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Friday, January 31, 2014

The General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade and the World Trade Organization (Part 4)

Other Regional Trading Blocs Regional trade blocs are intergovernmental associations that manage and promote trade activities for specific regions of the world. The EU (European Union) to create a common market known as the European Economic Area, which promotes the free movement of goods, services,  and capital among its member. The North American Free Trade Agreement The North American Free Trade Agreement implement in 1994 to reduce barriers to trade and investment among Canada and Mexico, and the United States, NAFTA builds on the 1988 Canadian – U.S . Free Trade Agreement. NAFTA promises an increasing integration of the North American economics and investment opportunities increased for firms located in the three countries. Negotiators...

The General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade and the World Trade Organization (Part 3)

Regional Economic Integration Definition : “Agreement between groups of countries in geographic region to reduce and ultimately remove tariff and non-tariff barriers t the free flow of goods, services and factors of production between each other.” The European Union                                                         European Union Institutions Chart The Council Of The European Union Chart The Co-Decision Procedure ...

The General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade and the World Trade Organization (Part 2)

What is the WTO? The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. The goal is to help producers of goods and services, exporters, and importers conduct their business. Fact File: Location                      : Geneva, Switzerland Established                  : 1 January 1995 Created by                 ...

The General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade and the World Trade Organization (Part 1)

A treaty created following the conclusion of World War II. The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was implemented to further regulate world trade to aide in the economic recovery following the war. GATT's main objective was to reduce the barriers of international trade through the reduction of tariffs, quotas and subsidies. Formed in 1947 and signed into international law on January 1, 1948, GATT remained one of the focal features of international trade agreements until it was replaced by the creation of the World Trade Organization on January 1, 1995. The foundation for GATT was laid by the proposal of the International Trade Organization in 1945, however the ITO was never completed. GATT’s most important principle...

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