Compared with Pang Xinglong's trip to Pyongyang, Leslie's trip to Seoul is difficult

It was not until the fifth day after Leslie arrived in Seoul on the 126th that the two sides reached a significant influential agreement on several key issues. Later, Leslie and Park Tae-hyun held a press conference together.

Because South Korea's economy is relatively developed (the per capita GDP in 2020 was US$18,547, surpassing Japan's US$18,428 and the Republic's US$17,234, and in East Asia, second only to Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. If calculated based on average purchasing power, South Korea's per capita income is second only to the Republic, Japan and Singapore, ranking fourth in East Asia), with a strong industrial foundation (the world's shipbuilding industry ranks third, the automobile industry ranks seventh, the electronic industry ranks fifth, and the steel industry ranks sixth), and has strong technological strength, so the agreement signed by the United States and South Korea has basically nothing to do with economic aid.

There are only two key points: trade exchanges and military cooperation.

In 20166, the United States surpassed the Republic and became South Korea's second largest trading partner (first is the European Union). The following year, the United States became South Korea's largest trading partner, and South Korea was the sixth largest trading partner (first is the Republic, second is the EU, third is Japan, fourth is India, and fifth is Brazil). After the outbreak of the global economic crisis, the United States first launched a trade war, and South Korea became the victim. In 2020, the bilateral trade volume of South Korea and the United States was 1,254 yuan, of which South Korea exported 63.3 billion US dollars and imported 621.1 billion US dollars, with a surplus of only 12 yuan, a 73% decrease of 71% and 94% from 20177. In the same year, the trade volume between South Korea and the Republic was US$187.4 billion, of which South Korea's surplus reached US$7.3 billion. Economically speaking, South Korea's dependence on the Republic far exceeded that of the United States.

Like Japan, South Korea is also a foreign economy with a shortage of resources and has been severely export-oriented.

After the outbreak of Japan's nuclear issue, South Korea's attitude changed rapidly, which was closely related to the increasingly alienated South Korea-US economy.

At that time, there were even voices in South Korea that "released alliances with the United States and formed an alliance with the Republic."

After Leslie arrived in Seoul, the first thing he solved was the trade issue.

According to the agreement reached by both sides, the US federal government will strive to eliminate bilateral trade barriers, lower the threshold for Korean companies to invest in the United States, reduce the punishment tariffs on Korean products, and give South Korea the most-favored-nation trade treatment. South Korea will take the "action-to-action" approach to give American companies the same preferential treatment as American products.

It seems that this is a bilateral trade agreement with the same place. In fact, the benefit is South Korea.

"Action to Action". In essence, the United States first introduced policies. South Korea "selects the opportunity" to introduce "similar" policies. In terms of "selects the opportunity" and "similars", South Korea has a lot of room for autonomy. According to the comments of the news media, the United States has made the greatest concessions in trade, which is equivalent to unilaterally eliminating trade barriers and opening its own market to South Korea.

This is nothing but a huge piece of cake.

Tens of thousands of Korean companies and tens of millions of Korean workers will benefit from it. Park Tae-hyun’s South Korean government will become the biggest beneficiary.

The most popular place is the military cooperation agreement signed by the United States and South Korea.

Although at the strong demand of the United States, the South Korean government has not announced the specific content of the military cooperation agreement to the public on the grounds of "avoiding the intensification of the turmoil in Northeast Asia and affecting peace and stability on the peninsula". However, the vast land of supernatural powers still made detailed reports not long after.

The US-South Korea military cooperation agreement is mainly divided into three aspects, namely military exchanges, technical cooperation and arms procurement.

"Military exchange" is a "US-South Korea military alliance" that has changed its term.

According to the agreement, the United States will increase the number of US military and local officers and soldiers stationed in South Korea from 18,000 in 20211 to 36,000 by 2024, and South Korea will open military bases to the United States for this purpose.

Increasing garrison does not mean increasing the right to speak.

By 2024, the "US-South Korea Joint Command" will be renamed "South Korea-US Joint Command".

The difference in the order of the two words illustrates the problem. At that time, it is not the United States but South Korea that holds the command of the coalition forces!

Since the end of the Korean War, the United States has always held the command of the coalition forces, and the South Korean team has almost no autonomy. With the exchange of command relations, the United States is no longer the "master" of South Korea, but a "member" of South Korea. Although this statement is a little bit ugly and overstated, the actual situation is exactly the case. South Korea will gain national defense autonomy based on this, while the United States can only "serge itself" for South Korea.

It can be seen that Leslie has indeed made very significant concessions in Seoul.

"Technical cooperation" is mainly military technology. The United States will transfer production lines and production patents for dozens of weapons and equipment in the mainland to South Korea, including F-35 fighter jets, and send technical experts to guide Korean industrial enterprises such as Hyundai Heavy Industry to master advanced weapon production processes.

The scope of this technology transaction has set a new record in American history.

More importantly, the amount of this technology transaction is not high, most of which are "free gifts". South Korea only needs to pay a total of 120 yuan in installments within the next 20 years.

