The Imperialism of free trade: Some Reservation

Gallagher and Robinson explain the expansion of britishes' imperiaslism overseas. Britishes have established a security, around their trade and investment, called paramountcy, for their free trade. Many critics come from this expression ''imperialism of free trade'' because earlier free traders were anti-imperialist. In fact, to achieve their goal of free trade, britishes' trade was led by a politic of Laissez-faire. It was an injuction against all interference of the government in the commercial issue. Britishes' government took what action they could to open markets and to keep those markets open; they extend their responsibilities beyond the extrem required to guarantee the free play of the market or the normal interaction of supply and demand. Furthermore, the target for britishes' imperialism of free trade which was the latin America, refused their proposition of territorial acquisition. Gallagher and robinson show that in the end of their fight for free trade, the non-intervention in foreign affairs and Laissez-faire were their characteristic attitudes.