The Transit Policy and the Development of the Austrian Netherlands' Baltic trade in the eighteenth century Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This article focusses firstly on how the Austrian Netherlands' Transit policy increased the commercial hinterland of the port of Ostend in the eighteenth century. This was done by both building an elaborate road network and by modernising the waterway system, but also by creating a moderate mercantilist customs system. Secondly, the trade relations of the Baltic region with the Austrian Netherlands are analysed to see whether the Transit policy ...