PPT-Trade Blocs

Definition A trade bloc is a type of intergovernmental agreement where regional barriers to trade are reduced or eliminated among the participating states Members usually share four common traits . CURRENT EVENTS. Prominent gun control advocate (California senator . Leeland. Yee) . arrested. for arms trafficking with the Philippines. UN meeting on the . Program of Action . on Small Arms and Light Weapons in June. TRADE BLOCSmay be better provided regionally than nationally. If the tax treatment ofmultinationals is harmonized, countries can increase their bargainingpower and avoid a race to the bottom. Thus, ev We have shown that free trade allows specialisation according to comparative advantage, leading to an increase in output and greater welfare for (potentially) all countries. Can call this static efficiency. By Jessica Yan. What are voting blocs?. During the first unmoderated caucus, alliances will begin forming.. Typically, these will be along the lines of United Nations caucusing blocs. G77. Latin American Group. Coffee. By CSPE.tv. The coffee trade . The coffee trade is worth tens of billion dollars every year . O. nly a tiny fraction of this money goes to coffee bean growing countries . 25 million small coffee farmers in these countries live on only a few dollars a day.. How useful is this? . What are the problems with it? . HDI. Lesson Objectives. To look at 3 types of global groups.. To explain global economic groupings.. To explain global political groupings.. To describe the distribution of trade blocks. Link to syllabus. Figure 12.1 page 260. Types of economic blocs. Asean. Countries. (Significant overlap with APEC). FTAs in Latin America. LAFTA. 1960s. Andean. Pact. Central American Common Market. White Men Coming to WI. Priests – conversion to Catholicism. Explorers – natural resources/trade route east (Asia. ). Had heard and seen gold/riches coming back with the Spanish so the French too were intrigued.. 2700 . BCE . to . 19. th. Century CE. Origin of Tea. The exact origin of tea (. Camellia sinensis. ) is somewhere east of the Himalayans, probably in present day China or India (1). Some suggest tea was consumed by Homo Erectus as early as 500,000 years ago (2). Learning Outcomes. A* . - I will . explain . the key role of trade blocs and political players in globalisation. . I will . evaluate. the r. ole of two trade blocs and . assess. their significance. . The . action . of buying . and selling . goods . and services. .. A . basic economic concept that involves multiple parties participating in the voluntary negotiation and then the exchange of one's goods and services for desired goods and services that someone else possesses. . “A unique combination of Trade Secrets 101 and advanced Trade Secrets.  No Judge’s chambers should be without it.” The Honorable Donald D. Alsop United States District Court Judge “The surprisingly amusing 26/09/2016 Page 2 of 1126/09/2016 Page 3 of 11The first part outlines the general rules that apply to trade in services between the Parties This part in essence replicates the core provisions of the ). The George Washington University. 2016 Intensive Trade Seminar. September 28, . 2016. Washington, . DC. Stacy . J. . Ettinger. Stephen J. . Claeys. 1. TRADE REMEDIES. Unfair foreign pricing and government subsidies distort the free flow of goods...