Chapter 1492 (2/2)

There was a long silence in the living room.

After a long time, trump laughed, got up from the sofa and straightened his collar. Facing the same standing up Jiang Chen, he stretched out his right hand.

”Anyway, you're a tough opponent.”

”Correct, it was,” Jiang Chen said with a smile as he shook his hand holding trump. ”Now we are allies.”

Although the answer was not what he wanted, trump was a little relieved after he left the Hilton Hotel.

If the man's vision is not limited to this planet, then the worries in his mind seem unnecessary. At least the people who live in this land will not change anything because of the defeat. The soldiers of star ring trade will not always ride on their heads to show their power. After all, in the eyes of that man, this territory is too small, and there is a wider world waiting for him to conquerAlthough where the world is, from the perspective of trump spectrum, we can't see it yet.

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Even if it had been expected, the international community still expressed a certain degree of shock and regret for the withdrawal of North America from the North Atlantic Treaty.

As the United States joined the Earth Defense Alliance and became the fifth major member of the alliance, everyone clearly realized that the old era has come to an end, and another new and great era is slowly starting.

According to the treaty signed by the Earth Defense Alliance, the major member states will contribute 5-7% of GDP according to their territory area and population weight (while the secondary member countries contribute 3-4% of GDP) for the development of aerospace industry.

From the data alone, the proportion of GDP with the highest 7% seems to be too high, and NATO's requirement for military expenditure of Member States is only 2% of GDP. However, it should be noted that military expenditure itself is a burden. Apart from cheap arms dealers and providing a small number of jobs, the money spent has no return. It can neither improve people's living standards nor obtain return on investment.

However, the investment in aerospace is different. Since the completion of the space elevator, the aerospace industry has been endowed with economic value in addition to the sense of national honor. Both space mining and space industry have brought tangible benefits to enterprises in various countries.

It is precisely because of this, countries have not resisted the GDP contribution quota stipulated in the treaty, but many countries have consciously exceeded the target.

Now, the United States is also tied to the chariot of the Earth Defense Alliance. The original 50% Earth Defense tax (imposed on the space industry of non member countries) was abolished, and the cost of space enterprises in North America also dropped sharply.

Despite the resentment over the defeat, California, Massachusetts and other regions with more developed aerospace industries seemed to be the biggest beneficiaries of America's defeat.

Even when the U.S. economy is in recession, the space science and Technology Parks in San Francisco, Boston and other places are also in full swing. Companies, large and small, have sprung up like mushrooms, and various job advertisements have been sprinkled on universities across the United States like snowflakes. With the introduction of the five-year tax relief policy for the aerospace industry issued by the U.S. government, the aerospace industry in North America has exploded with amazing vitality, and has become the pillar industry of North America's post-war economic recovery

As for the longer-term effects in the future, only the future can know.

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