Chapter 639: Yang Mou

After half a year of negotiations, Britain and Austria finally reached an agreement. On November 12, 1877, representatives of the two countries signed the Anglo-Austrian Free Trade Agreement in Paris, and Austria officially joined the free trade system.
I have to say that the Paris Conference is a comedy. It was originally intended to reconcile conflicts among countries and eliminate international conflicts. As a result, many unrelated treaties were born.
Think about it, anyway, it was also a high-level meeting of various countries.
Digression is inevitable, everything is for political achievement. So far, eight treaties have been produced at the Paris conference, involving most European countries.
This is still only on the bright side. No one can know how many secret appointments are in the secret. In short, the Paris conference did not open.
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At the Palace of Versailles, Napoleon IV slammed the glass and scolded: "Damn Englishman, Austrian idiot, they must be intentional!"
Napoleon IV's guess was correct. The British-Olympic free trade negotiations actually took place in Vienna, and went to Paris to sign a treaty, which was strongly demanded by the British.
The reason is needless to say, the French people arrange Queen Victoria so much, and the London government cannot help but respond!
Diplomatic protests ca n’t stop the French mouth. French newspapers dare to publish even the emperor ’s lace news, let alone the Queen of England?
From the original "curse", now it has developed into peach-colored news, and even stories have appeared, the content is unsightly.
The strait can't block the spread of entertainment gossip. Through the spread of these newspapers and novels, it has long crossed the ocean and entered Britain, and spread it secretly.
It's one thing to make content unpleasant, but this is too degrading and makes British people very upset. Everyone is asking the London government to stop the bad behavior of the French.
Of course, the British royal family should play a major role. Under pressure from all sides, the London government naturally has to take action.
Since the French can't be blocked, make a big news, divert everyone's attention, and knock on the French by the way.
The British-Olympic Free Trade Agreement is undoubtedly the best killer, directly hitting the French people. Once it is not handled well, France, which is already behind, will really fall.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Allen: "Your Majesty, now is not the time to care about them. The priority is to minimize the impact.
Britain and Austria have reached an agreement. It is estimated that it will not be long before the two countries will take action to attract more countries to join the free trade system.
The big European nations that are now outside the free trade system are us and Spain. At the moment, we must keep the Spaniards, otherwise we will be in trouble. "
I have to admit that the British diplomacy is powerful. In the past few decades, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Prussia, Russia, and the Nordic Federation have joined.
Now that Austria has joined the free trade system, the remaining Switzerland, the German Federal Empire, Greece, and Montenegro will naturally join the free trade system.
France has once again been isolated, and the only remaining Spain must seize it anyway. Fortunately, the Spanish royal family was supported by Napoleon III, a proper pro-French.
Foreign Minister Montero: "It's not that simple. The Spaniards may not stand with us this time.
There are too many chips in the hands of Britain and Austria, and the price they can give will be much higher than ours.
Our advantage is mainly the Spanish government's pro-law, but it is difficult to say how effective this advantage can be in the face of interests.
The situation is now very clear, and it is our turn to make a decision. This semi-free trade model, which worked previously, is now the worst option. "
The "semi-free trade system" is an economic policy formulated by Napoleon III with reference to the economic policies of European countries and according to the actual situation of France.
In simple terms, it is to implement duty-free or low tariffs on industrial raw materials that France needs, and to implement trade protection policies for commodities that can be produced in the country.
To a certain extent, before that, the economic policies of the two countries were similar, and they were protecting domestic industry and commerce.
Unfortunately, Austria seized the opportunity of the second industrial revolution and took the lead in completing the industrial transformation. It also has agriculture as its support, and is now able to participate in international competition.
France is different. Not to mention its lack of resources, domestic capitalists do not like to invest in manufacturing.
Even when Napoleon III encouraged the development of manufacturing, it failed to change the nature of French capital's preference for usury.
