Unlike a few decades later, when the Internet was ubiquitous and trade was globalized, it is now very difficult to circulate goods from various countries, especially to sell abroad.

In the era without e-commerce, it goes without saying that the globalization of commodities, especially small commodities related to retail, is a problem.

Due to various problems such as cost, it is difficult for small commodities to find export channels. Even if they can find them, most of them will retreat conservatively in the face of huge risks.

However, those small commodities are the most popular among the public. Once Carrefour and Wal-Mart join forces, with the huge demand from both parties, the risks that suppliers need to bear will be small.

Supply channels, if this problem can be solved well and both parties can share it, this is definitely a good thing.

"Mr. Sam, as far as I know, the retail market in the United States has become saturated. Even with the help of Wal-Mart, my company Carrefour will have difficulty opening up in the United States in the future."

This is the conclusion that Yang Chen came to after studying the U.S. retail market in many aspects. His Donghua Group may be able to flow goods into the U.S. market.

However, Carrefour, faced with the squeeze of many supermarket stores in the United States and the existence of Wal-Mart, may find it difficult to open up the situation.

Even if you can enter the United States, the market is very limited, and the intermediate costs and rewards, the risks you take, etc. are not directly proportional.

Uncle Sam is very satisfied that Yang Chen can realize this. Choosing a partner is a matter that needs to be carefully decided for a company like Wal-Mart.

Yang Chen is neither arrogant nor impetuous, he is not fooled by the immediate interests, and he does not rush in all because of the huge American market. All these show that the other party is a rational businessman.

This is exactly what Uncle Sam wants to see, and he is also willing to cooperate with Yang Chen like this.

"Yes, given the current situation of the U.S. retail market, it will be difficult for Carrefour to break into the U.S. market if it wants to enter the U.S. market in the future. You know this very well."

"However, this is not a big problem. As long as the two of us cooperate in an all-round way, Walmart can help Carrefour open the market in the United States."

"Yang, you are now one of the richest tycoons in the world. You hold more cash than some countries hold in U.S. dollars in foreign exchange."

"If I can provide you with some help, it will be very simple for Carrefour to enter the US market."

Yang Chen raised his eyebrows: "For example"

Uncle Sam smiled and said: "For example, we can help you acquire some small and medium-sized supermarkets, and at the same time provide you with a stable product supply channel."

Yang Chen nodded and said: "Sounds very good."

If Carrefour opens up the U.S. retail market according to Uncle Sam's wishes, it really won't be a problem. It will acquire small and medium-sized supermarkets to provide product supply channels, especially the latter. If the product supply can be guaranteed, then Carrefour can completely expand the market in a short time.

Stand firm within America.

He will not doubt Wal-Mart's strength or Uncle Sam's ability, but he has taken advantage of everything. What does the other party want?

Yang Chen said seriously: "Mr. Sam, we Chinese have a saying that there is no such thing as a good thing falling in the sky, and there is no free lunch. I want to know what price we need to pay."

"No, no, no, there is no cost. We are mutual and we are pursuing win-win cooperation."

"Wal-Mart plans to expand overseas into Europe, Latin America, Asia and other countries next."

"What Mr. Sam means is that our two families should join forces to explore other overseas markets?"

"Yes, Wal-Mart helps Carrefour gain a foothold in the United States, and Carrefour helps Wal-Mart develop markets in Asia. In addition to these two regions, our two companies will work together to develop markets in other regions."

By the time Uncle Sam finished speaking, Yang Chen had no other thoughts in his mind. Just as the other party said, the cooperation between the two parties is a strong alliance.

Once the two companies join forces, future development and overseas market expansion will be much easier.

Two fists are sometimes no match for four hands. If you have a firm ally behind you when you encounter difficulties, you can help each other in any situation.

In particular, after the end of the Cold War, the United States became the only superpower in the world. At that time, American companies led by Wal-Mart were able to obtain preferential policies in various countries and regions.

Therefore, the advantages of cooperating with Wal-Mart far outweigh the disadvantages, and even Yang Chen could not think of any other bad disadvantages.

As for whether helping Wal-Mart open up the Asian market will attract wolves into the house, to be honest, even if it does not attract wolves into the house, it can only resist it for a while, but it is impossible to resist it forever.

After the end of the Cold War, the United States will no longer have competitors in the military field, and other countries will automatically open their mouths when dealing with American companies.

The United States truly dominated the world during the two decades after the end of the Cold War. During that period, the Americans really wanted to fight whoever they wanted and sanctioned whoever they wanted to punish any country or organization in the world.

Basically, no one who opposes the United States will end well.

The hegemony of the United States did not begin to waver until the rise of the mainland in the second decade of the 21st century.

Faced with the rise of the interior, Americans began to restrain themselves and stopped attacking this and that casually.

In later generations, the United States adopted two different approaches to Iraq and Iran. The former was to attack immediately and directly maim them, while the latter was hesitant and only adopted economic sanctions and military threats.

The two approaches are inconsistent.

This is not to say that Iran is much stronger than Iraq. With the military strength of the Americans, it is not difficult to turn Iran into another Iraq.

The reason why the Americans did not start the war as easily as they did with Iraq was because the peaceful rise of the inland began to affect the international status of the United States, making the Americans fear that if their side made a wrong decision, it would accelerate the speed at which they would be replaced as the leader.

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Twenty years is neither long nor short.

He certainly cannot fight against a country by himself, especially when he is facing a superpower.

If they blindly resist U.S. companies from entering Asia and the other side does not benefit economically, then the Americans will inevitably use military and political power.

This, as his status continued to rise, Yang Chen slowly realized this.

In this world, big fists are the last word.

Instead of waiting to be besieged in the future, it is better to unite some American companies with strength and development potential. With the trend of interests, there will naturally be people to help him resist those troubles.
Chapter completed!