Why is Trading with different countries so important and why did the US force japan to trade internationally even if they didn’t want to ?

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Why is Trading with different countries so important and why did the US force japan to trade internationally even if they didn’t want to ?

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On the Japan point: the US forced them to open up the the world because Americans wanted to use Japan to supply their whaling fleets. It was a selfish decision by the Americans, but one which happened to also benefit Japan: opening up to the world also happened to greatly enrich Japan, and it industrialised in record time.

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