美国中西部存在着一条明显的“锈带”(老工业区)。作为一家法律咨询公司的常务董事,曾任美国最高国际贸易谈判代表之一的查尔斯·弗里曼希望提供相关咨询业务,帮助底特律、密尔沃基和圣路易斯等城市数百个苦苦挣扎的汽车零部件小厂商获得新生。由于中国汽车制造商正积极准备登陆美国,因此“锈带”上的那些汽车零部件制造商希望成为潜在的零部件供货基地。然而,向中国兜售并购美国小公司的想法,即便是以大拍卖的价格并购,在中国也井不容易。 There is an obvious “rust belt” (old industrial area) in the Midwest. As managing director of a legal consulting firm, Charles Freeman, one of the nation’s top international trade negotiators, hopes to provide consulting services to help hundreds of struggling auto parts in cities such as Detroit, Milwaukee and St. Louis Manufacturers get freshmen. As Chinese carmakers are aggressively preparing to land in the United States, those auto parts makers on the Rust Belt want to become potential parts supply bases. However, the idea of ​​selling to China mergers and acquisitions of small American companies is not easy in China, even at the big auction price.