Feng Yu also proposed some investment directions, such as investing in ore smelting, information media, etc. None of these Obamas agreed. These are what the United States is good at and there is no need to attract foreign investment. Moreover, many industries in the United States do not welcome foreign investment. , especially China’s investment. ? Ran? Wen Xiao?? said???．
It was originally expected that the conversation would last for half an hour, but in the end the two talked for more than an hour. Feng Yu ended it after saying that the time was exceeded, otherwise Auba Niu would have planned to talk more.
For example, if Feng Yu is asked to invest in electronics and electrical appliance manufacturing in the United States, isn't Feng Yu doing a big job? But Feng Yu has no interest in building a factory in the United States, because the efficiency of the country is not very high, and labor costs are extremely expensive. Feng Yu has already built a factory in Brazil, and Fatty Huang also has a factory there that can provide OEM services. Services are sufficient to ensure supply to North America and even the entire American market.
If it’s really not enough, you can also transport it from India. Calculating the cost, it’s still a good deal.
After Feng Yu left, Obama immediately asked people to investigate the mobile telecommunications industry and ports. His team was inclined to let Feng Yu invest in ports, because it would not only be of great help to U.S. trade, but also stimulate basic employment.
Especially after seeing the comparison between American ports and ports in Asia and Europe, Obama felt that American ports must be renovated.
Let’s not talk about Asia. Nanyang, island countries, China, South Korea, Hong Kong, etc. are all much higher than the United States. Even the treasure islands have much better port construction than the United States.
The same is true in Europe. Ports are being built larger and freighters are constantly being upgraded. At this time, Europe has begun to produce giant cargo ships carrying between 17,000 and 18,000 standard containers, and it is said that Asia is also studying larger ones. The future goal is between 20,000 and 22,000 standard containers. Think this is more economical.
And all carriers prefer cargo ships with more than 10,000 standard containers, which are more profitable, and even more than 14,000 standard containers are the best.
Among the major import and export trade countries, only the United States has the worst ports. It can only berth 14,000 standard containers on the east coast, and there are not even a few berths.
But obviously the west coast is more important to Asian routes, and the United States does need a large port. The United States, the world's largest country, has ports that are not even comparable to those of countries like the Netherlands and Italy.
In the past, there were insufficient ports in the United States, the loading and unloading speed was too slow, the efficiency was very low, and the cost was high. As a result, many ships were forced to move to Canada, Mexico or the east coast to dock, which seriously affected the reputation of West Coast ports.
Currently, there are still few cargo ships with more than 8,000 standard containers in the West Coast ports of the United States. Most of them are 6,000 standard containers, which are transshipped from other ports.
Moreover, its inland transportation capacity is also very poor. The train gate efficiency is low, the number of trains is small, the speed is slow, the cranes are few, the dock workers are few, the yard area is not large enough, etc. There are many problems.
Xiaobu Shi wanted to modify it at that time, but failed. If he can implement it successfully, it will definitely bring great benefits to the United States' shipping and import and export trade. It can reduce transportation costs, increase profits, and create many employment opportunities.
There are a lot of unemployed people in the United States now. Many people don't care about the type of job, whether it's hard work, etc., but they just don't have a job.
At this time, Obama asked someone to check the shipbuilding industry in the United States. He thought that the United States should be the top in the world, but after checking, he found that the United States did not even have a top ten company.
The United States can build cargo ships, cruise ships, etc., but they are relatively small. There are still several shipyards in the United States that can build cargo ships of about 6,000, but few people buy them now. They are not suitable for ocean transportation, and short-distance transportation is not suitable at all. Ocean shipping has the advantages of large volume and low price.
What are so many large shipyards in the United States doing? Building warships, aircraft carriers, submarines, etc., most of them are building small and medium-sized ships for civilian use, among which the most profitable ones are yachts and cruise ships.
When it comes to the ability to build cargo ships, the United States really does not rank high. This result once again made Obama feel very hurt.
He felt that there seemed to be too many arms dealers in the United States. Although they could make money by selling many warships and the like every year, it would be better if one or two of them could be converted into the production of freighters.
And he felt that Xiaobu Shi's biggest mistake was to start a war and then not win. It was planned to spend tens of billions of dollars in military expenditures, but it turned out that hundreds of billions of dollars were spent every year, with little effect.
Not only did this not allow the United States to show off its military power, except for eliminating some equipment, it seemed that only arms dealers gained the greatest benefits.
The people did not support it at all, and they all thought that Xiao Bu Shi had made a big mistake.
If we have money for war, wouldn’t it be better to use it to implement universal health insurance? There are still many poor people in the United States, and they are in great need of government care.
But the most difficult thing now is whether letting the Chinese take control of American ports will cause trouble.
This is no joke. Previously, Dubai World Ports acquired a British port company. Li Chaoren also participated in the bidding, but in the end he failed to win over Dubai World Ports.
At that time, Li Chaoren was still a little unhappy because he had lost a good opportunity to control the American port. Although it is difficult for American ports, especially those on the west coast, to rank among the top 100 in the world, they are of great significance to Hutchison Whampoa's port business.
But immediately afterwards, Xiaobu Shi issued an order forcing Dubai World Ports to sell all its assets in the United States to Gaoxing Capital, an investment company that is also part of the leading American Ports Group in the United States. Major shareholder.
Political interference in business is just a port asset, but it is claimed to threaten national security. This makes many foreign investors who plan to invest in the U.S. port industry change their minds.
Now Feng Yu actually asked for investment, which made Ao Banniu very happy, but also found it very troublesome.
Can he facilitate this investment, and how should he respond if it is blocked? If it doesn't work well, it will be a big deal. This time, what is involved is not a small country like the United Arab Emirates, but a big country like China.
Especially when it comes to Feng Yu's investment, once the talks collapse and Feng Yu engages in a large-scale divestment in the United States, the U.S. economy will inevitably be hit hard again.
Mi**~ is very powerful, but do you really dare to go to war with China
In fact, the ports in the United States are not without foreign investment, but they are owned by subsidiaries of some liner companies, and there are also investments from some American consortiums.
Therefore, this port must not be solely owned by Feng Yu. It must be accepted by Feng Yu. There are investment institutions from the United States participating in it, and the controlling party cannot be Feng Yu.
But if Feng Yu is not the controlling party, then he will definitely not invest. Who will invest
At this moment, Auba Niu was caught in a conflict.
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