Archive for the 'Trading blocs' Category

Oct 29 2007

Trading blocs and economic integration - student research reports

A trading bloc is “a group of countries that join together in some form of agreement in order to increase trade between themselves and/or to gain economic benefits from cooperation on some level.”

Below is a list of some of the regional trading blocs that unite the world’s countries in interdependent relationships based on comparative advantage today. For each organization, click on the student’s name to be taken to an overview of the group, including:

  • an annotated time line showing the steps involved in its establishment and evolution, including any significant achievements and/or setbacks.
  • an evaluation of the impact that membership in the trading bloc has had on the economy of one member nation

Articles still to be written and published by Danny Witters and Manon Van Thorenburg

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