The Russian-Ukrainian conflict has continued until now, and European countries suddenly find that they have become the biggest losers, and the "big brother" of the United States, whom they are determined to follow, has become the biggest winner.
According to CCTV News client on September 28, given the relatively stable energy prices in the United States and a series of stimulus and support measures for manufacturing and green energy recently announced by the United States, companies specializing in producing chemicals, batteries and other energy-intensive products will benefit from these policies, and a large number of European high-end manufacturing companies flowed into the United States.
It is understood that ArcelorMittal , one of the world's largest steel manufacturers, has closed two factories in Germany and turned to Texas factory to continue production; OCI, a chemical company headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, also announced the expansion of its factory in Texas recently. At the same time, more than 60 German companies including Aldi, Fercennius and Siemens announced the establishment of factories in the United States...
Former US President Trump held high the "trade sanctions stick" and failed to force the manufacturing industry to return, but the current President Biden did it without any effort. It has to be said that Biden's ability to "pick up girls" is far stronger than Trump, which not only makes Europe willing to follow the United States to sanction Russia, but also makes European countries obediently give in to manufacturing. This technique, as a very popular word, is "PUA", while European countries have become the target of "PUA" by the United States.
It can be seen that the manufacturing companies in Europe that have moved to the United States this round are mainly advanced manufacturing , such as chemicals, semiconductors, batteries, mechanical equipment and automobile industries. Unlike other industries, cheap energy is an important support for these advanced manufacturing industries, and rising energy prices will inevitably lead to a decline in their profits.
Capital is profit-seeking. Wherever you can make more money, they will be transferred to. This is a common law of capital globalization. At present, European countries are suffering from an unprecedented energy crisis . In order to make profits, or even just to "survive", "evacuation from Europe" has become their inevitable choice. At this time, the United States introduced various policies to "take in" these desperate European companies. Many states announced new preferential plans for their investment in foreign companies, especially focusing on their low energy costs and high-end technology industry chains to attract European manufacturing companies. No wonder after the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Biden would say happily: "Severing off Russian natural gas will hurt Europe, but this is the price I am willing to pay."
This move of the United States is tantamount to cutting off the fire for European countries, but Biden has even more ruthless tricks to prepare for European countries that only follow the lead of the United States. Recently, the United States passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which pursues an open protectionist policy, and established trade protectionism , which is more tough than the Trump administration. This made European countries stunned, and they could only mumble a few words and continue to devote themselves to following the "career" of the United States sanctioning Russia.
As Kissinger said: Being an enemy of the United States is dangerous, but being an ally of the United States is deadly. What makes European countries desperate is that the three natural gas pipelines " Nordic-1" and "Nordic-2" that Russia transported to Europe were inexplicably blown up, completely cutting off European countries' thoughts about Russian natural gas. In order to "survive", European manufacturing companies will definitely accelerate their escape from Europe.
The United States has made a fortune from the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which may be an opportunity for China to usher in greater development. The manufacturing industry not only needs cheap energy, developed infrastructure, sufficient manpower and talent reserves, but also a complete industrial chain. China needs to meet these conditions than the United States. Therefore, a considerable number of European manufacturing companies have turned their attention to China, and many first-class European manufacturing companies are beginning to set up factories in China.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Commerce, China absorbed RMB 892.7 billion from January to August this year, and increased by 16% year-on-year. Among them, the increase in investment in Germany and Britain in China exceeded the average, 30% and 17% respectively.It seems that the situation of eating meat in the United States has not changed, which is the most unpleasant thing about Washington . It cost a lot of money to instigate a war, but even let your opponent win and get a share of the pie.
The experience of European countries once again proves an iron rule: to follow the United States, not only do you have to be a "cannon fodder" for the United States, but you will also be sucked into the bones and sucked into the marrow.
