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3 days agoTrade takes time and effort to develop. There is infrastructure to build, relationships to form, cultural conflicts to overcome, and systems to develop and optimize.
Trump has tossed his big old poopy diaper into the middle of a century of effort. Its not a system that will collapse overnight, the 5-10 year plan of all trading partners today is “How to fuck over the U.S. without fucking over ourselves”.
The U.S. is heading towards decades of economic depression and stagnation.
My guess - 1800’s origin.
People traveling around selling all sorts of ancient things like papyrus was in fashion and made a ton of money. All sorts of “ancient” things were also manufactured during the time period as well.