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Regionalism and Multilateralism. 5 Different degrees of integration. Preferential Trade Agreements : Ex: Caribbean Basin Initiative : US grants less-developed Caribbean nations trade preferences (reduced barriers or no barriers) as “economic aid”. FREE TRADE AREA. 2. Free Trade Area: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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REGIONALISM AND MULTILATERALISM
5 DIFFERENT DEGREES OF INTEGRATION1. Preferential Trade Agreements:
Ex: Caribbean Basin Initiative: US grants less-developed Caribbean nations trade preferences (reduced barriers or no barriers) as “economic aid”.
FREE TRADE AREA2. Free Trade Area:
Ex: European Free Trade Association (Ireland, Liechenstein, Norway, and
Switzerland).
Ex: NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) between US, Mexico, and Canada 1994
In 2007:
Reciprocal trade agreements within the group. Trade between Canada and Mexico increased. US exports to Canada and Mexico increased. US imports from Canada and Mexico steady
Ex: Was to be the Free Trade Area of the Americas (North Am, South Am, Caribbean, Central American countries—35 were to expand NAFTAS –failed Jan. 1, 2005.)
NAFTA: US, MEXICO, AND CANADA
FREE TRADE AREAS CONTINUED Largest free trade area as of January 1, 2010
is:_________________________________________
We will discuss ASEAN group later as a common market (Association of SouthEast Asian Nations) including Indonesia, Malaysia, Philipines, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Brunei, Camodia
With the addition of China in 2010, the combined population is ________________________. The free trade agreement reduced tariffs on 7,881
product categories, or 90 percent of imported goods, to zero
The average tariff rate on Chinese goods sold in ASEAN countries decreased from 12.8 to 0.6 percent on 1 January 2010.
Meanwhile, the average tariff rate on ASEAN goods sold in China decreased from 9.8 to 0.1 percent.
The six original ASEAN members also reduced tariffs on 99.11 percent of goods traded among them to zero.
CUSTOMS UNION3. Customs Unions:
________________________________________ ____________________________have no trade
restrictions within that list of countries but have standardized barriers for outside countries such as the US
________________________consists of 27 states including some former soviet union territories.
EUROPEAN UNION (EU)
COMMON MARKET4. Common Market:
Factors of production include:
both outputs (final products/services) and inputs (factors of production, and raw materials) can be exchanged freely
MERCOSUR: (Mercado Común del Sur) Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay is the largest Latin American market (twice the size of Canada in monetary terms and 270 million people). Adding Andean community nations.
ASEAN (Association of SouthEast Asian Nations): Indonesia, Malaysia, Philipines, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Brunei, Camodia
ECONOMIC UNION5. Economic Union:
Must coordinate strategies for inflation, fiscal policies (government spending and taxation) This includes “stimulus” packages after the
global economic recession in 2008 Ex:
MONETARY ECONOMIC UNION5B. Economic and Monetary union
Largest is the _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain and Slovakia
Monetary control via: ________________________________________________________________________ Some countries such as the UK have not adopted the
Euro officially (can use the euro but maintain the British pound) and maintain control over their own monetary policy.
RELATED STATES IN EUROPE