The berlin conference of 1884–1885 select one:
a. established the principle of " territorial claim by trade agreement."
b. resulted in european leaders agreeing to put an end to the slave trade.
c. rejected leopold ii’s claim to the congo river basin.
d. ended the south african war between britain and the afrikaner republics

established the principle of " territorial claim by trade agreement."

In 1884–85 The Berlin Conference also recognized as the Congo Conference or West Africa Conference, organized European settlement and business in Africa throughout the New Imperialism period and corresponded with Germany's unexpected development as a sovereign power. France and Britain recognized to administer their African communities jointly. Europeans partitioned Africa into territories without advising African directors.

what are local authorities doing to fix the problem

explanation: what are local authorities doing to fix the problem

this means that germany had to pay the allied countries. reparations are/is essentially payment for something that they have done wrong, so after ww1, germany was forced to pay reparations so they could replenish the allied countries resources' that they had lost during the war.