Talk:Superpower

British Empire

Rcgallup, didn't the U.K. keep preferential trade agreements with most of its former colonies? --ṬK_/Admin^/Talk 01:34, 2 June 2010 (EDT)

I'm sure they did, but I figured calling it preferential trade was better than calling it siphoning money from their colonial outposts. I just wanted to capture the idea that Europe's losing of overseas holdings to independence also bolstered their decline. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rcgallup (talk) -- 23:03, 1 June 2010