The trade status of Americans and Japanese is unequal.
In terms of industrial demand, the United States has almost unilaterally curbed Japan's throat, especially in the steel industry.
Ichiro Honda knows that the Kingdom of Japan's steel production is the lowest among the great powers, and it is also the most difficult to solve.
In order to increase steel production, in addition to large-scale exploration of iron ore and upgrading steel technology, the best way for Japan is to import scrap iron.
The United States is different from other industrial countries. It is only separated from the Kingdom of Japan by the Pacific Ocean. The distance is very close, and it is the real number one steel power.
There is a new output every year, which is almost equivalent to the scale of Japan. In the process, the United States has deep pockets and does not care about scrap iron. It can re-make steel.
The United States does not care about scrap iron, but Japan does. It uses scrap iron to continue making steel. Iron making is the most cost-effective, so the scrap iron trade is an important trade.
In the past, Japan and the United States were unequal only in industry and commercial trade, but now they are also unequal in military terms.
The U.S. Great White Fleet sailed around the world to show off its power. Japan was the one who was really scared.
When Ichiro Honda saw it, he was almost paralyzed with fear, and his confidence was severely damaged.
A Great White Fleet and a dozen battleships are completely unmatched by Japan.
Britain may not care. After all, they have dreadnought battleships, but Japan doesn't have them. Isn't that scary?
The Kingdom of Japan must achieve this cooperation.
Ichiro Honda was very decisive. He came directly to the Doge seat and sincerely requested Prime Minister Constantine.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister!
What price did the United States pay? We in Japan will definitely exceed it. Please be sure to hand over this piece of Eastern District to us.
The Kingdom of Japan lacks iron ore resources. We sincerely seek cooperation with the Kingdom of Brazil and request the Kingdom of Brazil to pay attention to the existence of the Kingdom of Japan.
If cooperation can be reached, we in Japan will definitely remember the kindness of the Kingdom of Brazil."
Constantine knows what it means. There is no shortage of Japanese in Brazil. Constantine still knows some basic Japanese etiquette.
Constantine can feel Japan's sincerity in asking for cooperation.
However, sincerity is still sincerity, and you still have to exercise discretion.
The king has actually made up his mind to cooperate with the Mellon Group, but as the prime minister of the kingdom, he believes that it is not impossible to change.
If Japan's conditions are very good, it can completely replace it.
Although Mellon and the Braganza royal family are industrial and commercial allies, there is no need to cooperate in everything, especially now that the king is becoming more and more powerful.
The gap between Mellon and the King is getting wider and wider. They are no longer on an equal level. Now the King should have more partners to cooperate with.
It turns out that Mellon Group is an important partner of Minsheng Group and an extremely important strategic ally.
When Tang Ning was still in the United States, the two groups had in-depth cooperation in finance, aluminum, petroleum, coal mining, shipbuilding, and steelmaking.
Especially in the cooperation on oil, the two groups cooperate very well, and this level of cooperation exceeds that of Rockefeller.
The Mellon Group established an oil company in Pennsylvania as early as 1895 to compete with Rockefeller's Standard Oil, but failed in the end and sold its shares to a subsidiary of Standard Oil.
Although oil cannot compete with Rockefeller, the Mellon family's capital is not comparable to Rockefeller's.
In 1901, the Mellon family once again got involved in the oil industry and re-entered the oil business in Port Arthur, Texas. This business has never given up and is now an important asset of the Mellon family.
Although Rockefeller is the dominant player in the U.S. oil industry, his foundation is not deep and he has been under attack from other large plutocrats.
Later, the dismemberment of Standard Oil was not just the US government on the surface, but also had a lot of help behind the scenes.
With the emergence of Downing, Mellon was the first to express his goodwill towards Braganza in the early stages of the competition with Rockefeller, taking the lead, not only waving the flag and shouting, but also providing full technical support.
In Texas, Downing's oil industry also cooperates directly with the Mellon Group, and Rockefeller is far behind.
Minsheng Group has three important partners in the United States. The first is Mellon, the second is Ford, and the third is Rockefeller.
Although Tang Ning is from the Rockefeller family and the godfather of little daughter Bubbles, this is just a show and cannot be taken seriously.
