Jiang Chen didn't waste too much time talking about the negotiation of "UA's accession". The two had already discussed it on the island. Now they just needed to implement the agreed content into specific documents.
As a businessman, Trump was still very contractual. He didn't go back on his word after he became the president. After confirming that the content of the treaty was the same as the original agreement, he quickly signed his name on the agreement.
According to the content of the agreement, the UA would fulfill its commitment within two months, submit an application to join the Earth Defense Alliance without any conditions, and leave the North Atlantic Treaty.
In fact, from the moment the UA was defeated, NATO had already ceased to exist. Relying on Britain and France (Frankberg had withdrawn), it was impossible to compete with the Earth Defense Alliance. Especially after Celestial Trade mastered nuclear defense means, the strategic balance between the two sides had long been unbalanced.
Now the UA's "withdrawal" was just fulfilling the expectations of the international community for the disintegration of NATO.
"Are you satisfied now?" Between the two agreements, Trump put away one of them and looked at Jiang Chen. "I even suspect now that you have long expected this day."
"I just considered this possibility," Jiang Chen took a sip of the coffee in his cup and said slowly. Jiang Chen took a sip of the coffee in his cup and said slowly, "You should know that the B City Consortium and I have always wanted to push John Kennedy of the Democratic Party to the position of president, and you are the bargaining chip added by Morgan and Rockefeller. They thought that you would fight with me and set off a new round of Pacific Rim arms race, which is in their best interest. At that time, I thought that if I paid a certain price and made the diplomatic meeting that was not optimistic about reach an unexpected consensus, maybe I could solve this problem once and for all. "
"And now it seems that I was right," Jiang Chen smiled. Jiang Chen smiled faintly. "The only thing I didn't expect was that they would act so quickly that they acted on your way back. As a result, Vargas of North Colombia misjudged the situation and provoked the war that shouldn't have happened in advance."
After listening to Jiang Chen's narration, Trump opened his mouth and didn't speak for a long time. Although he guessed that the people on Wall Street must have something to do with his plane crash, he didn't expect that he was plotted against by both sides.
After a long time, he sighed slowly.
"Sure enough … politics really doesn't suit me. My daughter also advised me not to get involved in this mess, but I thought I could do it … "
"Politics is similar to running a business. The only difference is that politicians don't have the slightest sense of contract, and it's a must." Jiang Chen smiled. "You should be glad that I'm not a politician sitting in front of you."
"Can I ask one last question?" Trump sighed softly.
"Of course." Jiang Chen nodded.
"Are you so sure that they'll do something to me because of those sugar cubes?" Trump continued, "If they didn't do anything to me, would you fulfill the agreement reached in Sugar Cube Diplomacy?"
"That's two questions. So let me answer your first question first. I've said it before, I've only considered this possibility, but there are no absolutes in this world. Both possibilities exist. " Jiang Chen smiled. "As for your second question, my answer is yes. I still have the spirit of the contract."
"Even if this makes you unprofitable?" Trump also smiled, but there was a hint of helplessness in his smile.
"It's not that unprofitable, it's just that the benefits you mentioned are not the same as what I agree with." Putting down the coffee cup in his hand, Jiang Chen sighed softly. "The more we touch this sky, the more we can feel our insignificance. A century ago, we were still fantasizing about what the inhabitants on the Moon looked like, and today, a century later, we have already planted our flag on Mars. In your eyes, I may have made a 'difficult concession' at the negotiating table that day, but why don't you look forward and see what we can get from this universe together? "
"And if you really have the ability to do so." Jiang Chen paused for a moment and continued, "Then it shouldn't be difficult for you to discover that compared to what we are about to get, the part I gave up is as insignificant as a feather."
There was a long silence in the living room.
After a long time, Trump laughed, stood up from the sofa, and fixed his collar. He extended his right hand to Jiang Chen, who also stood up.
"In any case, you are a respectable opponent."
"Correction, I used to be." Jiang Chen shook Trump's hand and smiled, "Now we are allies."
Although the answer he got was not what he wanted, after leaving the Hilton Hotel, Trump was still slightly relieved.
If that man's vision was no longer limited to this planet, then the worries in his heart seemed to be superfluous. At least the people living on this land would not change anything because of defeat, and the soldiers of Celestial Trade would not always ride on their heads. After all, in the eyes of that man, this territory was already too small, and there was a wider world waiting for him to conquer …
Although Trump could not see where this world was for the time being.
…
Even if it was expected, the international community still expressed a considerable degree of shock and regret for North America's withdrawal from the North Atlantic Treaty.
After the UA joined the Earth Defense Alliance and became the fifth major member of the alliance, everyone clearly realized that the old era had come to an end, and another new and great era was slowly beginning.
According to the treaty signed by the Earth Defense Alliance, major member states would contribute 5-7% of GDP based on their territory area and population weight (minor member states contributed 3-4% of GDP) for the development of the aerospace industry.
From the data alone, this maximum of 7% of GDP seemed to be a bit too high. NATO's requirement for member states' military spending was only 2% of national GDP. However, it was important to note that military spending itself was a burden. The money spent had no return other than benefiting arms dealers and providing a small number of jobs. It could neither improve people's lives nor obtain a return on investment.
However, investment in the aerospace field was different. Since the completion of the space elevator, the aerospace industry had been endowed with economic value in addition to the sense of national honor. Whether it was space mining or the space industry, it had brought visible benefits to companies around the world.
It was precisely because of this that countries not only did not resist the GDP contribution quota stipulated in the treaty, but many countries consciously exceeded the quota.
Now, the UA was also tied to the Earth Defense Alliance. The original 50% Earth defense tax (mandatory levied on the space industry of non-member countries) was abolished, and the costs of North American aerospace companies had also dropped significantly.
Although they were resentful of the defeat, areas with more developed aerospace industries such as California and Massachusetts seemed to have become the biggest beneficiaries of the UA's defeat.
Even in the current economic downturn, the aerospace science and technology parks in San Francisco, Boston, and other places were in full swing. Companies large and small emerged like mushrooms after the rain, and various recruitment notices were sprinkled on various universities in the United States like snowflakes. With the introduction of the five-year tax reduction policy for the aerospace industry introduced by the UA government, the North American aerospace industry exploded with astonishing vitality and became the pillar industry of North America's post-war economic recovery …
As for the longer term effects, only the future would know.
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