African states competed to dominate the slave trade.
For the answer to the question above, I believe the answer is <u><em>to</em></u><span><u><em> reduce the chances that the importing country will set up trade barriers</em></u></span>.I hope this helped you. Have a nice day!
In Muslim worlds it used to be a lot less violent. now there are bombs blowing up all over the world. but we used to be at peace with them now we are at war
