What was the result of Japan's trade policies with Europe?
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This question is not very clear?
Explanation:
You have not given a specific timeline for your question so it is difficult to answer.
Initially Japan was completely isolated from Europe. This changed when Jesuit (I think, but definitely Portuguese and Spanish) missionaries first landed in mainland Japan. They initiated and initially dominated all trade with Europe. Japan was closed off and uninterested in trade or dealing with the rest of the world until Commodore Matthew Perry (US) sailed war ships in to a Japanese harbour and forced Japan in to open its doors to trade.
In the global market of today Europe is a very important trade partner, however the levies enforced by the EU make the US and Asian markets a much more lucrative endeavour. The recent Brexit vote in the UK may mean this individual market will be a prime target for Japan between 2018-2020
