This meeting was lengthy, cumbersome, and even boring. After entering the third issue, the two sides even competed for "exchange conditions" to a very concise level. Both sides had the strongest negotiating team in the world. These extremely professional negotiators were constantly tit-for-tat on details, trying to consume each other's energy to the greatest extent, thereby reducing the other's judgment and winning benefits for their own side to the greatest extent.

After the second half of the meeting entered the meeting, both sides even began to pull back the ties for the grain import plan of only a few dozen tons. Everyone knew that reaching an agreement was not the purpose, and they also knew that this kind of ties was meaningless, but they just had to do it.

This is an extremely contradictory thing, but in such high-level business negotiations, this is a common strategy.

A meeting originally planned to end within 6 hours was eventually stretched to a full 12 hours, and everyone was exhausted, but the truly meaningful conclusion was not reached at all.

All details are arranged for the next meeting, and the next meeting is scheduled for one day later.

The other party’s intention is very obvious. They just want to seize the flaws in China in such high-intensity negotiations.

After walking out of the conference room, the spokesperson entered an independent conference room where the video conference was being held, and all the people participating in the conference were the most powerful people in the country.

"...... Judging from the current situation, the other party wants to drag us into passiveness in this way. Although the effect of doing this has not yet been revealed, if we really talk about it one round after another, it will be difficult for us to maintain our own rhythm."

"From the current situation, although we have an advantage in the energy field, the other party still has the advantage in the overall situation, especially the other party gathers the giant companies with the most voice in the energy field."

"We have to think of a way to break the deadlock."

Several people on the screen nodded, and then one of them spoke:

"It is clear that they want to put pressure on us. But it's not just them who can put pressure on us, we can put pressure on them in our own way."

"You are right. The other party is still the dominant overall, but this does not mean that we have no advantageous fields and no advantageous industries."

"A negotiation, from a larger perspective, is never about a single matter, but takes into account the overall strength of both parties."

"The competition in the energy field will inevitably fall into entanglement, which is a situation we have expected long ago. After all, as Master Le said, the bodies of capital will not be buried in the soil immediately, they will take some time to rot."

"So, we have to add some good materials to them and burn their bodies directly."

"What do you mean?"

The spokesperson asked in confusion.

"Let's start our own restriction plan. Rare earths, raw materials, silicon, gantry cranes, and shipping, start with these four aspects."

"clear!"

The spokesperson turned around and left, and then ordered from this small office and passed on to all relevant key enterprises.

.........

The next morning, several domestic companies that occupy a monopoly position in the international market issued notices to their partners.

"Due to the increasing difficulty in mining raw materials and the increase in transportation costs, we plan to raise the price of supply rare earth raw materials by 150% this time. The contract for the duration of the existence will not be affected, and the price increase will start from the next contract."

"Due to the shortage of international freight containers and the company's operating profits, our company decided to suspend the provision of silicon raw materials to customers with high transportation costs. If you still need silicon materials, please make a trade term change with us on the existing contract and assume international freight responsibilities. We will compensate for the freight costs."

"Due to the serious situation in XX overseas, due to the health and life safety of employees, we have decided to postpone the dispatch of maintenance engineers to you. The maintenance work of the giant gantry crane project you use can seek other third-party agents, and we will bear all corresponding costs."

.........

Among all official notices, the notice of Merchants and Shipping is particularly concise.

"There are no boxes, your goods will not be shipped."

Foreign companies that received this notice almost vomited blood.

There are no boxes? Then why didn’t you say it earlier?!

It is true that container shortages are true in this environment, and many originally booked freight plans have been postponed because the containers were not in place. However, is it so coincidental that this time, all of them were companies in our country that couldn’t get the boxes?

What a joke?

Although delaying shipment due to shipping companies will also admire a certain proportion of liquidated damages, in the current situation where shipping is a completely seller market, who dares to ask China Merchants Shipping for liquidated damages?

Traders all over the world point at them for dinner, and they really don’t want to ship their next batch of goods?

The pressure suddenly came to the official side of the Ugly Kingdom. These businessmen were not fools. They all knew that it must be because of the problems in the energy negotiations a day ago that caused the Chinese companies to use this kind of retaliation.

In the Strategic Analysis Office, Johnson frowned.

This time, not only was he alone in the conference room, but also a group of senior officials from the white house.

The analyst stood nervously in front of the screen reporting the latest situation, and his voice was trembling with an undetectable tremor.

"... Although the other party's four strategies cannot have a significant impact on us in a short period of time, it is undeniable that all of them will bring us additional difficulties."

"At present, our reserves of rare earth raw materials are below the danger line. If enough materials cannot be obtained in a short period of time, many industrial sectors will not be able to maintain normal operation."

"In addition, gantry cranes are also a big problem. Zhenhua Heavy Industry has made it clear that it will no longer provide maintenance services for gantry cranes, and according to their statement, we should go to a third party for maintenance."

"But the problem is that companies that can maintain such super-large gantry cranes have no one else except them."

"This will greatly affect the throughput of our ports. If the freight restrictions on investment and shipping are added, it is conservatively estimated that at least 60% of our goods will be left unavailable, and even imported goods cannot be shipped by port."

"Light industry and daily necessities will immediately fall into shortages, prices will rise, financial fluctuations...the problems will be very serious."

Sitting opposite him, the nodded with a frown and asked:

"Do we have no other alternative? Apart from the Merchants and Shipping, can't other shipping companies squeeze out additional capacity?"

"It's very difficult, because the import and export centers gather in China. Now they have the most containers in the world. Even if other companies have ships, they can't find boxes. This is the biggest problem."

“We can’t build our own containers?”

".........Mr., 96% of the world's containers are made in China. We don't have this industry at all."

Hearing his words, everyone in the office fell silent.

Before this, they had imagined many possible reactions from China, including actions in rare earths, energy, and batteries, but they ignored their own disadvantages in international freight.

This is a trick that is extremely ruthless and extremely effective.

What makes them even more painful is that all the notifications are commercial companies, and the other party can fully interpret these behaviors as pure commercial behaviors.

That's right, I'm going to raise the price, so you can't buy it.

I just don’t want to ship silicon raw materials because the freight is too high. I said that I can change the trade terms and make compensation.

As long as you can find a shipping company to ship it to you.

But the question is, can it be found?

The notice of investment and freight has given the answer.

Combination punch.

A combination punch on the seven-inch international freight.

Johnson's face was ashamed. During his time as the main decision-maker of the office, he almost ruined his own advantages with his own hands, and now the consequences have emerged.

He never expected that from nowhere, he had only been stuck in his neck since he had been stuck in others' necks, but now, the other party's hand had actually stuck in his neck.
Chapter completed!