The German-Great Britain Trade Rivalry in Comparison to the US-Japan Rivalry

The German-Great Britain Trade Rivalry in Comparison to the US-Japan Rivalry The German-Great Britain trade rivalry like theU.S.-Japan trade rivalry involved a rising power cutting intothe trade of an already dominant trading power. There wereseveral causes of the German-Great Britain trade rivalryaccording to Hoffman. The first was German’s industry’s zealin procuring new contracts and expanding markets. They didthis by fulfilling contracts even if they were very small andconstantly trying to stay …

…itis competing against; this was not true of Germany. BothBritain and Germany were competing for markets outside ofboth their countries. Also the trade rivalry between Japanand the United States did not involve a fight over colonies.Trade rivalries between rising and dominant powers changelittle over time. The German-British trade rivalry and theJapan U.S. rivalry were very similar in their causes,effects, and the solutions that both sets of governments usedto overcome their trading rival.