For example, in the Far East Empire, it was difficult for East African goods to squeeze into the commercial spheres of Britain and France. After all, Britain, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain had been operating in the Far East far longer than East Africa. They had built stable networks of connections and possessed many fixed partners.
The Huaihai Economic Zone of East Africa had succeeded largely because local consumption capacity had originally been weak. Not to mention per capita purchasing power, when East Africa entered the Far East market, the local population was sparse due to war and famine.
This was also why East Africa had been able to easily build a northern trade system centered on Jiaozhou: the other countries had looked down on the region as well. Of course, after more than thirty years of joint efforts by the local population and East Africa, the Huaihai Economic Zone was no longer the poorest and most backward region of the Far East that it had once been.
But this was also what the East African government deserved. After all, East Africa had poured vast effort and financial resources into the area, allowing it to secure a place in the Far East Empire's trade and stand shoulder to shoulder with the United States, Britain, and France.
"The development of the western economy cannot do without trade support. Among the countries along the Atlantic coast are developed nations such as Britain, the United States, and France, as well as underdeveloped countries like Spain, Portugal, and Argentina, along with large but backward countries such as Brazil that likewise cannot be ignored."
"Among these countries, the markets we should focus on opening up for mid- and low-end industrial products are those with underdeveloped industry, such as Spain, Brazil, and Argentina."
Spain