trade follows the flag

trade follows the flag

1870 J. A. FROUDE in Fraser’s Magazine Jan. 4 The removal of a million poor creatures to Canada and the establishment of them there..would probably have turned out..a profitable investment. Trade follows the flag.

1945 R. HARGREAVES Enemy at Gate 152 There is a glib saying..that ‘trade follows the flag’; an apophthegm that succeeds in putting the cart before the horse with greater aplomb than almost any other cant phrase in common use.

1979 in C. Allen Tales from Dark Continent i. There is a famous old quotation that ‘Trade follows the Flag’ but..in West Africa..the reverse was true.


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