The barriers that follow behind the expansion, has effected countries who have either had no choice in partaking in the expansion because of the constant failure achieved with practicing old trade methods. And as for the countries that have allowed for the European imperial expansion to take place in their territories beforehand, they too have been effected because of the consensus of trade which have come with barriers: as a result a limiting them to either trade with specified countries, being able to only trade certain products, and so forth (before global trade, trade was performed within the borders of countries, but soon became ineffective over time). Ferry expresses how the expansion had been justified by Europe and France, in the sense that the need for more exports was an urgent concern for the industrial …show more content…
For example, Germany had produced much more trade barriers as a result, and the United States themselves had become protectionists. Ferry states: “not only are these great markets… shrinking, becoming more and more difficult of access, but these great states are beginning to pour into our own markets products not seen there before.” Although this may have occurred during the late 1800s, the issue continues to exist today with more problems attached, despite the fact of how many years have passed. For example, because NAFTA (an agreement among United States, Canada and Mexico that was designed to remove tariff barriers between the three countries) was created, it resulted in the effects of the Mexicans’ no longer being able to use their original products to grow corn on their fields because the planting seeds which were provided to them by the United States had ruined their soil. Point being, although NAFTA was intended to better the Mexican economy as well as Canadas’, Mexican farming declined resulting in Mexicans having to migrate to North America which individuals in America have a major issue with. Again, Jules Ferry foresaw the future and realized what globalization would do to the numerous economies. Imperial expansion has disrupted many nations, and therefore should have developed in a different way excluding the strict barriers.