The fact is, that the forcible direction which the trade of India has had towards Europe, to the neglect, or rather to the total abandoning, of the Asiatic, has of itself tended to carry even the internal business from the native merchant.
Burke critiques the forced direction of Indian trade towards Europe, neglecting local merchants and markets.
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