二战时期英瑞外交关系中的铁矿石问题——围绕对德铁矿石贸易两国的政策分歧

IRON ORE ELEMENTS IN FOREINRELATIONS BETWEEN BRITAIN AND SWEDEN DURING WORLD WAR Ⅱ——POLICY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES AROUND THE IRON ORE TRADE WITH GERMANY

第二次世界大战期间,尤其是前期和中期,德国的钢铁工业主要依赖瑞典的铁矿石供应。英国据此认为,瑞典的铁矿石是德国战争机器得以运转的一个关键因素。因此,英国千方百计地想遏制瑞典对德铁矿石输出。瑞典为了自身的经济利益却极力想最大限度地维护这一贸易。于是,在英瑞经济关系上,两国因各自的战略利益不同而出现分歧,双方围绕铁矿石问题展开了漫长的交涉。

During World War II,especially in the early and mid,Germany＇s steel industry is mainly dependent on the supply of iron ore in Sweden.Thus,the United Kingdom believed that Swedish iron ore is a key factor in term of the German war machine.Therefore,the United Kingdom do everything possible to curb the output of iron ore to Germany.For their own economic interests,Sweden has to maximize the trade.So,because of strategic interests between the two countries,they each brought out Differences.Surrounding the problem of iron ore,they had been negotiating in the long run.