When World War I was beginning in Europe, the United States was trading profitably with

At the start of World War I, the United States traded with countries on both sides of the European conflict. The Triple Entente included Britain, France, and Russia, while the Triple Alliance included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. The Concert of Europe was an earlier diplomatic arrangement, not one of the wartime alliances in this context.

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