Chapter 486 British and French Coal and Iron Community

In fact, the discovery of iron ore in Australia was a boon to British Malaya in Alan Wilson’s view. Help to promote the development of British Malaya in the future, Australia itself is not the environment for the development of the steel industry.

The sparsely populated resource countries to absorb capital one pushes up labor costs, bringing the disadvantage of high manufacturing costs.

And accompanied by mineral exports of high trade surplus, foreign exchange is often high currency fluctuations are also large, further compression of revenue. Squeezed at both ends, the death of the manufacturing industry is almost inevitable end.

Simply put, the Dutch disease is haunting, like Australia and Norway can build up to cover the entire social security of the country, in the resource-based countries in only a very small number.

That’s not to mention Canada, which is one of the seven industrialized nations of the capitalist world. Canada is one of the seven largest industrialized countries in the capitalist world, exporting more manufacturing than resources, and is not a purely resource-based country. On the contrary Russia is becoming more and more of a resource based country.

Australia is a Russia with a much higher ceiling because of its sparse population. While Australia’s land is barren and the nation produces just barely enough food to make Australia a food exporter, Australia’s land will not be able to feed Australia’s population once it crosses the thirty million mark without the emergence of even better seeds.

But under the 30 million warning line, Australia is the most prosperous among resource-based countries.

Specifically, there are many types of steel, and the one that gets exported more is crude steel. Iron ore export distance is not a problem, but the finer the steel is processed, the greater the degree of customization, the more it tends to be buyer-driven, the more you need to be close to the market.

There aren’t many Australians, so naturally the market doesn’t exist, and there are only a few markets in the world, no doubt all within the borders of the country that needs the steel, so that dooms Australia to a steel industry that is about as close to exporting iron ore directly as you can get.

Crude steel has limited added value. So even if selling steel is more profitable than selling iron ore, the steel market constraints are not enough to foster a large-scale steel industry. And like automobiles, steel manufacturing is an economy of scale, where the winner takes all.

One criterion for the steel industry as an important industry for a strong nation is that it already excludes Australia from its roots. It could even be argued that in a decade or two, Australia’s domestic stockpile of steel scrap could be accumulated to the point of recycling. What kind of steel industry is there when there is no internal market?

Although Australia has no shortage of coal and iron, but a very fatal lack of water, the proportion of arid areas in the country, almost almost as fast as the proportion of Egyptian deserts occupying the country’s land area is almost the same, Egypt has the Nile River, Australia does not have.

But since coal and iron are abundant in both oceans, and Australia’s population is less than the population cordon sanitaire, it has been able to live a good life despite the Dutch disease.

It can stay a resource country living the good life if the general environment remains the same. Coal and iron, while they will bring good times, will also make Australia’s currency extra strong and choke off manufacturing.

These deficiencies in Australia itself can be supplemented by Malaya, and if Malaya can’t be supplemented, further supplemented by mainland Britain.

As long as public opinion is created to make Australia understand this, it could be argued that British Malaya could even be garrisoned by Australia to help Britain keep hold of this overseas colony, and Australia would inevitably be willing to do so.

So regarding the development of this colony of British Malaya, it would be best to have Indonesia be that villain and appear as an enemy country. In this way Australia, because of its own immediate security, will help Britain to hold Malaya.

As long as this was done, Australia could naturally remain a resourceful country that God rewarded.

Alan Wilson felt that even even Australia’s own think-tank might not be as up to speed as this piece of information he had given to Pamela Mountbatten.

As for how to manipulate public opinion to get the Australians to recognize some of the points in the telegram, that was a matter for the first daughter of the Great Britain Long Ao Tian. He also believes that his fiancée, who has been taught by word and example many times, knows what the focus should be to make use of the topic, and what is understood in the heart on the line to keep his mouth shut.

For example, although Australia is a large area, but the usable land area is the size of the United Kingdom, this kind of speech is very suitable for the Australian politicians in the class of peace and security to preach.

If Alan Wilson was in London at this time, he might have visited the homes of several dukes in the past few days.

But he is in the Ruhr in the service of the British Empire, leaving a few dukes who wanted to talk to him, a flunky, in the lurch. Also harboring ill will toward him is a royal sister right next to his fiancée.

Bonn was negotiating the final negotiations for the Anglo-French Coal and Iron Community, with the deputy secretaries-general of the two British-occupied trade commissions as direct negotiators, and Alan Wilson was less than a kilometer away in a straight line, personally entertaining Hedy Lamarr, who was returning to Europe, and giving the other man his undivided attention.

“That’s so bad, didn’t I tell you it wouldn’t work.” Heidi Lamarr face is not Yu cleaned the body, complained, “you want to let and Vivian the same well.”

