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Text 558 Trade disputes

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    After many days of confrontation, the Americans finally could no longer bear the pressure at home and abroad. Although the world is full of fists and loud voices, in today's peaceful era, even the United States cannot be said to use its own arrogance and unreasonableness to subjugate all other countries in the world.  Although it is not possible to travel around the world without reason, it is true that it is difficult to move even without reason.

    In the end, Clinton had to personally put out the fire: "The United States of America has always advocated peace and friendship with all countries in the world. Even if we have differences with some countries, we will still respect the interests and will of the countries where they are located.  ¡­¡±

    This matter was really not done well. Clinton's approval rating in the country has been falling, falling below 40%.  From this, Clinton was also shocked to realize that he might not be as capable as he thought, but in terms of international strategic layout, he was still a step behind the cunning Bush Sr.  He wanted to make great achievements, but he was repeatedly frustrated in Peru, Somalia and South Korea. This seriously damaged his confidence and began to question his own strategy.

    "Perhaps it's time to turn our attention back to the country." This is the title of an editorial in the New York Times, reminding Clinton that if he continues to cause trouble outside like an immature teenager, his voters will be disappointed.  He was very disappointed.  The current domestic economic situation in the United States is not particularly satisfactory. Although the United States has caught up with the third technological revolution, China is at the forefront of the third technological revolution. With its large production capacity and complete industrial system, China has begun to nearly  Provide unlimited amounts of 3 products to the world, and use this as the main growth point to promote rapid economic growth like a volcanic eruption.

    The development of the first and second traditional industries in the United States has entered a bottleneck. Since the 1990s, some established manufacturing companies have gone bankrupt because they were unable to compete with Chinese products or with the OEM resales of domestic brands in China.  This has resulted in many American workers being laid off and unemployed, and the U.S. employment rate has continued to fall, causing the U.S. economy to flash red lights.

    In the original dimension, China¡¯s manufacturing industry only slowly caught up after the 21st century and established itself as the world¡¯s factory.  At that time, the U.S. economy had actually gone through the prosperity of the Clinton era and successfully completed its economic transformation. The proportion of the tertiary industry had steadily exceeded that of the primary and secondary industries, and Americans were accustomed to using fancy concepts.  , let other countries around the world work for you, and then reap the benefits yourself.  When Wall Street bankers signed a check book, a large amount of cash appeared. Although China's manufacturing was strong at that time, it was still dependent on coolie labor.

    But in today¡¯s plane, the situation is already very different.  With Qi Yiming's vigorous promotion and support, Chinese manufacturing has begun to occupy the mainstream of the world many years in advance. Coupled with flexible and proactive marketing strategies, the Chinese are willing to go to the African grasslands and sell leather shoes to the barefoot indigenous people.  Going into the tropical jungle and selling diesel generators to the locals, the mainstream markets in Europe and the United States are filled with a variety of daily necessities produced in China.  Relying on its huge advantages, the sales of Chinese products are no longer doubling, but growing exponentially.  China has too many people, many factories, a sound system, and complete infrastructure. Therefore, after this force is integrated, it can not only meet domestic demand well, but also increase production capacity to supply foreign countries.

    In European and American countries, and even Japan and South Korea, they have become accustomed to the concept of keeping working hours within eight or even six hours, and the quality of life is more important than work. Although the Chinese people are protecting their workers' rights and interests on the one hand, and on the other hand  We also rely on more advanced management models, use intensive three shifts, optimize resource allocation and other models to constantly refresh our manufacturing capabilities.

    It can be said that the Chinese people at this time are a bit similar to the generation that created the country after liberation. Everyone is quite tired, but they are also very fulfilling.

    How can developed countries in Europe and the United States compete with such a terrible country?  There is no obvious difference in technology between the two sides. The resource cost and manufacturing cost can only be lower in China, and the Chinese business strategy is also obviously more aggressive.  If it happened after the 21st century like the other dimension, Americans would not be so severely impacted. However, this was the early 1990s, and the industrial transformation of Americans had not yet been completely completed, and they would only be impacted by Chinese products.  More tired.

    Imagine that the rise of a number of emerging countries such as Japan and South Korea in the 1980s and 1990s, coupled with elements such as the oil crisis, caused a round of economic depression in the United States. But now that China has emerged from nowhere, it has not brought down the United States.  Being semi-disabled is already quite a blessing.

