Chapter 8 Decision-making changes in the White House, strategy in the State Department (seeking the moon)(2/2)
It starts from this.
"But another fact is that last year, Lianyungang alone imported machinery and equipment worth 30 million US dollars from the United States. If this ban is implemented, the company alone will have as much as 160 million US dollars of machinery in the next two years.
The equipment will not be able to be shipped back, which is undoubtedly a fatal blow to us as the industry is just getting on the right track! Therefore, as soon as we received this news last year, the company began lobbying activities in the United States and tried its best to prevent this bill!
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When it comes to lobbying the U.S. Congress, Li Zicheng seems a little proud. You must know that even in 2013, Chinese companies' lobbying of the U.S. Congress was just getting started. Take the large state-owned enterprise where he works for example.
It was only in 2011 that he began to hire American lobbying companies to help lobby the U.S. Congress. However, it was this revelation that made Li Zicheng decide to set up a branch in Washington as early as the beginning of last year to specialize in lobbying the U.S. Congress and the government.
"The Washington branch made full use of all means, and with the help of the American machinery manufacturing industry, successfully prevented the passage of this bill. On the surface, we spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on this lobbying, which seems to be a loss-making business, but
Because the bill was blocked, we can obtain all kinds of machinery and equipment needed for any industrial construction from the United States without any hindrance."
Looking at Gu Weijun, the smile on Li Zicheng's face slowly faded, and his expression became serious, but still relaxed.
"So, the next step is to lobby the U.S. Congress. Only by allowing Americans to take the initiative to make decisions can we make a fool of ourselves!"
Chapter completed!