The reason why Vivienne didn’t return to Europe was because the United States was farther away and more suitable for giving birth to the baby. For this life in the womb, the Great British Treasure is very important, wanting to let the crystallization of love land safely.

Alan Wilson, who had already experienced the Prime Minister’s joy, naturally did not see anything wrong with Hedy Lamarr’s complaint, but instead frankly agreed, “That would be wonderful, I’m a person who prefers children, and the child you give birth to will be beautiful.”

“Let Ingrid give birth to you!” Hedy Lamarr gave the man a blank look, very unsurprised by the deserved look.

Instead, Alan Wilson seemingly unintentionally divulged, “Actually, Ingrid wouldn’t object, and I think I should be able to do it if I take the time to insist.”

“I’ll get you on camera then, and I’ll make both of you lose your names.” Hedy Lamarr gritted her silver teeth and threatened with a menacing look on her face, flaring her teeth as if she would actually do it.

“Whoa!” Alan Wilson is not moved to continue to wear clothes, he felt that his collection of pregnancy photos will inevitably have a place for Hedy Lamarr in the future, do not see now are anxious.

Threats did not work, Hedy Lamarr changed a rhetoric, said in the Spartan Warriors script, the queen is still more suitable for his role.

“Greta’s age is there, a classic image is very much needed.” Alan Wilson immediately got a big head, did not think that he came over to talk about the play, really turned into a play, opened his mouth and relieved, “And whether this script will pass, or not, is still an unknown, now the Greek side is at war, there are a lot of factors outside the movie.”

And with a pass back to Europe, Ingrid Bergman didn’t even grab the role, and it wasn’t fair to give Hedy Lamarr the part.

Though deep down, as far as Ingrid Bergman’s physicality is concerned, even playing the warrior of Hot Springs Pass wouldn’t be out of place.

In the process of getting dressed, naturally, I listened for a while longer to the facts about the fierce competition in Hollywood, and the fact that a new generation was changing into an old one. Including the fact that Joan Crawford had recently taken a liking to a young actress named Jane Adele.

“Wow!” How could it be that he was also a friend with intimate experiences, Allen Wilson was still interested in Joan Crawford’s relationship history, and Jane Adele seemed to be a stage name that Marilyn Monroe had once used.

Inquiring about the image of Jane Adele, Hedy Lamarr also said that the little actress did look impressive as a blonde.

That should be it then! Alan Wilson is purely listening to a gossip, his desire about getting the actress is now lessening and no longer has the can-give-me-this-chance mentality that he had at the beginning. It is in the late stages of the one man’s mindset, whereas in the past the initiative to ask was a precursor to getting the door, now there is no such idea.

I’ve heard Greta Garbo say that Joan Crawford has already seen her side of being shocked and stepping off the stairway. So it did seem that Joan Crawford was a double-plug.

Leaving his apartment and driving his car in Germany, he returned to the Board of Trade headquarters in a short time to greet his former colleagues and inquire about the Anglo-American Coal and Iron Community negotiations.

It was not unusual to talk about how to distribute German resources without German representatives present. Britain and France are both old imperialist countries and very good at negotiating like this, with many examples such as the Munich Conference.

This negotiation is already near the end, Harold saw Alan Wilson to, directly said, “France to the future of German industry on a layer of yoke things, has never been very interested. There is no surprise in this matter, and the treaty will be signed in a few days. There are also Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg who have expressed a willingness to join in it, and the accession of the three countries begins to be talked about next month.”

“That’s a good thing! Talk for a while longer.” Alan Wilson said very happily, “This makes things on the German side much more assured with us and the French watching.”

The signing of the Anglo-French Coal and Iron Community Treaty could be seen as an important step in uniting Europe, and it was something the Foreign Minister had always been concerned about.

“I wonder what will happen after the Board of Trade!” Alan Wilson talked about the still-operating Board of Trade agency.

Harold gave the explanation that it was changed directly to an auxiliary body under the Commissioner in Germany, but not soon enough, as long as the British Occupation Zone existed, there was a need for the Board of Trade to exist.

Alan Wilson hoped to hold out at least until the outbreak of the Korean War, and then Britain would have even more capital to negotiate with regarding the merger of the occupied territories.

This should not be difficult, but is it a year’s delay, Britain’s mind has changed. After negotiating with the French on the Coal and Iron Community, the bottom line will be stronger, and the enthusiasm for the merger of the occupied territories is waning, but of course, there wasn’t much enthusiasm originally.

Anyway, as far as we can see now, it is quite difficult for the Federal Republic of Germany to emerge in 1949, Britain and France have more common interests, and the days of maneuvering with the United States will continue.