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This is a timeline of the history of international trade which chronicles notable events that have affected the trade between various countries.. In the era before the rise of the nation state, the term 'international' trade cannot be literally applied, but simply means trade over long distances; the sort of movement in goods which would represent international trade in the modern world.
A social and economic history of medieval Europe (Routledge, 2013) Pirenne, Henri. Economic and social history of medieval Europe (1936) online; Postan, Michael. Mediaeval Trade and Finance (2002). Pounds, N.J.G. An economic history of medieval Europe (1974) online; Pounds, Norman John Greville. An historical geography of Europe: 450 B.C.–
The policies that Sweden established at this time also aimed to control Russian trade in the Baltic region. In an effort to remove the Dutch from the market, Sweden attempted to buy grain surpluses and entire stocks of leather from Russia. The Treaty of Cardis was established in 1661 to provide free trade in Russia, but ended soon after in 1667 ...
In 1670, the Dutch merchant marine totalled 568,000 tons of shipping—about half the European total. Pillars of this position were the dominance of the Amsterdam Entrepôt in European trade, and that of the Dutch East and West India Companies (VOC and WIC) in intercontinental trade. The Dutch society had possibly the highest standard of living ...
Early modern Europe, also referred to as the post-medieval period, is the period of European history between the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, roughly the mid 15th century to the late 18th century.
A Diplomatic History of Europe Since the Congress of Vienna (1958), 736pp; a basic introduction, 1815–1955 online free to borrow; Baumgart, Winfried. Imperialism: The Idea and Reality of British and French Colonial Expansion, 1880–1914 (1982) Betts, Raymond F. The False Dawn: European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century (1975)
Consumer demand fostered more trade, and trade expanded in the second half of the Middle Ages (roughly 1000 to 1500 AD). Newly forming European states , through voyages of discovery , investigated alternative trade routes in the 15th and 16th centuries, which allowed European powers to build vast, new international trade networks.
Establishes free trade between Great Britain and France. Convention of Peking [note 116] Ends the Second Opium War between Great Britain and China; China cedes Kowloon Peninsula to Great Britain. Treaty of Peace, Amity and Commerce between Portugal and Japan (1860) Japanese treaty ports opened to trade with Portugal. 1861 Franco-Monegasque Treaty