industrial overlord

Chapter 684
The so-called dumping means that the manufacturer sells products in foreign markets at a price lower than that of the place of origin. This is an act of squeezing rivals and grabbing the market with low prices, which is not allowed under the WTO rules.

However, dumping this kind of thing is a typical example of people not being promoted and officials not being investigated.The government will not take the initiative to intervene in dumping if no business makes a request to the government agency in charge of trade.In the early years, the prices of silk, tea and other commodities exported from China to the West were astonishingly low. Not to mention the comparison with the sales price in the country of origin, it was seriously underestimated compared with the cost.But Western buyers didn't care about it, and never raised the issue of dumping.The reason is simple. These products are not products that compete with Western companies. Westerners can’t wait for you to continue to cut prices. It’s even better if they are willing to give away for free.

However, as China's export commodities are gradually shifting to industrial products, Western countries have filed more and more anti-dumping investigations against Chinese companies.In fairness, in the 90s, due to foreign exchange shortages and unsatisfactory product quality, China could only sell its own industrial products at low prices, and dumping often occurred.

Since the beginning of the new century, the quality of Chinese products has continued to improve, and foreign trade has turned from a deficit to a surplus. The method of dumping is no longer used much.But on the contrary, at this time, Western countries began to wave the big stick of anti-dumping continuously, accusing Chinese products of dumping at every turn, and then began a long investigation process.

The power of the anti-dumping method does not lie in the high anti-dumping duties after verification, but in the fact that it takes a long process to prove that the company under investigation has dumping behavior. During this process, the export of the company under investigation will severely affected.By the time the investigation is over, even if the allegations of dumping are proven to be false, the time lost will be irretrievable.

What Khedira is going to do now is such a thing. He wants the European Union to launch an anti-dumping investigation procedure on several types of mechanical and electrical products exported from China to Europe, and use this procedure to create trouble for the sale of Chinese products, thereby Gain breathing time for ALK.If all goes well, ALK can adjust its product line during this period and complete the research and development of several new products, thus forming some new competitive advantages.

Khedira actually studied the price of Hanhua’s products. He knew very well that Hanhua’s products were not dumped. The reason for the low price was China’s low labor costs and more frugal internal cost control. It is impossible for European companies to do it.Khedira does not expect the final anti-dumping investigation to be unfavorable to Hanhua. What he wants is a process. If possible, this process can be delayed for as long as three or even five years.

Of course, the key factor for the EU to accept ALK's anti-dumping investigation application is the cooperation of Hiatt.The advantage of the anti-dumping method is that it does not require too much definite evidence in advance. As long as the injured enterprise proposes it, the government department can consider whether to accept the application at its discretion.Anyway, it's just an investigation, at worst, it will come to a conclusion that the accusation is not established.

"Submit the evidence to me." Hiyat said to Khedira after pondering for a moment.

Khedira took out a lot of materials from his bag and handed them to Hiatt. These materials are nothing more than data such as prices and costs of various products. If you want, you can draw a conclusion that a Chinese company is suspected of dumping entirely possible.Of course, if Hiatt doesn't cooperate, these materials can be said to be a pile of waste paper.

"Mr. Hiatt, I hope that the EU can treat our request with caution. We are not just fighting for ALK. What the Chinese dumping behavior damages is the interests of all European companies." Khedira solemnly said.

Hiat took the materials Khedira handed over, looked through a few, and then frowned and said: "Mr. It’s not a particularly good time. I would suggest that you have some in-depth communication with Chinese companies, such as Hanhua Heavy Industries, to eliminate differences and seek a win-win result.”

"It's impossible," Khedira said. "Mr. Hiatt, you should know that the Chinese want to live as rich as we Europeans, and this is impossible. Only one If Europe and the United States are added, if the Chinese are as rich as us in Europe and the United States, the resources on the earth will not be enough. Therefore, the contradiction between us and China is unsolvable."

Hiatt's eyebrows frowned even more. From Khedira's words, he clearly heard Hitler's tone before World War II.You know, the reason why Hitler launched World War II was also that he believed that the living space was not allocated enough, and in order to compete for the living space, he had to launch a life-and-death war.

