Which of the following contradicts the "official history" of globalization? Question 33 options: Other European countries followed Britain's successful free-market and free-trade policies and developed their own strong economies. Countries unwisely began to erect trade barriers again after the First World War in response to the ensuing instability of the world economy. Britain, the champion of free trade, succumbed to the temptation and re-introduced tariffs. World economic powers all used non-market stratiges such as tariffs to protect their economic advantages. Britain was the first to adopt free-market and free-trade policies and, for that reason, developed the strongest economy of the day