Aspects of the history of commercial relations between the Maghreb countries and France prior to the French occupation, and the most important consequences of it: Algeria and Morocco as examples

Abstract

The subject of trade relations between The Maghreb and France before the French occupation -Algeria and Morocco are two examples AD is considered one of the important topics, as it deals with one of the factors, namely "trade", which was the engine of that transformation witnessed by Europe as well as Maghreb at the level of their political, social and even cultural structures, during an important period in the history of European countries in general and Maghreb in particular, the western basin of the Mediterranean in general and North Africa, in particular, are strategic areas, key transit, and communication point in the Maghreb-French trade, which ranged from among the tides according to periods of peace and power. The Maghreb did not achieve great gains from them, but rather had negative effects that led it to lose its independence.