Economic Giants Collide

The much-vaunted Special Relationship between Britain and the United States hasn’t always been so special. Leaving aside the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, economic and political relations between the world’s two leading Anglo powers have often been tumultuous. In the second half of the 19th century, for example, American protectionism clashed head-on with Britain’s free trade commitments. Tensions over the Irish question plagued relations between Britain and America well into the 1920s.

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