Chapter 362: , "Textile Workers Union Club"

In a sense, the selection of the "Prometheus Prize" is almost a review of the scientific level of European countries. Although the awarding of the awards has not yet taken place, and even the candidates have not had time to be fully selected, it has already made the whole of Europe, including the British, sigh that France is number one in science in the world.
Discussions on British young people, British students, and British education in British newspapers are not unprofitable. One of the benefits is that they successfully suppressed the voice on trade issues, which made the British people suffer when negotiating. The unnecessary interference can be reduced a lot. After all, when it comes to trade negotiations, Britain and France are not the same. In France, Napoleon said which category they needed to be wronged, they had to be honestly wronged; (Of course, more often, to make foreigners wronged) But in democratic Britain, don't even think about it.
Under the cover of the "Prometheus Prize", the British trade delegation and the French reached a memorandum of understanding on the previous trade dispute.
According to this memorandum, British textiles will obtain the "free trade status" in the European continent within the next year, which means that British textiles can be regarded as commodities of a "free trade country". But this "free trade status" is not unconditional. British textiles are subject to a "free trade status" review every year. If the review fails, this status will be cancelled.
As for the conditions for review, the first is the protection of intellectual property rights. In other words, the British textile industry must not produce counterfeit European brand clothing. In order to ensure the effective implementation of this clause, the "free trade nations" headed by France will set up a joint office in London. This office will have the right to unprepared any British factories and their warehouses that export textiles to the European continent. Yes, temporary random inspections without notice to ensure that they are not producing illegal products. Any manufacturer that is found to have infringement during this inspection will be permanently disqualified for export. The "Textile Industry Association" also promised to the "Free Trade Alliance" that anyone who is found to be involved in such acts will be expelled from the Association and will not be allowed to work in the textile industry for life.
Of course, to agree to this, the agreement of the "Worship and Humiliation Association", naturally also got a certain amount of compensation. First of all, they successfully avoided the transportation regulations for "non-free trade countries", which allowed them to continue to make money on the European continent. On the other hand, they even kept the possibility of continuing to engage in the garment industry, as long as they did not counterfeit high-end French garments. In general, the French are relatively friendly to the British textile industry. The main reason for the turmoil this time was really because some of them were so outrageous and wanted to grab money from the Bonaparte family's plate.
After the problems in the textile industry were resolved, negotiations in the steel industry followed. The French certainly oppose the British method of raising tariffs on steel products, while the British shamelessly suggest that the French can also raise tariffs on British steel products entering Europe.
"Fuck you, even if we give you zero tariffs, your steel products cannot be sold in Europe. If you insist on maintaining high tariffs in the steel industry, then we can only increase the tariffs on your textiles. Of course, you It is also possible to raise the tariffs on our textiles entering the United Kingdom and its territories on a reciprocal level. Moreover, I am more honest than you. At least, our textiles are in the United Kingdom and there are still some markets." Talleyrand immediately retorted.
Talleyrand’s statement is also valid. France does export textiles like the United Kingdom. For example, the Chris series of men's clothing and the Kris series of women's clothing are bought by many people in Britain. Moreover, it is very interesting that many of those who buy and wear Chris men's clothing are rebellious girls; and many of those who buy Chris women's clothing and wear ostentatiously are men. As a result, some conservative British media have scolded the "contradictory" and demanded to quickly ban the French for these things that harmed the youth. Of course, this is just a call, including which newspapers are called, and I know that under the current circumstances, it is almost impossible to ban French goods.
As a result, the two parties were arguing about tariffs. Finally, when the French were about to announce the "end of this meaningless talk", the British still made concessions. Because if the European market is completely lost, the loss will still be too great for the UK. What's more, the French also shamelessly hinted that the peace and friendship between the two countries are maintained by the trade relationship between the two countries.
The implication of this is naturally, if you really dare to increase the tariffs on steel, believe it or not, we dare to let the "free trade number" go out to destroy free trade!
