TRADE BLOCS

Prepared by
Punit Dadhaniya
AGENDA OF
PRESENTATION
INTRODUCTION
WORLD TRADE BLOCS
ACTIVITIES OF TRADE BLOCS
TRADE BLOCS REFLACTION
GENERAL DEBATES ON TRADE BLOCS
THE ROLE AND FUNCTION OF TRADEBLOCS
MAJOR TRADE BLOCS
REFERENCES
 TRADE BLOCS
The concept of trade blocs crucial in the
context of international trade blocs are free
trade zone designed to encourage trade
activities across nations.
 WORLD TRADE
BLOCS
EUROPEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION(EFTA)
NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
(NAFTA)
ORGANIZATION OF PETROLIAM EXPORTING
COUNTRIES (OPEC)
ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH EAST ASIA
NATIONS (ASEAN)
SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL
CORPORATION (SAARC)
 ACTIVITIES OF TRADE
BLOCS
THE NUMBER OF LATEST AGREEMENT
MEETINGS AND OTHER ACTIVITIS
UNDERTATAKEN BY THE TEGIONAL TRADE
BLOCS
HE PATTERN OF FUTURET PLANNING
REGARDING TRADE PRAMOTION AND
FOCUS ON INTERGOVERMENTAL
ASSOCIATIONS AND QUICKER TIMEFRAME
FOR POLICY IMPLEMENTATION.
NUMBER OF
TRADE BLOCS
REFLECTION
In this complex world of international trade, to
sustain the competition from developed
countries and to achieve competitive and
strategic benefits, developing countries are
resorting to trade alliances among
themselves, which make them combat
hegemonic power with a collective strength
during the down of the twentieth century
and after the world wars, many regional
economic blocs come in different forms-free
trade areas,
GENERAL DEBATES
THE ROLE AND FUNCTION
OF TRADE BLOCS

TRADE BLOCS ACTIVITIES POLITICAL AS WELL

AS ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS. EG. THE
EUROPIAN UNION THE WORLD LARGEST
TRADING BLOCS HAS HARBORED
POLITICAL AMBITION EXTENDING FAR
BEYOND THE FREE TRADING
ARRANGEMENT SOUGHT BY OTHER
MULTISTAGE REGIONAL ECONOMIC
ORGANIZATIONS.
FIVE YEAR AVERAGE
 REFERENCES
Bliss, C.J. (1944) economic theory and policy for
trading blocs
Brohman j. (1995) universalism eurocentrismand
ideological bias in development studies
Hunt d.(1989) economic theories of development
an analysis of competing peradigams newyork
; harvester wheatsheaf
O’brien,R.(1992) global financial integration ; an
analytic survey of recent literature.
United nations conference on trade and
development (UNCTAD). (1999) handbook of
trade and development statistics 1996/97.
geneva:united nations
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