American businessmen are generally not very patriotic, although anyone with a discerning eye can see that Brazil is a threat to the United States in the future.
However, the U.S. government has no way to deal with Brazil now, because Brazil is backed by almost all the European powers. How to deal with this?
South America is not the sphere of influence of the US government. When it came to Panama, Britain and France retaliated and began to compress the US space in the Caribbean.
Dominica is the direct intervention method of the UK, which is the most obvious warning to the United States.
The U.S. government now attaches great importance to Brazil and may even want to attack Brazil, but the big chaebols are different. They tend to cooperate.
Later, Hongsu can develop and establish an industrial system, but these big American capitalists sold the rope.
Although the subsequent large-scale formal cooperation was due to the economic crisis, before, the attempts to cooperate quietly had already begun.
Capitalists can sell ropes for the sake of the market and profits.
Brazil is a big market, how could the American chaebols not be interested?
The American consortium, the Mellon Group, was the first to jump out. Relying on their deep friendship, they extended a very sincere request for cooperation to Braganza.
This kind of friendship makes Tangning very confused now.
Industrial and commercial exchanges and cooperation between Brazil and the United States are very necessary, and the cooperation between the two countries is quite good. Of course, there is no reason to refuse.
In most industries, Tang Ning is open to cooperation, but when it comes to steel and some industries, he is a little hesitant.
This is not because he is unwilling to cooperate, but because the European powers, especially the United Kingdom, do not want to see the United States and Brazil establish strong cooperation in steel.
The United States is the world's largest steel country, and Brazil, considering its current foundation and abundant iron ore and coal resources, will not have a problem in impacting the world's second largest steel country.
If the two world steel giants establish cooperation, it will be very detrimental to Europe.
In fact, not only steel, but also military-industrial cooperation is blocked by Europe. Britain and France said they could provide it, saying that U.S. technology was too backward and unsuitable for Brazil.
The European powers hope that the United States and Brazil will confront each other, and they are strictly guarded against establishing a community of interests in some areas of cooperation.
Now, Brazil really needs Europe now, so it has given in on some issues that do not involve the bottom line. After all, European technology is very advanced and the United States cannot provide it.
Downing originally developed the southern area of the Carajas mining area with Mellon, but the British imposed restrictions and had to prepare for the worst eastern area.
Unlike King Pedro III, as a general of the Braganza royal family, Constantine was actually very reluctant to cooperate with the United States.
He believes that more boundaries should be drawn to cater to Europe, and that cooperation with the United States should be avoided as much as possible in terms of cooperation that can be achieved with Europe.
Although I don’t understand why His Majesty the King attaches great importance to American businessmen, it is clear that Brazil and the United States are destined to be competitors in the future, and they should disagree now and not work against each other.
"The conditions offered by the United States are worse than those offered by Italy.
They offered mining rights of US$8 million, but they are also proud of their mining personnel and equipment, and they are willing to cooperate in development. The requirements for the output of the ore are not high, only 35%."
Ichiro Honda, what kind of favorable conditions did the United States think it could offer?
That’s it!
Compared to the United States, Japan can provide Brazil with better and more favorable conditions and can completely seize this opportunity from the United States.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, we, the Kingdom of Japan, are willing to propose more generous cooperation conditions.
We are willing to spend 10 million US dollars to pay for the mining rights, mining personnel and equipment. We are also willing to provide it ourselves, and we are also willing to develop it with Brazil. We only need 30% of the ore production."
"Mr. Honda, I am very moved by Japan's sincerity for cooperation and made me interested in cooperation.
However, I want to remind you.
Mellon in the United States has a very good relationship with His Majesty the King, and the cabinet respects the King's opinions. This matter may not succeed, so you must be prepared."
"I am very grateful to the Prime Minister for your help. We are mentally prepared!"
Prime Minister Constantine's attitude made Ichiro Honda very happy, and he felt that his hope for cooperation was even greater.
This is really great!
Moreover, Ichiro Honda has vaguely seen that there is a considerable anti-American faction among Brazilian high-level officials, which confirms Japan's speculation.
Sure enough, Brazil also feels the sense of oppression from the United States.
***The author has something to say***
I changed the previous cooperation with Italy and rationalized it.
This chapter has been completed!