Question

Suppose you where a rich European how would your taste for the spices and silks affect trade

Answer 1

Answer:

As a rich European, my tase for spices and silks would increase demand for these goods. This higher demand would affect trade by creating new supply networks of those goods, or increasing existing ones.

From my taste for expensive foreign goods, a whole set of measures would be taken in order to meet that demand: in ports, more ships would be sent to India (spices) and China (silk), and more trade caravans would also cross the territories by land.