Compared to Pang Heung-ryong's trip to Pyongyang, Leslie's trip to Seoul was difficult

It wasn't until Leslie arrived in Seoul on the 126th, five days after his arrival, that the two sides reached an agreement on several key issues that had significant implications. Subsequently, Leslie and Park Tae-hyun jointly held a press conference.

This is because South Korea's economy is relatively developed (per capita GDP in 2020 is US$18,547, surpassing Japan's US$18,428 and the Republic's US$17,234, and second only to Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan in East Asia). In terms of per capita purchasing power, South Korea ranks fourth in East Asia in terms of per capita income after the Republic, Japan, and Singapore), has a strong industrial base (the world's shipbuilding industry ranks third, the automobile industry ranks seventh, the electronics industry ranks fifth, and the steel industry ranks sixth), and the country's scientific and technological strength is strong, so the agreement signed by the United States and South Korea has little to do with economic assistance.

There are only two priorities: trade exchanges and military cooperation.

In 20166, the United States surpassed the Republic to become South Korea's second-largest trading partner (first, the European Union), the following year the United States became South Korea's first-largest trading partner, and South Korea became the United States' sixth-largest trading partner (first, the Republic of China, second, Japan, fourth, India, and Brazil). After the outbreak of the global economic crisis, the United States first threw up the trade war, and South Korea became the victim. In 2020, the bilateral trade volume between South Korea and the United States was 1,254 yuan, of which South Korea exported 63.3 billion US dollars, imported 621.1 billion US dollars, and the surplus was only 12 yuan, which was 73%, 71% and 94% lower than that in 20177, respectively, and the trade volume between South Korea and the Republic of Korea in the same year was 187.4 billion US dollars, of which South Korea's surplus reached 7.3 billion US dollars. Purely economically, South Korea is far more dependent on the Republic than the United States.

Like Japan, South Korea is an export-oriented economy that is starved of resources and has suffered from imports and exports.

After the outbreak of the Japanese nuclear issue, South Korea's attitude changed rapidly, and it is inextricably linked to the increasingly alienated South Korean and American economies.

At that time, there were even voices in South Korea calling for the dissolution of the alliance with the United States and the alliance with the republic.

When Leslie arrived in Seoul, the first thing she solved was the issue of trade.

According to the agreement reached between the two sides, the U.S. federal government will make every effort to remove bilateral trade barriers, lower the threshold for South Korean companies to invest in the United States, reduce punitive tariffs on South Korean products, and grant South Korea trade most-favored-nation status. South Korea will take an "action-for-action" approach, giving U.S. companies the same preferential treatment as U.S. products.

Look. It is a reciprocal bilateral trade agreement. In fact, it is South Korea that has benefited.

"Action to action". In essence, it was the United States that introduced the policy first. South Korea has "chosen the opportunity" to introduce a 'similar' policy. On "opportunistic" vs. "similar". South Korea has a lot of room for autonomy. Commented in accordance with the news media. The United States has made maximum concessions on trade. It is equivalent to unilateral removal of trade barriers. Opening up the domestic market to South Korea.

It's not a huge piece of cake.

Tens of thousands of Korean companies. Tens of millions of Korean workers will benefit from this. Park Taehyun-chi, the South Korean government will be the biggest beneficiary.

The military cooperation agreement signed by the United States and South Korea has attracted the most attention.

Although strongly requested by the United States. The South Korean government cited the excuse of "avoiding exacerbating the turbulent situation in Northeast Asia and affecting the peace and stability of the peninsula." The specific content of the military cooperation agreement has not been announced to the public. But the supernatural power of the vast earth nn still made a detailed report shortly after.

The military cooperation agreement between the United States and the ROK is mainly divided into three aspects, namely, military exchanges, technical cooperation, and arms procurement.

"Military exchanges" are the "US-ROK military alliance" that has changed its term.

According to the agreement, the United States will increase the number of US military and civilian troops 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 the number of troops is not the same as increasing the right to speak.

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

The difference in the order of the two words illustrates the problem, when the time comes, it will not be the United States, but South Korea, which will hold the command of the coalition forces!

Since the end of the Korean War, the United States has held the command of the coalition forces, and the South Korean ** team has little autonomy. With the reversal of the command relationship, the United States is no longer the "master" of South Korea, but the "servant" of South Korea. Although this statement is a little ugly and excessive, the actual situation is exactly this, and South Korea will gain national defense autonomy on this basis, while the United States can only "sell its life" for South Korea.

It can be seen that Leslie did make very significant concessions in Seoul.

The United States will transfer to the ROK patents on the production lines and production of dozens of weapons and equipment including the F-35 fighter in the mainland, and will dispatch technical experts to guide Hyundai Heavy Industries and other South Korean enterprises in mastering the production process of advanced weapons.

