Tea was traded as currency, consumed as sustenance, elevated as ritual, and debated as medicine. Its journey...
Trade
Explore the history of trade, from ancient exchange networks and caravan routes to maritime empires, industrial commerce, and the modern global economy.
The eighteenth century was the crucible of coffee’s New World history. What began with a few transplanted...
Far earlier than today’s ports and global supply chains, the seas around Thailand were a complex network...
Trump has made it harder for American exporters to compete, not easier. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate...
Radhanite Jewish merchants linked the Carolingian world to markets across Islamic lands and Asia, carrying goods, languages,...
Economic nationalism has high domestic costs, even for those it aims to protect. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic...
America’s early trade deficit was not merely a matter of accounting. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction...
Understanding what a trade deficit is and is not should be the starting point. By Matthew A....
The folly of the Trump administration’s trade policy is that it harms the very people it claims...
Pressing issues shaping the future of the transatlantic alliance. Introduction By Allison McManusManaging Director, National Security and...
A tariff is a tax on imports, and the importer pays almost all of it. By Dr....
Trump’s new tariffs are the largest tax hike in nearly 60 years. By Ryan MulhollandSenior Fellow, International...
A tariff-driven trade war will hold back growth. By Dr. Shannon K. O’NeilSenior Vice President, Director of...
An 18th-century Ottoman consumer revolution. Introduction In recent years, historiography on consumption, luxury, and fashion in the...
Instead of strategically imposing tariffs, he is hurting workers. By Jessica CorbettSenior Editor and Staff WriterCommon Dreams...
Trump is not very smart or well-informed. By Thom HartmannPolitical Commentator Feeling liberated yet? People of a...
The 18th century was a revolutionary period for Britain. During this time, the country rose to become...
It was a conduit to Western markets. By Patrick Scott SmithResearch Analyst, Writer, Independent Scholar Introduction Caesarea...
International trade fairs became important. Introduction In the 13th century, astonishing quantities of spices and silk passed from the...
It controlled both trade and territories. Introduction The English East India Company (EIC) was founded in 1600, and it came...
Clues to a divided present. By Dr. Erik GuzikAssistant Clinical Professor of ManagementUniversity of Montana Introduction One...
Three reinforcing pillars. By Ryan MulhollandSenior Fellow, International Economic PolicyThe Center for American Progress Introduction The era...
A new technology from the Third Industrial Revolution, the internet, connected people all over the world in...
The power vacuum left by the Mughals in various parts of India was filled by the British...
The Silk Roads were a network of trade routes that connected towns, settlements, and peoples, across ancient...
The development of long-distance trade during the Ubaid and Uruk periods led to the invention of writing....
Roman traffic ways connected to lines of communication into territories well beyond the empire. Transcontinental Connectivity Centuries...
Trade was a necessity that gradually became a source of cultural exchange. Egypt Land and maritime trade...
Trade has been a vital part of civilizations for thousands of years, and it was no different...
How commodity production in Central Europe was a part of the wider Atlantic world. Introduction “While 19th-century...