Not much was left of the former profitable foreign trade.
This was done, the clients say they were told, so the money could be pooled and used for large, profitable trades.
The Russians had neither a reason nor the means to push south and were more interested in profitable trade.
The benefit of the tribute system was a profitable trade.
He also knew that once I put such evidence before the authorities there, such as they were, his profitable trade was ended.
During this time, the Vikings were able to begin a period of extremely profitable trade.
However, he did make a profitable trade of his produce and increased his wealth.
In the first place, the highly profitable trade with Japan started to decline.
Once a pattern is discovered, it can be used to increase the chances of making a profitable trade - in theory, at least.
The economic benefit of the Sinocentric tribute system was profitable trade.