Rome used its strong army to conquer a large empire
The man in question was Ferdinand de Lesseps, who was from France. He had been a developer of the Suez Canal in Egypt. The attempts he led to build a canal through Panama were beset by disease epidemics (like malaria) and financial problems. Eventually the Panama Canal project was taken over by the United States. The first ship sailed through the Panama Canal in 1914.
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China's membership to WTO allowed made China open to foreign investments to different sectors of their business. It gave more oppurtunities for China . Though it was really tough for them because they had to make various changes in their economy. They had to open their business to the world, decentralized trade, slashed the tariffs as well as adapted duall exchange rate. Even though they are progressing well, but they still have problems with intellectual rights. There hindrances would be the economic transition from a closed country to an opening country as well as the need to meet up with the quota since sme products would be phased out.