The European Union occupies the top of international foreign trade with 19.7%, followed by the United States of America in second place, accounting for 16.3% of the world's trade. The European Union represents an economic pole that began to be formed after World War II.
This project, despite the unprecedented industrial prosperity in the field of payments, was not enough for Europeans to create a distinctive commercial economy. The conflict has turned from a military conflict into an economic one in which each of the manoeuvring poles is keen to obtain a competitive advantage.