Insufficient funds flowing into the manufacturing industry will naturally lag behind in industrial development. The core factor causing all this is essentially the lack of raw materials for French local industry.
Although France was also a colonial empire, it was also a desert empire. Most of the vast colonies are deserts, with relatively insufficient colonial output.
Coupled with the annexation of the more resource-poor Italian region, France's resource crisis has become more serious and it has to rely on imports.
At present, more than 70% of the industrial raw material exports in the world are monopolized by Britain and Austria. In order to crack down on competitors, Yingao, which has the right to price raw materials, artificially coerced the market price of raw materials.
By relying on imported industrial raw materials to develop industry, the cost naturally rises. In international competition, the competitiveness of French industrial and commercial products is obviously insufficient.
Minister of Finance Allen: "Her Marquis, joining the free trade system is easy to say. If it is implemented, we must first consider whether the domestic industry and commerce can withstand the shock.
According to statistics from the Paris Daily, the overall cost of our domestic industrial and commercial products is 2.9% higher than that of the British and 2.7% higher than that of Austria.
However, the high cost of domestic industrial production is a fact. If market protection is liberalized, we will be at a disadvantage when facing international competition. "
The high cost of industrial production is an unsolvable problem. Unless the price of raw materials is hit down, otherwise there is no solution.
Napoleon IV: "If the cost of industrial production differs by two or three percentage points, it does not seem to be irreparable.
The capital of Britain and Austria also needs to make money. They cannot sell at cost, so domestic companies are nothing more than making less.
The government can also reduce this gap by reducing taxes. As long as the first wave of shocks has been weathered, I believe that domestic companies can gain a firm foothold in the competition.
Most unfortunately, we can also rely on distance and advantages to keep the local market and not make the situation worse. "
After hearing Napoleon IV's words, Chancellor of the Exchequer Allen was shocked and hurriedly discouraged: "Your Majesty, things are not so simple. This gap is the overall gap of all industries combined.
If it is specific to an industry, the cost gap may still be enlarged to 20-30%, which is no longer enough to adjust the tax rate. "
Just kidding, the data published in the newspaper, God knows how much water, no one knows whether it is through data analysis or guessing out of thin air.
The French government does not have a special statistical agency. When data is needed, it is estimated by economic experts. The government then processes art according to demand.
Allen did not want to change all this. As Minister of Finance, he knew too much the truth, but the French people couldn't accept the fact that they were not as good as those of Britain and Austria.
Not to mention now, after the French-Prussian War, the French people did not admit that they were not as good as Germany.
World War I was said to be caused by the contradiction between Germany and France, and actually caused by the pride of the French. The arrogance of the French was defeated in World War I, and there were lying corpses of World War II.
Rather than dare to publish the real numbers, it is better to simply not count, everyone is pretending to be confused.
In the free trade system, slogans are usually used. If it is taken seriously, it will die.
In addition to the advantages of the financial industry, most industries in France will be affected. The usury empire was born for no reason.
Napoleon IV frowned, and no doubt he was beaten again. This feeling was very unpleasant, and it seemed that his emperor was very ignorant.
"Then how to solve the problem at hand? The British and Austrian countries are engaged in a free trade system together. Most European countries have joined in, and the remaining countries can not persist for long.
By that time, not only Europe, but the whole world will be covered by the free trade system. Can France really stand alone? "
Napoleon IV did not understand it, but he understood it too. The free trade system plagued by the British is a conspiracy in itself, and even if it is known, it cannot be stopped.
Now the French industry has not broken out, and it can still be separated for the time being. Once the domestic industry and commerce develops further, France will have to join in.
Of course, you can choose to challenge the world. The original time and space Germans provoked war only because they lacked raw materials and markets and lacked the right to speak in the free trade system.
The situation in France is naturally much better than that of the German Empire, but the crisis still exists. Unless the manufacturing industry is not developed, the crisis will be detonated sooner or later.
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