A few months ago, the French had just retired the first "Free Trade", and then sold it to the British Navy. After the British Navy got the ship, it immediately conducted a lot of tests around it, and finally came to the conclusion: "The current level of industry in the UK is not enough to build a similar ship."
But just after the French retired the old "Free Trade" on the front foot, they posted a message in the newspaper on the back, saying that the new "Free Trade" officially joined the French Navy.
Regarding this new "Free Trade Number", the "Science Pravda" is just a one-sentence report on the inconspicuous position of the first edition. But everyone now knows a habit of "Science Pravda": The shorter the news, the bigger the matter.
In the relatively professional "French Ship Communication" magazine, there are a few more descriptions of the new "Free Trade Number":
"The new generation of steam-powered frigates is larger, faster, and more efficient in firepower configuration. Its appearance will surely bring revolutionary changes to the Navy."
Of course, as for what the "new generation of steam-powered frigate" looks like and what its performance is, "Français Ship Communications" did not elaborate. The article above is not even dedicated to warships, it just borrows new ones A new point of view of the author of warship sales promotion is that ocean-going merchant ships should also use steam power.
However, after carefully studying the articles on the "French Ship Communication", the British Navy became even more worried. Because according to the above calculation, it has become possible for a fully steam-powered ship that can cross the Atlantic directly.
If the new "Free Trade" is a ship that can cross the Atlantic Ocean on pure steam power, then it will be even more capable of disrupting free trade. And because he can maintain high mobility at all times, it makes it almost at all times able to autonomously decide whether to enter or withdraw from combat. Considering that the old "Free Trade" has the ability to threaten the links between Britain and its colonies, especially those in the Far East, the new "Free Trade" is simply a nightmare of free trade.
Therefore, after the French issued such a threat, the British can only counsel strategically for the time being. Finally, the British took a step back. They demanded to maintain relatively high tariffs on machinery produced in France to protect the British machinery manufacturing industry, but gave up the high tariffs on steel products.
The French are not particularly satisfied with this suggestion, but considering that the construction of the navy has not been completely completed, and the construction of overseas colonies also needs a period of peace. In addition, the Olympics are about to be prepared and peace is needed. Therefore, he reluctantly accepted this condition. As a result, the two sides formally reached a new "France-British Paris Trade Agreement" in Paris, which is regarded as a stop to the recent trade dispute.
Now that the trade issues have been temporarily resolved, the British naturally asked whether the French intervention in strikes in the UK should stop?
However, on this issue, the French again sang a high profile, claiming that they cannot violate the spirit of France and abandon their international obligations.
The British naturally understand what the French mean. In the eyes of the French, these strikers are a very useful tool for them to trouble the British when they need it. And now, because of the death of the former chairman of the "Textile Workers Union", the Union has suffered a major blow. It was completely dependent on the French suddenly inserting a hole ~EbookFREE.me~ to stabilize its position and keep its own. organization. Therefore, the influence of the French in the "Textile Workers' Federation" has rapidly increased. For the French, as long as they are kept, there is one more tool for the British to make trouble. Of course they will not just abandon such a useful tool.
However, the French also said that they do not want to see a large number of orders defaulted by British textile companies due to strikes. Therefore, they suggested that the textile manufacturers in the UK should be reasonable with the workers. Now their trade issues with the French have also been resolved, and they no longer need to continue to depress workers’ wages to survive. Therefore, they can assure workers that they will not reduce wages or increase workers’ labor intensity. Well.
As for the issue raised by the British, according to British law, the "Textile Workers Union" is already an illegal organization and they cannot negotiate with an illegal organization. The kindly Talleyrand said that the law is of course sacred, and since it is enacted, it should not be amended casually, but.
"As far as I know, your country's law only prohibits the unions of various factories from forming joint unions. But it does not prohibit the unions themselves." Talleyrand said, "And the'Textile Workers' Union' can change its name to avoid This question, for example, they changed their name to the'Textile Workers Union Club'. In theory, it is a place where the unions of various factories get together for a party. Isn't that enough?"