Practical transaction costs help explain brisk trade within the Anglosphere beyond cultural sentiment alone. A shared working language makes negotiation and legal documents easier to understand. The legal systems are not identical, but their common language lowers the cost of discovering where the important differences lie. That helps explain why firms may expand first into other primarily English-speaking markets before entering countries that require more linguistic and legal adaptation.
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How shared language and legal documents lower trade friction
English-language contracts and broadly legible legal systems can reduce transaction costs, helping firms expand across Anglophone markets before entering less familiar ones.