Nov 24, 2020
53 min
Full-HD

Trade Wars Throughout History (2020)

With the intention of selling opium to the Chinese, and in the name of free trade, the British declared war on the Chinese Empire in 1839. Since then, disagreements between nations can be understood as economic disputes. A history of trade wars.

Category

Documentary History TV Movie

Country

Germany

Companies

Gruppe 5 ZDF ARTE

Michael Che Koch

Self - Narrator (voice)

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