POL208Y1 Lecture Notes - Protectionism, Corn Laws

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Ancient times y once every 3 years came the navy of tarnish bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, Ad) y gold for salt, across sahara and into northern africa y salt is a necessity in order to survive, so if you live inland away from ocean, salt becomes very expensive because it is a necessity. Interaction b/w trade and gov t is not new. The opium wars (1839-42, 1856-60) y fought by several european powers in china y y this lead to a grave issue, because they wanted tea but had nothing to sell to. In early 19th century, english discovered tea and they developed a linking to tea. China y so they started to cultivate opium in india, and they could sell tween jackets to. January 17th, 2012. y has specific starting date, which affects way states, politicians, etc think about trade. Price of ton of wheat in uk = 2. 5 tons of iron.

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