European powers.

After all, Europe was once the center of the world, and many major European countries were former world hegemons.It is not so easy to make them obediently obey the orders of the United States.In history, the United States really overwhelmed Europe because of the Marshall Plan.In order to restore the economy as soon as possible, European countries can only accept the Marshall Plan.Cannibals are soft-mouthed, but short-handed.European powers receive a large amount of financial support from the United States, and of course they are short in the face of the United States.The Marshall Plan included many conditions, all of which were put forward by the United States in order to promote its own globalization.If you do not meet these conditions, it is difficult to obtain these aids.

After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the United States became the only superpower in the world, almost intimidating the world.That was the time when globalization was developing the fastest.Because no country in the world can stop the United States, everyone must accept the will of the United States.

But not now.

World War II had just ended, and European powers had not yet fully adapted, and they had to obey the orders of the United States.Therefore, although China has signed a "trade agreement" with the United States, it does not relax negotiations with other countries.

"What do you mean Soviet Union?"

"The Soviet Union wants trade between us to be invoiced."

"Pricing mode?"

"Yes. The Soviet Union's current exports are all controlled by the state, and the import and export units are all state departments. Moreover, the Soviet Union's exports are mainly bulk commodities, including imports. The Soviet Union currently does not have private imports and exports, and there are all It belongs to the scope of smuggling. It can be said that the import and export of the Soviet Union is completely under the control of the government. Therefore, the Soviet Union hopes that all imported and exported goods will be priced, and will be calculated uniformly at the end of the year. The difference between imports and exports will be in gold, or other recognized by both parties method of settlement.”

Duan Xun frowned slightly.

The so-called pricing model in the Soviet Union is, to put it bluntly, barter.The import and export of both parties are marked and calculated at the end of the year.In this way, normal trade does not need currency calculations, so the Soviet Union has no enthusiasm for currency swaps.In typical barter, the final difference is settled in other ways.It can be said that this is the earliest business model in human society.

This model has many problems, or it is a backward trade method, which affects efficiency.But there is no way, the current Soviet Union is a planned system, and exports are managed by special departments.

Just like the material committee in wartime China.

The advantage of this is that it has the most direct understanding of import and export goods.But it also affects the efficiency of import and export.The achievements of the Soviet Union in the development of industry and agriculture are very brilliant.As one of the superpowers competing with the United States, the strength of the Soviet Union is really strong.The agro-industrial data is very good looking.

But in other respects, the Soviet Union was much worse.

In terms of trade, the Soviet Union adopted a rather backward approach.The United States has now entered the stage of financial capital, but the Soviet Union is almost blank in this regard.In the future, the role of finance in the economy will become stronger and stronger. The highly developed finance in European and American countries has played a huge role in promoting their economies.The result is that the strength of the United States will become stronger and stronger in the future, and it will pull the Soviet Union bigger and bigger economically.

"anything else?"

"The Soviet Union hopes that our country will open up the original railways so that Soviet trains can use those railways. Especially the railway in Anxi Special City, which is a very important railway system between the Russian Republic and the Central Asian countries, and is a very important railway in the Soviet Union One of the passages. The Soviet Union hopes that China will not destroy the original railway, and it will be used by the Soviet Union for a period of time in the future. The Soviet Union is willing to pay a certain fee. In addition to the railway here, there is a long section of the Siberian Railway in the Soviet Union. In our country, it affects the transportation in the Far East of the Soviet Union. So the Soviet Union hopes that we will not cut off the Siberian Railway.”

The Trans-Siberian Railway, as well as the railway owned by the outer northwest, are very important railways in the Soviet Union.Like the Siberian Railway, it was laid by Tsarist Russia to control the Far East.But now many of the Trans-Siberian Railways are located in China and are controlled by China, which directly affects the situation of the Soviet Union in the Far East.The Soviet Union still has a lot of resources in the Far East, but those resources must be brought back to Europe.Because Soviet industries are all in Europe.

However, the most effective way to pull these energy sources is the railway.But now the Siberian Railway is not available, which directly affects the deployment of the Soviet Union.Therefore, the Soviet Union hopes that China can release the Siberian Railway.

There is also the Outer Northwest that China took back, which is now the railway owned by Anxi Special City in Xinjiang, which is the most important railway connecting Russia and Central Asian countries.Although Central Asia is not as good as Ukraine, it is also an important food and livestock production area in the Soviet Union, ensuring the food security of the Soviet Union.But now an important section of this railway is also in the hands of China.

When the war was over and the Soviet Union was going to restore its economy, the Siberian Railway and this railway became even more important.Railway construction costs a lot of money, and the Soviet Union could not spend so much money in a short period of time to build new railways from Russia to Central Asian countries, and railways to the Soviet Far East.

But now the Soviet Union needs this railway.

Duan Xun thought for a while and said: "The railways can be released, and the issue of railway rent can be negotiated. But the Soviet Union must ensure that no military-related things can be transported along these railways."

"Yes."

"And trade is a must."

Although the cooperation model of the Soviet Union is different from what Duan Xun thought.But as long as it can be traded, Duan Xun doesn't care about the cooperation model.Trade with the Soviet Union was not limited to the Soviet Union alone, but included those countries in Eastern Europe.

The strength of the countries in the socialist camp headed by the Soviet Union is not weak.The foundations of those countries in Eastern Europe are much stronger than those in Southeast Asia, and they all have a certain industrial foundation.Trading with them is beneficial to China, and even beneficial to the recovery of the Asian economy.

To trade with each other is to complement each other's advantages and disadvantages.

"talk."

Duan Xun finally made up his mind.