What did the british think about colonial trade? there were no markets for raw materials from the colonies. the colonies had no raw materials to trade with other countries. britain did not want the colonies to trade with competing nations. britain was the only source of finished goods for the colonies

Britain did not want the colonies to trade with competing nations

An informal structure in a bureaucracy would be something like so-called "office politics". where there's a formal structure set up for the organization, but then an informal subculture as well that has a way of organizing the bureaucracy further. this can be positive because it sets up an added degree of organization, albeit informal, within the bureaucracy.