Chapter 639： Yang Mou (1/2)

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.