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Trade war: The Capture of Puerto Bello, 21 November 1739 by Samuel Scott. Portobello was ‘founded’ in 1597 by a Spanish explorer. From the 16th to the 18th centuries it was an important silver-exporting port. It was captured in 1739 by a British fleet during the War of Jenkins’ Ear. Photo: Pictures From History/Universal Images Group/Getty Images
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION COMMISSION OF SOUTH AFRICA

Trade agreements: The little known agent of global inequality

In the name of free trade, countries went to war in the 1700s and 1800s. Today, trade is the continuation of the politics of war by other means

  • Jeff Rudin
11 min read