From the beginning, the Congo was destined to practice free trade. In fact, although it was never closed to foreign trade, it was quickly transformed into an economy of gathering under a monopoly regime (1885-1908), organized around the products of the slave trade (rubber, ivory, etc.), before later "progressing" to an economy of exploitation proper (1908-1960), based on the mining industry (copper, diamonds, cobalt, uranium, etc.) and export agriculture...
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