Trade

Some of the leading trade shows where they are doing so are the Web Summit in Portugal, WSJ D Live Asia in Hong Kong, World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland and the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Once the Romans had gone, trade with Continental Europe dwindled.

In the Han Dynasty, the emperors extended the Great Wall far into today's western China to protect Silk Road trade.

The Mexican economy is strongly linked to those of its 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners, especially the United States.

By the 18th century, it was considered to be the best place to trade in all of Asia, according to Chinese and Japanese merchants.

No matter who may have opened the first fish and chip shop, the trade grew to feed a rapidly expanding population, reaching a staggering 35,000 shops in the 1930s and more than tripling since then.

Manila is the centre of trade and finance in the Philippines.

Trade flourishes within the metropolitan area and between the city and the provinces and other countries.

As the village grew into a town and then a city, the network of canals running through it was further formed and shaped to help transport and trade - both with the outside world and within the city.

Hong Kong has a major capitalist service economy characterised by low taxation and free trade, and the currency.