The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 627 Punishment (asking for monthly tickets at the beginning of the month)

European Community!
When Bush mentioned the "European Community", his voice was filled with chilliness, and the temperature in the entire conference room dropped significantly, becoming icy cold.

World War I and World War II shattered Europe, and the United States benefited from the war across the Atlantic Ocean, making a fortune. In addition, many wealthy people and scientists in Europe fled to the United States, which rapidly increased the national strength of the United States. After World War II, the United States became the most powerful country in the world.

The world's largest economy, the world's largest industrial country, the world's largest industrial power!

The United States has the largest gold reserves in the world and is the largest creditor of major European countries.

It can be said that world hegemony is within reach!

The United States will replace Britain and become another world hegemon!
Since World War II, due to the threat from the Soviet Union, Europe has had to rely on the United States across the Atlantic Ocean for support.

The United States came to Europe again as a savior. During World War II, if it were not for the support of the United States, Europe would have been destroyed by Hitler. Without the United States' "Marshall Plan", Europe would not have been able to rebuild quickly from the ruins.

This time, the United States was not forced back to North America by the British and French forces as it had been after World War I, but instead truly became the core of the West.

Although Churchill delivered the "Iron Curtain Speech" in the United States, which caused the United States and the Soviet Union to quickly move from an alliance to an opposition, NATO and the Warsaw Pact became the two major camps in the world, and the bipolar structure of the United States and the Soviet Union became the world structure after World War II.

The United States did not emerge as a world hegemon like Britain, but instead confronted the Soviet Union.

In order to resist and even defeat the Soviet Union, the United States invested more money in building Europe and also continued to invest huge amounts of money in military spending.

According to the United States' initial thinking, as its control deepened, the European economy would be disintegrated by the United States and would only become a vassal of the United States.

But who could have thought that these countries would not accept the defeat and would continue to make trouble.

When Europe reflected on World War I and World War II, it came to the conclusion that Europe must be integrated and form a large alliance with economic, political and military integration.

Moreover, during the Charles de Gaulle era, France, the proud Gallic rooster, was unwilling to succumb to the United States and actually opposed the United States in many ways, withdrawing from NATO, driving the NATO headquarters out of French soil, and driving out the US troops stationed there.

France is also actively promoting European integration.

European Community, this is already the prototype of the European Union!

If Europe truly achieves integration, with its heritage, Europe's population, industry and technology, when combined, will be no less powerful than that of the United States, or even stronger than the United States.

By then, the world will not be bipolar, but tripolar!

In addition to the Soviet Union, America’s competitor will now include the European Union!
More importantly, Europe has a psychological advantage over the United States because in the eyes of Europeans, Americans are just a group of country bumpkins. The United States used to be a place of exile for European criminals, and only those who couldn't survive in Europe ran to the United States to make a living.

What culture does the United States have?

In recent years, the European Community has become increasingly alienated from the United States.

This time, the Bush administration wants to deal with Japan and also wants to kill the Japanese chicken in front of the European Community monkey.

The United States is temporarily unable to deal with the European Community, lest Europe completely turn to the Soviet Union. If Europe turns to the Soviet Union, the United States will no longer have any chance to play, and all its forces will have to retreat to North America.

But can’t they deal with the Japanese under their control?

If this is the case, how can he be the leader in the future! ? "Impose a $200 billion fine on Toshiba, and impose a 200% tariff on all Toshiba products imported, stop importing Toshiba products for five years, close all Toshiba factories in the United States, and drive Toshiba out of the United States completely." Bush's voice was full of coldness. "Not just Toshiba, we must conduct a comprehensive investigation of all Japanese companies that provide socialist countries with equipment and technology that violates the provisions of the Batumi regulations. As long as they provide socialist countries with equipment and technology that is prohibited, these reckless Japanese companies must be fully sanctioned."

This statement has already made it clear that the United States is not only investigating and punishing Toshiba, but also companies from all over the world, including Japan.

After all, it's not just Toshiba that has gained a huge market share in the United States; there are many large Japanese companies.

A number of major Japanese industrial companies, including Panasonic, Sony, Toshiba, Sharp, NEC, Fujitsu, Canon, Kobe Steel, Nippon Steel, Komatsu Industries, etc., are squeezing the living space of similar manufacturing companies in the United States.

This investigation is not limited to Toshiba, but will radiate to these Japanese companies, and through this means, hit Japanese companies.

As long as the CIA investigates, it is up to the Americans to decide what to find out.

It can be said that this is a heavy blow.

"The Japanese have already found a PR team. Let them do the publicity!" Bush sneered.

Do you really think that the public relations team is omnipotent?

"We should claim $1000 billion from the Japanese government just because we need to invest in military research to regain our lead!" Bush said this with a cold look in his eyes.

$1000 billion is a huge amount of money.

But he knew that Japan could afford it because it had long replaced the United States as the world's largest creditor country.

Japan's foreign exchange reserves have now exceeded $1980 billion. Japan holds a large amount of U.S. debt, which was purchased in and later and is high-interest U.S. debt.

Japan's annual trade surplus has exceeded US$100 billion for consecutive years.

But this is just a fine, a claim!

Next up is another combo punch!

"Mr. President, the current situation in China cannot be underestimated. It has developed very quickly in recent years. We must contain it." A cabinet member reminded, "We must prevent the situation in Japan from happening again. If China becomes another Japan, it will be very disadvantageous to us. After all, we have many means to deal with Japan, but we have no means to deal with China."

"Now we still need China to share the pressure from the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union is our number one rival!" Bush waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Now we still have a trade surplus with China, not a trade deficit!"

"And now China has just announced its GDP. China's GDP is only 3124 billion US dollars, less than 6% of ours. It is far from posing a threat to us!" Bush felt that things had to be prioritized.

America’s number one competitor was the Soviet Union, which was a very powerful opponent.

If they are not careful, the Soviet Union may be able to conquer the whole world, and then the United States will have no chance of survival.

And China is a huge helper for the United States as it opens a new era with great political wisdom and courage.

"But Mr. President, they are selling weapons recklessly and they are constantly reducing their military. They don't seem to be willing to help us at all." The cabinet member said, "If Libya didn't have Eagle Strike anti-ship missiles and Aegis air defense missiles, our losses wouldn't have been so great!"

As one of the most powerful intelligence agencies in the world, it is not difficult for the CIA to obtain some intelligence.

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　　I have been busy these two days and cannot update in time!
　　Catch up in the next few days!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)