Cross-National

Cooperation and
Agreements
Mashiat Zahin
Lecturer, Department of Marketing
Cumilla University
 The political and economic agreements among countries
in which preference is given to member countries.

❑Bilateral Integration: where two countries decide

Economic to cooperate more closely together, usually in the
from of tariff reduction.
Integration ❑Regional Integration: where a group of countries
located in the same geographic proximity decide to
cooperate, as in the case with the European Union.
❑Global Integration: where countries from all over
the world decide to cooperate through the WTO.
 • The World Trade Organization (WTO)
- GATT
• Regional Economic Integration
Assignment • The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Topics • Regional Economic Integration In The Americas
• Regional Economic Integration in Asia
• Other Forms of International Cooperation
• Commodity Agreements
- Commodities and the world economy
- Consumers and producers
- The organization of the petroleum exporting countries (OPEC)
 Format of Assignment

• Title Page • Page layout: A4

• Table of content • Font: Times New Roman 12
• Introduction • Line space: 1.5
- Objective
- Scope
- Limitations
• Discussion
• Conclusion
• Reference