Not long ago, Japan paid 270 yuan to purchase production lines and production patents for f-22 and f-35 from the United States!

For South Korea, how much money is a secondary issue.

As long as you obtain the production technology and production patents, South Korea can purchase weapons and equipment at a cheaper price and expand it.

mold.

Subsequently, the military expansion plan proposed by Park Tae-hyun proved this.

According to the content of the "National Defense Development Plan Blue Book" issued by South Korea at the end of the year, by 2025, South Korea will build a region's number one air force with 1,200 combat aircraft and 800 auxiliary aircraft; expand the scale of the naval fleet to 85~, including 2 medium-sized aircraft carriers, 12~ air defense destroyers, 24~ multi-purpose frigates, 30~ small frigates, and 16 conventional submarines, which are second only to the Republic and the Japanese Navy in Asia; build an army with a scale of more than 550,000 troops, with 2,400 main battle tanks, 3,200 infantry fighting vehicles, and 3,800 artillery and rocket launchers of various types, and the second-ranked army in Northeast Asia.

Very ambitious and "idealized" military expansion plan.

In just a short year, the combat effectiveness of the Korean team has increased by at least twice!

Not to mention that a big country like the Republic will take 115 years to double its military strength, nor will it consider whether South Korean industrial enterprises have sufficient production capacity. Just calculating the military expenditure that South Korea will invest within the next four years can tell the feasibility of the plan.

It can be said that South Korea's military expansion plan is just "ambition" and "ideal".

If South Korea completes its military expansion operation as planned, then in the next four years, South Korea will use its fiscal revenue, equivalent to 30% of its gross national output value to purchase arms and pay military wages. Even Germany and Japan before World War II did not reach such a "crazy" level.

From another perspective, Park Tae-hyun’s plan to expand the army was only a “diplomatic means.”

South Korea wants to use this to show its determination and also wants to "intimidate" Japan, but the actual effect will not be much better.

Relatively speaking, the military purchase agreement signed by the United States and South Korea is more practical.

According to Leslie's promise, the United States will give priority to selling 72f-22ak fighter jets, 72f-35 fighter jets, e-111 early warning aircraft (a replacement model of e--3, equipped with a phased array radar, the US military began to use it in 2020), 240m11a3 main battle tanks (the US military does not have large-scale equipment), etc., with a total value of 240 yuan for weapons and equipment.

The United States will also provide South Korea with 6c F-15k fighter jets in a "free gift" way (actually F-15e, the soon-to-be retired place of the US military), 120f-16c/d, 12e-2d, Burke-class destroyer, 8 "Pelley" class frigate, m11a2 main battle tank, 600m2 and m3 infantry/cavalry fighting vehicle, 8 "Strick" wheeled armored vehicle, door m1096 "Paladin" self-propelled howitzer and other second-hand weapons. South Korea only needs to pay less than $50 for "equipment maintenance and renovation" and transportation costs.

It has to be admitted that the United States has a "strong family background".

The "second-hand weapons" that the United States "smashed" to South Korea is more advanced than the "first-hand weapons" of many countries.

The most important thing is that the "free gift" land is so large that it is far beyond other countries. Using these "second-hand weapons", South Korea is enough to form three fighter wings, one regional fleet, one tank division and two mechanized infantry divisions, which will increase the combat effectiveness of the Korean team by at least 20%.

According to n-district, so many weapons and equipment are enough to fill 500,000 tons of giant ships.

Without any doubt, Leslie made a "full investment" in Seoul.

According to Frederick, as long as the requirements put forward by South Korea can be met, they must be met!

From another perspective, the United States can also benefit from this opportunity to "batch" second-hand weapons and equipment. The saved equipment storage and storage costs are nothing. As a large number of old weapons are "eliminated", the president and the US military have enough reasons to apply for more military expenditures from Congress.

For the United States, if war is inevitable, preparing in advance is the best choice.

The Republican team is stepping up the replacement of weapons and equipment. If one day it needs to go to the Korean Peninsula to compete with the Republican team again, the US team must also speed up the upgrade of weapons and equipment.

It can be seen that the United States is also preparing for large-scale regional wars in the future.

Leslie has gained a lot in Seoul after spending a lot of money.

Although Park Tae-hyun refused to publicly announce that South Korea gave up the development of nuclear weapons in the name of "domestic stability", "consolidating the regime", and "public opinion call", etc., he still made a promise to the United States in the form of a secret agreement that as long as the United States continues to provide "national security guarantees" for South Korea, South Korea will not promote the process of nuclear weapons development.

This commitment shows that South Korea will not break away from American control in the way it develops nuclear weapons, like Japan.

Park Tae-hyun’s promise is the only goal that Leslie wants to achieve in Seoul.

On the evening of the 26th, Park Tae-hyun held a grand "farewell party" for Leslie, not only praising the United States again, but also reaffirming the importance of the US-South Korea alliance.

With "successful" results, Leslie returned home on a special plane on the 27th.

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