The correct answer is D. The turn away from small trade goods, such as silk and spices, and toward bulk items such as slaves and manufacture goods.
Explanation
The global economy is an economic concept that refers to the world's tendency to understand the world's economic system as globalized, that is, free of state barriers or borders. An example of this is the creation of large economic unions, such as the European Union, or the development of trade agreements and treaties of different types between a large number of countries in the world has undoubtedly helped legal and economic barriers to economic activities in other places have declined in recent years. Because of this global trend, trade-in small goods and services have been replaced by mass trade, giving priority to manufactured goods, such as high-tech devices, and automobiles. So, the correct answer is D. the turn away from small trade goods, such as silk and spices, and toward bulk items such as slaves and manufactured goods.