Chapter 306: The Art of Negotiation
The trade agreement involved many aspects, and even just the draft documents amounted to a thick stack.
It took the representatives of various countries all morning to briefly go through the content—this was after Austria had communicated the general framework of the agreement to them, otherwise, they would probably have to spend the entire day on this matter.
However, after everyone closely examined the clauses, they all revealed expressions of surprise, and then began to whisper among themselves:
"It says here that we can maintain a 60% tariff on wines imported from France and a 38% tariff on iron products from Austria, which seems... quite reasonable."
"We can even levy an 80% tariff on French paper, which is different from what I had originally thought."
"Aside from the tariffs on French textiles, which need to be consistent with England, other terms are not too oppressive..."