"Okay, Mr. Khedira, keep these materials with me first, and I will ask our professionals to study it again to see if it can constitute sufficient basis for launching an anti-dumping investigation against China Hanhua Heavy Industry." Hiatt Said in a perfunctory tone.

Khedira put his head in front of Hiatt and said: "Mr. Hiatt, I know your working procedures. In fact, it is up to you to decide whether the evidence is sufficient. Therefore, I sincerely request you , we must take our request seriously."

"Uh...Mr. Khedira, what you said is hasty. We have our work procedures, which cannot be changed at will. Well, I promise you, we will try our best to meet your requirements if possible Yes." Hiatt nodded helplessly and said.

"How long will it take you to study these materials?" Khedira asked aggressively.

"We will do it as soon as possible, no more than four weeks at most." Hiatt said.

"Four weeks!" Khedira shouted, "Four weeks is enough time for Chinese and European merchants to sign all the contracts for this year. No, no, no, I hope you can speed up, and it must be before the end of this exhibition. The news of the anti-dumping investigation against China was announced at the exhibition."

"Mr. Khedira, I don't think you have the right to interfere with the work process of our EU Trade Commission." Hiat was a little annoyed, but since ALK is also a large European company, it is not convenient for Hiat to directly contact Khedira. Turning his face, he thought for a while and said, "Well, I will ask my colleagues to speed up, but I can't promise you now what the final result will be."

"Okay, I will wait for your news at the exhibition." Khedira replied.

After walking out of the Purwork Hotel, Khedira felt physically and mentally exhausted.He looked around and saw all the citizens of Frankfurt coming and going on the street with confident and satisfied smiles on their faces. The sky was so blue, the flowers were so bright, and there was no sign that a crisis was approaching.

Maybe I am the only worried person on this land, whether Julian, Marco, or this Hiatt, they are still living in a beautiful dream, imagining that as long as they don’t fight against the Chinese, everything things will get better.But Khedira knew that Europe's economy was declining day by day, and wealth was constantly flowing to the East.If China cannot be contained, then the good life of Europeans will not last long.

A few days passed in a hurry, and the situation at the International Equipment Exhibition was still the same.Every day, the Chinese exhibition hall is crowded, which is in stark contrast to the deserted European exhibition hall.According to the usual practice, once some particularly large cooperation projects are signed or an agreement is reached, both parties will jointly hold a press conference to inform the public.These days, almost all the press conference halls of the International Exhibition Center have been taken over by Chinese companies, and the good news spread one after another, making people overwhelmed.

ALK did not sit still, and Khedira led the ALK exhibition group to launch a strong public relations.He called those old customers in the past and invited them to come and have a look at ALK's booth.He even did not hesitate to put down his figure, went to the hotel where those old customers stayed for private visits, and paid them to drink German beer.But such public relations activities did not achieve good results. In the business field, emotional factors are always secondary.

Those customers that Khedira contacted have unabashedly criticized ALK's product prices and services, claiming that if ALK cannot improve in these aspects, it is impossible for them to continue to choose ALK's products.Khedira urgently filed an application with the group headquarters to lower the price of the product by more than [-]%, and managed to save several customers. However, since this was an order obtained by lowering the price, the final profit was very meager, that is, one It's just the result of losing money and making money.

During these days, Khedira ignored the requirements of etiquette, and called Hiat almost every day to harass Hiat, forcing Hiat to reply as soon as possible.On this day, he finally got an affirmative answer. Hiatt told him that the Trade Commission had reached a conclusion on ALK's application, and Hiatt expressed his willingness to officially announce this conclusion at the International Equipment Exhibition.

"Great, I'll prepare right away." Khedira was as happy as if she had picked up a treasure, and rushed out of her booth and rushed to the office of the organizing committee of the exhibition.

"I need to rent the largest lecture hall!" Khedira said proudly to the staff of the organizing committee.

"Okay, I'll arrange it for you right away." The staff member said, while checking the records of renting the lecture hall, he asked casually: "Why, did you ALK also sign a big contract?"

"No, it's not a contract, but officials from the European Union are coming." Khedira said, "I suggest that you inform all exhibitors and let them send personnel to listen to the latest announcement from the European Union."

(End of this chapter)