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• Preferential trade agreements can be bilateral, regional, or multilateral • The World Trade Organization is the key multilateral trade institution
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• Trading blocs include free trade areas, customs unions, and common markets • They increase integration between member economies
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• Advantages include wider market access, economies of scale, labour mobility, stronger bargaining power, political stability, and cooperation
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• Disadvantages include loss of sovereignty and challenges to multilateral trade negotiations
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• Monetary union is a deeper form of economic integration
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• The WTO has objectives and functions linked to trade rules and negotiations • WTO influence is affected by difficulty reaching agreement on services and primary products • Unequal bargaining power between members affects WTO influence
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• Trade creation is an advantage of trading blocs • Trade creation can improve resource allocation within a bloc
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• Trade diversion is a disadvantage of trading blocs • Trade diversion can shift purchases away from more efficient non-member producers
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• Evaluate advantages and disadvantages of monetary union
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