How did competition between european nations contribute to geographic changes around the world in the 16th to 18th centuries? explain your examples.

The high productivity levels of their economies were clearly reflected in the structure of their trade, i.e., in the exportation of industrial products and the importation of raw materials. As a result, these countries dominated the international flow of capital and direct foreign investment in the years before the First World War. 

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