The phrase "colonial ties" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to historical connections or relationships between countries or regions that were once part of a colonial empire.
Example: "The two nations still maintain colonial ties that influence their diplomatic relations today."
Alternatives: "colonial connections" or "colonial relationships."
Canada has loosened colonial ties with Britain, but the queen is still the head of state.
Britain has a long history of multiculturalism, in part due to our colonial ties.
It will be France's first permanent base in the Gulf, in a country where it has no colonial ties.
It also had embraced countries i.e., Mozambique (1995) and Rwanda (2009)—that lacked colonial ties to Britain.
Meanwhile, European countries still enjoy colonial ties, as the healthy level of trade, aid and investment attests.
Among young Australians, a staggering 90% want Australia to cut its last colonial ties with the UK.
He has been close to winning, but he did not close out chances at the W.G.C.-CA Championship (third), the Crowne Plaza at Colonial (tied for ninth), the Memorial (second) and the AT&T National (tied for seventh).
British noses were put out of joint by an unexpected French interest in Nigeria, the continent's most populous country, which has strong post-colonial ties to Britain.
For reasons of history, France has ex-colonial ties to a vast swathe of Africa which has today turned into a zone of instability, gun-running and jihadism, with particular concerns around the porous southern Libyan border.
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This is not surprising, as there is no history of migration from the Philippines to the UK and the post-colonial ties that exist between the UK and anglophone Africa and Asia are absent.
