A strange thing happened during World War I. As the western world set about trying to commit suicide in its pursuit of a needless war, U.S. exports to Scandinavian countries surged.
Why the sudden demand for U.S. products from that part of the world? The answer is that there wasn't. What happened is that the U.S. had slapped a trade embargo on Germany. No big deal. Germans continued to import and consume U.S. goods and services; albeit from countries the U.S. hadn't embargoed.
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