| Question 1: [5][6] Trade blocs can be stand-alone agreements between several states (such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) or part of a regional organization (such as the ________). | |||
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| Question 2: Advocates of worldwide ________ are generally opposed to trading blocs, which, they argue, encourage regional as opposed to global free trade. | |||
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| Question 3: Depending on the level of ________, trade blocs can fall into different categories, such as:[7] preferential trading areas, free trade areas, customs unions, common markets and economic and monetary unions. | |||
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| Question 4: Surges of trade bloc formation were seen in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as in the 1990s after the ________. | |||
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| Question 5: One of the first economic blocs was the German Customs Union (Zollverein) initiated in 1834, formed on the basis of the ________ and subsequently German Empire from 1871. | |||
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| Question 6: By ________, more than 50% of all world commerce was conducted under the auspices of regional trade blocs. | |||
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| Question 7: A trade bloc is a type of intergovernmental agreement, often part of a regional ________, where regional barriers to trade (tariffs and non-tariff barriers) are reduced or eliminated among the participating states. | |||
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