    The United States has raised tariffs on Chinese products many times in a row. Because China is also a signatory to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the United States' actions have violated international trade rules and been reprimanded by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.  However, the United States has no choice but to stay there. On the one hand, it uses tariff barriers, green barriers and other barriers of various names to block the invasion of Chinese goods. On the other hand, some American economic newspapers have even begun to engage in nationalist propaganda.  The slogan asks Americans not to buy cheap Chinese goods, but to buy American goods in order to ensure employment in the country.

      However, American residents are not stupid. If Chinese products are cheaper, they are half of American products. Even if they are more expensive, they are only as expensive as American products. If you choose Chinese products, your cost of living will naturally be lower.  Of course, there are also some products where the opposite is true, such as the latest generation of mobile phones made in China. These electronic products are relatively expensive because the performance of Chinese products is ahead of American and Japanese products.

    However, for many people who are engaged in scientific research, design, or even addicted to computer games, buying a Chinese computer is both stable and performant. Although it is a bit more expensive, at least it is more respectable and practical.

    In the electronics industry, Qi Yiming adopts an entry model that leaves no room for the United States, Japan, Europe and other countries. Not only has he established large-scale wafer manufacturing plants and complete machine assembly plants in many areas of China, but he has also established large-scale wafer manufacturing plants and machine assembly plants in Shanghai,  Many software industrial parks have been established in Beijing, Shenzhen, Taipei and other places, providing a sufficient variety of application products.

    At the earliest, Qi Yiming was the first to launch his country's own PC open source operating system "Tenglong". Because of its early launch and good performance, it directly surpassed Microsoft U, which also charges fees. Although Comrade Gates is also relatively wealthy in his own right.  , but it may be impossible to become the richest man in the world.

    Foreigners are accustomed to calling Tenglong TcOnaat). Around the Tenglong system, a large number of Chinese software companies are developing various general-purpose or Ep-type software programs.  Ordinary word processing software, audio and video player software, browsers, games, and even social networking software developed in China are rapidly occupying the market with waves of promotions from China.

    Silicon Valley in the United States was originally a hub for the development of emerging industries in the United States. However, in 1993, hundreds of large Chinese companies settled here and were responsible for their business in North America. Because their company's products had a high market share and profitability in these regions.  quite big.

    Sometimes, Qi Yiming feels a strong sense of confusion when he sees foreigners using QQ instead of MN to communicate with each other. The gradually emerging concept of Weibo has also fundamentally crushed Americans.

    In short, the popularity of Chinese products and services in the U.S. market has aroused widespread concern in the industry. In order to save the fate of the U.S. industry, some people have even begun to do some despicable things.

    ¡°While the crisis over the US military in South Korea was still unfolding, a trade dispute between China and the United States also attracted world attention.  The cause of the matter is actually very simple. Several American media jointly conducted a survey, randomly checked dozens of various Chinese products, and then evaluated the Chinese products.

    This random inspection is naturally not a real random inspection, but a careful selection. What they selected are Chinese products with lower than average quality conditions, and the so-called evaluation is definitely not a real evaluation, but an exaggerated belittlement.  The results of such a biased survey are obvious. The conclusion is that although Chinese products are cheap, they are of low quality and are far inferior to American products, so consumers should still buy American products.

    Due to the huge influence of these media, they have greatly misled consumers. Regardless of their purpose, many consumers temporarily abandoned Chinese products, especially Chinese products that were positioned as inferior in surveys.  There was a massive return of goods for a while.

    This incident eventually alarmed the Chinese Ministry of Commerce and Trade, and a special investigation team was dispatched to investigate the entire incident.  Qi Yiming was naturally very concerned about this and instructed the Economic and Trade Intelligence Division of the Strategy Bureau to follow up and provide assistance.

    After careful investigation, the investigation team of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade finally found that the reports carried by these American media were seriously inaccurate.  The random sampling they conducted was not random sampling at all, but directly intercepted the lowest product levels for testing. At the same time, many of the products were not Chinese products at all, but fake and inferior products from some small countries, and they did not even know where they were made.  It was labeled as Made in China.

    ¡°Similarly, there were also serious laxities in the investigation process.  Some important variables have not been measured at all. For example, some products are indeed of average quality, but their price is probably only half or even one-third of other products, and the price/performance ratio is still good; or, a product has poor performance in a category.  Generally speaking, it may perform far better than American products in another performance, but thoughtful people did not disclose it and only magnified the shortcomings and deficiencies of Chinese products.

    Even after investigation, the investigation team found that some interested American companies paid large "donations" to these investigative media, so the purpose of this investigation is obviously not pure.
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