Do world trade routes bind the world together?
Massive trading routes have been established to create a trading business that can be easily facilitated between developed countries such as Japan, Europe and North America. These minimize distance, natural barriers, lack of resources, and the fundamental differences between people and economies.
An example of these trade routes is the triad trade between EU, North America and Canada, Japan and China. So in a sense, yes they do.
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