PRIORITY:Medium ENCRYPTION:High IDENTIFICATION:Laura Caspers, Staatssekretärin of the Bundeskabinett Sekretariat SOURCE:Bundeskanzleramt, Planet New Berlin
Guten Tag, Sehr geehrter President White.
I apologize for the delay, but it turned out the issue is more problematic than expected. The whole matter was discussed by the Rheinland government again, but after the preliminary consultation with the parties in the Bundestag, it turned out it is getting...complicated. While the government is glad that the ALG was allowed to transport nuclear devices in Liberty, the majority of the Bundestag representatives are not happy with the possible final form of the deal between our two houses. They do not like fact that Libertonian side should get rights to transport very specialized cargo - in your case Ageira White Boxes - in the Rheinland for main manufacturer - Ageira Technologies, the dominant cargo handler - Deep Space Engineering and the main national shipper - Universal Shipping, while Rheinland should get rights to transport very specialized cargo - in our case nuclear devices - in Liberty only for one corporation, and not even the main manufacturer, just dominant cargo handler.
On top of that, situation got even worse when some representatives found out that while Rheinland corporations are kept from possibility to transport Ageira White Boxes at least in the Rheinland space, their Kusari counterparts are allowed to do that in the Empire, at least according to the publicly available legal codex. Words like "unprecedented double standards" or even "humiliation of the Rheinland corporations" were used in comments regarding this issue.
Thus, majority of the Bundestag representatives now condition approval of rights for the USI by reaching mutual fully equal deal in which the rights to transport very specialized cargo is given to the main manufacturer, the dominant cargo handler and main national shipper from both houses, what means that apart from the ALG, the Rheinland government is expected to obtain rights for transportation of nuclear devices in Liberty also for the Kruger Mineralien as the main manufacturer and sort of equivalent of the Ageira, and the Republican Shipping as the main national shipper and equivalent of the USI. We try to negotiate about this with the Liberty government, maybe your people in it even know about it, but unfortunately it seems that these talks do not have high priority because the pace is quite slow.
So, to conclude my message, I want to stress out that the Rheinland is still willing and ready to give requested transportation rights for Ageira White Boxes to the USI. The government is in favour of it, but its hands got tied and there are conditions which must be met. In the current situation, it is not possible to convince the majority of the Bundestag representatives that we should settle for an unequal agreement. It would be harmful both politically and for the public image. We hope, however, that the equal deal is possible. We are not asking that much in our opinion, just equality in the business relations between the two neighbours. If there is any way the Ageira Technologies, possibly together with Universal Shipping, can help, it would be appreciated. After all, there are no losses from the equal deal for you, just gains, because with one more shipper, it will be easier for you to have your products delivered to Rheinland, especially under current circumstances you mentioned when your ships are targetted on the borders.
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