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The British held a monopoly on Chinese trade before the demands of free trade.
Merchants used specific land routes to bring precious Asian spices. These merchants had the monopoly on Asian-European trade. When sea routes to Asia were discovered, Europeans had another choice of how to obtain their goods from Asia.
A monopoly on trade between the eastern Mediterranean and Europe was held by the merchants of: {| |- | Portugal Genoa and Venice Spain France |}
Genoa and Venice
They tightly controlled trade and held a monopoly to obsidian trade. That way they coud keep others from making weapons.
Spices imported in bulk from Asia became the world's largest commercial enterprise of the 17th century. The Dutch East India Company held a Dutch monopoly on Asian trade that they kept for two centuries. Currently, Netherland's greatest imports are machinery and transport equipment.
The communications company held a monopoly on the regional phone business.
The 2010 Asian Games were held in Guangzhou, China.
Dutch East India Company (EIC). They held a monopoly on the entire tea trade in the 15-16th centuries, and essentially brought the pastime of tea drinking to Europe. They also had an entire military to themselves, complete with a very powerful navy in order to protect their trade routes and keep their monopoly on the tea trade
where are the Asian games begin held this year
The 25th Southeast Asian Games was held in Vientiane, Laos, in December 2009.