Milan Decree

The Milan Decree was issued on 17 December 1807 by Napoleon I of France to enforce the 1806 Berlin Decree, which had initiated the Continental System, the basis for his plan to defeat the British by waging economic warfare.

Not to be confused with Edict of Milan.

The Milan Decree stated that no country in Europe was to trade with the United Kingdom.

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