2) an economic policy in which countries collect gold or silver and control trade
Explanation:
The economic policy known as mercantilism is the idea of countries controlling trade and collecting gold and silver to get wealthier, the main goal of mercantilism is to not allow the imports of a country to surpass the exports, this way you have a positive surplis when comparing exports and imports, when a country exports more than it imports it increaes its wealth. That is mercantilism.
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