Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

   Chapter 887 How confident are you?

   Hearing Yang Chen's words, Prince Charles stared at him with a pair of eyes, as if he wanted to see something from it.

  Although the United Kingdom has been independent since the end of World War II, its national power and influence have been rapidly declining as the former colonies became independent one by one.

   But it is undeniable that in the international community, the UK is still a big European country, or a powerful country.

   Yu Wei, who once dominated for more than a century, with the influence of English, is enough for the British to continue to eat for decades.

The background of the Plaza Accord was that in the early 1980s, the U.S. fiscal deficit increased sharply, and the foreign trade deficit increased sharply. , before there was such an agreement on the appreciation of the yen and the depreciation of the dollar.

In addition to being oppressed by several major powers in Europe and the United States led by the United States, the reason why the island country Dazang Province agreed to sign the Plaza Agreement and did not reject the appreciation of the yen is that the economic development in the island country is overheating at this time, and there is not much room for growth. There is an urgent need to develop and expand overseas markets.

  The appreciation of the yen can help island-state companies expand overseas markets, and allow island-state companies to acquire more overseas companies with less money.

   As we all know in later generations, after the 1980s, the people of the island country, with the appreciation of the yen, bought and sold in overseas markets.

In later generations, there is a saying that the overseas industries of the island country are higher than the domestic GDP of the island country, which is double or double that of the island country itself. Although the appreciation of the yen has slowed down the domestic economic growth of the island country, and even experienced negative growth for a time, it has allowed the island country's enterprises to own a large number of enterprises. overseas assets.

   It can be said that the real estate bubble in the entire island country only suffers from the bottom-level people of the island country, while the island country government and its consortia, on the contrary, due to the huge overseas industry, the island country economy will have a longer-term development in later generations.

  After the collapse of the bubble economy in the 1990s, the island country of the later generations has always been ranked after the United States in terms of economic aggregate. Except for the sudden emergence of the inland, almost no other country has surpassed it economically.

   From this point of view, it is not difficult to explain that some things cannot be seen blindly on the surface, only by in-depth understanding can we know more truth.

  The US dollar is a global currency. Especially after World War II, European countries received a large amount of aid from the United States in order to restore their own economies, and in addition to materials, a large part of these aids were US dollars, the currency of the United States.

   Before the fall of the Soviet Union, before the establishment of the European Union, and before the emergence of the euro, the United States firmly controlled the economies of European countries with the help of the dollar.

   This is also an important reason why European countries have been deeply affected by the previous US financial crises, and this is also the reason why some later generations say that the US has kidnapped the whole of Europe with the US dollar.

Promoting the appreciation of the yen, solving the economic crisis in the United States, solving the trade deficit, and suppressing the island country, a defeated Asian country, was unanimously decided by the United States, Britain and France. This decision is definitely not the head of the three heads of state. decided.

  In the middle, a relatively unanimous decision must be reached after a long period of deliberation and long-term planning and communication by the three governments.

   Such a major event will definitely be classified as a secret by various countries, and it is impossible for ordinary people, including many government officials, to obtain information in advance.

   After all, when people do bad things, they all know that they can’t leak the news, not to mention the national government.

   However, as a direct member of the British royal family, some news Prince Charles is far more well-informed than others.

  Although the Plaza Accord is still nearly two years away, the British side definitely has a plan, or an intention to do so.

   Since taking a sip of soup with Yang Chen, Prince Charles felt for the first time what the freedom of a rich man is.

  Although Prince Charles is the first straight heir to the royal family, he has never worried about money, but the money he earns is completely different from the money he spends at home.

  Why are the children of many families in later generations, after leaving the society and being able to work and earn money by themselves, they do not need to listen to the opinions of their family members in everything. To a large extent, it is related to economic independence.

  Economic independence, I can support myself, and some of the constraints on my body will naturally disappear.

  Right status, as a British prince, Charles is not lacking. Born as a prince since childhood, Charles takes power and status very lightly and does not care too much.

   But, money is something that no one will dislike.

  Especially, Charles is just a prince now, with the Queen of England on his head, and he can't enjoy some rights at all.

  Wealth is the common pursuit of Western capitalist society.

   As one of them, Charles is no exception.

   "Chen, how sure are you?"

  Before the Plaza Accord was signed, no one knew how much the yen would appreciate, nor was it clear that the Island Council would choose to compromise.

  European and American capitalist countries have always pursued a free economic market, and sometimes political intervention cannot completely dominate the direction of capital.

   What's more, although the current island country is a defeated country whose military cannot be independent, its economic strength cannot be ignored.

  Why does the U.S. use island wool?

  Why do you want to suppress the economy of the island country?

   is because the economic development of the island countries has begun to affect the US economy, and even in many industries, has begun to surpass the US.

  The island country is inferior to others in terms of military, and can compete with any country in other aspects, even if this country is one of the superpowers, the United States.

   Island states have the strength to say 'no' to European countries.

   Therefore, the real decision-making power is not in Europe, but in the United States, which controls the military power of the island countries, and the supreme emperor over the islanders.

   The pressure on the island countries by the United States is the key.

   However, since the Meiji Restoration, the islanders have attached importance to education and diplomacy, second only to the United Kingdom.

   Kneeling and licking the American master, the islanders have their own set.

  There are two forces in American politics, and there are countless groups, large and small, and it is not easy to unify opinions.

   Therefore, Prince Charles hesitated in some aspects.

  Evidently, in the face of the powerful economic power of the island country, even the United Kingdom has nothing to do.

  Especially at this stage, the British still have a lot of things in their own homes, and they have not been dealt with.

  The Thatcher government is busy with privatization. If the United States does not come forward to do this, the United Kingdom will not be able to do it even if it wants to.

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