For the American products they wanted, they allowed them into British markets. The one condition was that they had to be carried in British vessels. And the United States was no longer British. Certain goods that they wanted to produce within their own realm, they put on a prohibited list. The Americans objected. They felt that this was an attempt to punish the former colonies for revolting. It is perhaps more true, though, that the British Government was simply looking after their own interests and ignoring those of the United States. There was probably little direct hostility in their policy.
@European nations had thought of American trade as a profitable field of business and probably responsible for much of Great Britain's wealth. Because of this, it was fairly easy for the United States to enter into commercial treaties with foreign countries after the war. These treaties, though, were not very successful. With only a few small exceptions, they left the high import duties of the colonial system in place.
