economic integration which includes: free trade area‚ customs union‚ common market‚ economic union‚ and political union. Currently the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is in the free trade area‚ the European Union (EU) is in the economic market‚ and The Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) is in the customs union. The integration groups listed above pertain to members of the same regional integration union. However‚ unions are allowed to decide what trade policies are put into play with nonmembers
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FTAA What are the main reasons why governments across the Americas are pushing for the free trade area?. Main reasons are explained in the Summit Of The Americas (December 1994) among all the reasons we can emphasize the idea of unifying efforts among all American countries (or most of them‚ Cuba is not included for example) in order to achieve a faster economic growth ‚ lower inflation‚ expanded oportunities and confidence in participating in the global marketplace and to promote prosperity
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What Are The Basic Problems Arising In International Trade Financing And How Do The Main Financing Instruments Help Solve Those Problems 1. Trade Financing Instruments The main types of trade financing instruments are as follows: a) Documentary Credit This is the most common form of the commercial letter of credit. The issuing bank will make payment‚ either immediately or at a prescribed date‚ upon the presentation of stipulated documents. These documents will include shipping and insurance
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equilibrium price and quantity for cloth in the US in the absence of [international] trade. P 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 QD 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 QS -- -- 0 4 8 12 16 20 24 b) If the US now allows free trade and P=$2.00 on the world market and we assume no transportation costs‚ how much cloth will the US consume‚ produce and import with free trade? When the price is 2‚ The cloth will be consumed 12 tons‚ and produced 0 tons
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AUGUST 2007‚FIRST DRAFT Services provisions in regional trade agreements: stumbling or building blocks for multilateral liberalization? Carsten Fink World Bank Marion Jansen* WTO Paper presented at the Conference on Multilateralising Regionalism Sponsored and organized by WTO - HEI Co-organized by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) 10-12 September 2007 Geneva‚ Switzerland The views expressed in this paper are the authors’ own and cannot be attributed to the World Bank‚ the WTO
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FITTskills: International Trade Finance Case Study #1: New Modes of Trade Finance Case Study #1: New Modes of Trade Finance Trade finance in the twenty-first century: plug and pay? Palate-Able Delights (PAD) is a niche retailer of high-end food products imported from various parts of the world. Iranian saffron and caviar‚ French champagnes‚ Italian truffles and olive oils‚ vintage balsamic vinegars‚ fine cheeses‚ reserve wines from the leading vintners‚ even limited-availability spring waters…if
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Malaysia began talks with the United States to establish a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries‚ with the idea of boosting bilateral trade by rolling back or dismantling tariffs and non-tariff barriers. For most‚ this seems like too much information on a subject so arcane‚ complex and dry‚ especially with our attention consumed by the World Cup in Germany and political intrigues at home. For a long time‚ external trade has been a subject best left to the Government. Many of us have
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it all began What is fair trade? Where did it start? Who started it and why? Believe it or not‚ fair trade has been around for a long time. Fair trade is the practice of directly benefiting producers in the developing world by buying straight from them at a guaranteed price. (thefreedictionary.com) Most items that we buy are not made in the U.S‚ their made in different countries and most of the time the producers are getting ripped off. Talking about fair trade for today isn’t the vocal point
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Smith Institute (2008) about how ‘The Fair-trade movement achieves virtually nothing in terms of reducing world poverty’. Fair trade is a standard that is set to support the developing countries exports‚ it is to improve the workers in a developing country’s working conditions‚ fair payments which help them towards development and planning of their future that may help poverty. It also helps them to sell products to developing countries. Fair trade products come mostly in products such as coffee
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Springer 2010 Fair Trade and the Depersonalization of Ethics ´ˆ Jerome Ballet ´ Aurelie Carimentrand ABSTRACT. Fair Trade has changed considerably since its early days. In this article‚ we argue that these changes have led to a depersonalization of ethics‚ thus raising serious questions about the future of Fair Trade. In particular‚ the depersonalization of ethics which is seen to accompany the current changes has led to greater variety in the interpretations of Fair Trade. Hiding these divergences
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