File:Triangle_trade2.png · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
~19 min read
Encyclopedic overview
The classical model of the triangular trade The triangular trade of slaves, sugar, and rum, with New England instead of Europe as the third corner
Triangular trade or triangle trade is trade between three ports or regions. Triangular trade usually evolves when a region has export commodities that are not required in the region from which its major imports come. Such trade has been used to offset trade imbalances between different regions.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “triangular trade” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.