The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Netherland_Company" id="mwIw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New Netherland Company">New Netherland Company</a> applies to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_General_of_the_Netherlands" id="mwJA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="States General of the Netherlands">States General of the Netherlands</a> for exclusive trading rights <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Netherland" id="mwJQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New Netherland">in what is now the northeastern United States</a>.