The scope of the technology deal is a record in U.S. history.

What's more, the amount of this technology deal is not high, and the vast majority of it is "free", and South Korea only needs to pay a total of 120 yuan in installments over the next 20 years.

Not long ago, Japan paid 270 yuan for the production line and production patent of the F-22 and F-35 purchased from the United States!

For South Korea, more money and less money is a secondary issue.

As long as it obtains production technology and production patents, South Korea will be able to purchase weapons and equipment at a lower price and expand it

Model.

Subsequently, Park Taehyun's plan for the expansion of the army proved this.

According to the content of the "Blue Book of National Defense Development Plans" issued by South Korea at the end of the year, by 2025, South Korea will build a regional number one air force with 1,200 combat aircraft and 800 auxiliary aircraft; Expand the size of the naval fleet to 85~, including 2 medium aircraft carriers, 12~air defense destroyers, 24~multipurpose frigates, 30~small frigates, and 16 conventional submarines, second only to the Republic and the Japanese Navy in Asia; Build an army with more than 550,000 troops, 2,400 main battle tanks, 3,200 infantry fighting vehicles, and 3,800 artillery and rocket launchers, ranking second in Northeast Asia in terms of combat capability.

Very ambitious and "idealistic" expansion plan.

In just one year, the combat effectiveness of the Han ** team has been at least doubled!

Leaving aside the fact that it will take 115 years for a large country like the Republic to double its military strength, and whether South Korea's leading industrial enterprises have sufficient production capacity, the feasibility of the plan can be known only by calculating the military spending that South Korea will invest in the next four years.

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

If South Korea completes its military expansion as planned, it will spend 30 percent of its gross national product (GNP) on military procurement and military salaries in the next four years. Even Germany and Japan before World War II did not reach such a "crazy" level.

From another point of view, Park Taehyun's plan to expand the army is only a "diplomatic means."

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

Relatively speaking, the arms purchase agreement signed between the United States and South Korea is more realistic.

According to the commitment made by Leslie, the United States will give priority to the sale of 72F-22AK fighters, 72F-35 fighters, E-111 early warning aircraft (a replacement model of E-3, equipped with a protected phased array radar, and the US military will begin to equip and use it in 2020), 240M11A3 main battle tanks (the US military has not been equipped on a large scale), etc., with a total value of 240 yuan of weapons and equipment.

The United States will also provide South Korea with 6C F-15K fighters (actually F-15E, which will be retired from the US military), 120F-16C/D, 12E-2D, Burke-class destroyers, 8 "Paley"-class frigates, M11A2 main battle tanks, 600M2 and M3 infantry/cavalry fighting vehicles, 8 "Stryker" wheeled armored vehicles, and M1096 "Paladin" self-propelled howitzers, and a large number of second-hand weapons, for which South Korea only needs to pay less than $50"Equipment maintenance and refurbishment" costs and transportation costs.

I have to admit that the United States has a "strong family background."

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

On top of that, the scale of the "free giveaway" is far greater than that of other countries. Using these "second-hand weapons", South Korea is enough to form 3 fighter wings, 1 regional fleet, 1 tank division and 2 mechanized infantry divisions, so that the combat effectiveness of the South Korean ** team will be increased by at least 20%.

According to the n-place saying, so many weapons and equipment are enough to stuff a 500,000-ton giant ship.

Without asking, Leslie made a "blood capital" in Seoul.

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

From another point of view, the United States can also benefit from this opportunity to "batch process" second-hand weapons and equipment. The cost of equipment storage and storage is nothing, and with a large number of old weapons "phased out," the president and the U.S. military have enough reason to ask Congress for more military spending.

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

The republican team is stepping up the replacement of weapons and equipment, and if it needs to go to the Korean Peninsula to fight again with the republican team, the US team must also speed up the upgrading of weapons and equipment.

It can be seen from this that the United States is also preparing for a large-scale regional war in the future.

With a blood capital, Leslie's gains in Seoul are not small.

Although Park Tae-hyun refused to publicly announce that South Korea would abandon the development of nuclear weapons in the name of "domestic stability," "consolidation of political power," and "the voice of public opinion," he still promised the United States in the form of a secret agreement that as long as the United States continued to provide "national security guarantees" for South Korea, South Korea would not promote the development of nuclear weapons.

This pledge shows that South Korea will not break free from U.S. control by developing nuclear weapons, as Japan has done.

Park Taehyun's promise is the only thing Leslie wants to achieve in Seoul.

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

With a "satisfying" result, Leslie took a special plane back to China on the 27th.

Damn it**

During the closure period, every half an hour, the flickering brothers went crazy together, so that everyone was happy!

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