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Right now, from what I have seen and experienced, English seems to be the language of choice used by businesses in order to conduct deals or anything major internationally. Many people of the major countries of the world can speak or communicate in English. It is the one common thing that allows the Western, Middle Eastern, and Far Eastern regions of the world to deal and conduct international affairs with one another.

In ancient times, each region in the world was fairly isolated and mostly paid attention to its own affairs. A result of this is the wide range in difference between Eastern and Western culture and language. Business did occur between the regions but it was small in nature. 

Then around the 20th century, the West adopted colonization and imperialism which affected the other parts of the world. Cultures mixed and the West influenced enough power to make its mark. Globalization made the world ONE interconnected body instead of separate and isolated regions. For example, the British had influence in Africa and Asia and the US had influence in Japan and South America. This influence eventually spread over time.

Since the world is one interconnected body it is much harder to enact any major change in the way things are done since you would have to change the whole world compared to a single region. So for now everything seems to be set in stone and it looks like English will continue to be used for international affairs and business since in modern times, Imperialism seems to have stopped. I guess this could be because nobody is SUPER powerful anymore. At least enough to completely take over regions.  

What does Reddit think, can or will anything happen to change the way international business and affairs are done?
<bot>: English is the international business language now, will it be the language we use when we are zooming through the stars and conducting business between Earth and the unruly outer colonies?