The best-known triangular trading<span> system is the </span>transatlantic slave trade<span>, that operated from the late 16th to early 19th centuries, carrying </span>slaves<span>, cash crops, and manufactured goods between West Africa, Caribbean or American colonies and the European colonial powers.</span>
Joseph Stalin's goal was to extend the empire of the Soviet Union. He also hoped to guarantee security, to spread communism beyond the Union, secure a position in the world affair and create an empire. Meanwhile, the Nazi-Soviet Pact was an agreement between the Soviet Union and Germany, whose objective was to pledge a non-belligerent force towards each other. This advanced the goal of Joseph Stalin because the Nazi-Soviet Pact does not interfere with the affairs of the different parties.