Re: [eia] a question about trade

[Michael Gorman <mpgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:14 PM 3/20/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>         I'd have to agree with JJ on this one.  Britain does not have the 
> chance to deny American trade because Spain is not eligible to carry out 
> American trade.  The nationality of the force occupying a national 
> capital is not relevant to it making the nation ineligible to trade.

A better way to say this is probably that Spain does carry out American 
trade, it just collects no income from it.  So, Britain could choose to 
block trade, gain nothing and risk war with America, but it has no reason 
to.  However, if the peace condition block to trade were in place it is 
possible war could start even though the major power could not benefit from 
the trade.

I think this wording better follows the language used in the various parts 
of the economic phase text.  It does make for an interesting situation 
where Britain could end up at war even though the country being denied 
trade can't generate income from it, but if the American vessels are being 
snatched on the high seas I guess those cooky Yankees just don't care if 
the money was destined for a merchant's pocket or a custom official's.

Mike


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