The correct answer is A) Far-reaching.
The option that describes trade in the Late Middle Ages compared to the Early Middle Ages is "Far-reaching."
The first merchants and traders in the Early Middle Ages were kind of sellers that sold their products in the streets. Most of them were poor people that sold basic products to make a living. Things changed in the Late Middle Ages when merchants could gather together and formed guilds and their opinions were heard by the monarchy. Their economic situation also improved a bit.