Not only that, I used globalization to imply the proclivity of a nation towards open trade and open economy. ... South Korea, at first, was not very significant in the world market so globalizing its economy was a risk for it did not have a stable economy to interact with other economic superpowers in the world. ... Currently, South Korea has many world-renown companies like Samsung, LG, and Hyundai; and as a result, it has a respectable standing in the world. South Korea has become such a vital part in the international market that it is part of the Group of 20 (G-20), an international forum...

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Companies have been forced to change as the technology introduced around the world changes, and more importantly, they have had to be swift in adapting to change. ... Internet economy is projected to be over $350 billion. ... The New Economy has caused businesses to become more global in their operations, which in turn has lead to competition from all over the world. World exports increased from $1.3 trillion in 1970 to $4.3 trillion in 1995, in constant dollars. ... "Jane Fraser and Jeremy Oppenheim, of the consulting firm McKinsey & Company, have estimated that the value of the world economy...

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Economic Structure The Australian economy is structured primarily as a commodities exporter economy, however in recent years it has been moving in the direction of a knowledge based economy. ... Over the past 15 years, the Australian economy has evolved from mostly an agricultural based economy, with agricultural products and other commodities dominating the exports, to a well balanced economy that now relies on services and manufacturing to round out national exports. ... Australia is moving steadily towards becoming a totally Knowledge-Based Economy (KBE). ... It has steadily grown and...

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World Trade Organization Some people view the World Trade Organization or WTO as a ruthless power only being ran by hegemonic powers that have no concern but for their own interest. ... This will not only effect their own economy, but will effect other economies as well. ... The WTO has realized that a country's economy could effect other countries economies thus causing a virus to spread throughout the world. ... Japan is one of the world's largest exporters, and if many farmers get laid off then this would effect other markets of the Japan economy. ... India is one of the wo...

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"When the US sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold," I used to hear on a news show as a kid. ... This week, we have found that the US economy is growing at 3.9% in annualized terms. ... Firstly, US consumers represent nearly a fifth of the world's GDP. ... This is good news for exporters, and also for the global economy. ... Moreover, the US economy is growing 4% vs. our 0.6% annually. ...

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World Trade Organization: Good or Bad? ... Many feel that these smaller countries are provided with little aid with regard to ensuring fair and equal trade between them and much larger, more powerful nations due to a lack of any real experience in a global economy. ... In theory the World Trade Organization should work terrifically. ... There is a paradox in the real world. Balance in this world is created by having hierarchies. ...

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There was a big expansion in world trade and investment in the late nineteenth century. ... The emancipation of colonies created a new world order. ... The World Bank provides loans to poor countries for development projects. ... United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is a permanent intergovernmental body of the UN that aims to maximise the trade investment and development opportunities of developing economies and to assist their efforts to integrate into the world economy The World Economic Forum (WEF) is a private not-for-profit foundation that operates conferences for...

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(The origin of many of these data is the work of the titled World Bank World Development Indicators 2000 (Indicators of the world development). ... In 1997, the participation of those countries in the world trade was of hardly 0,4%, minuscule and equivalent proportion halfway what had been in 1980. ... Far from condemning to those countries to that you/they continue sunk in the isolation and the poverty, it is urgent that the international community helps them to incorporate in more degree to the world economy, offering them attendance to help them to form the institutions and the neces...

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Electronics are a huge way to integrate economies together (Crane, Kawashima, Kawasaki 215). ... This allows economies to be as high as it is due to all the revenue it is generating. ... Obviously, they do not want to be left behind in a modern world full of trade and feel that globalization can boost their economy and their status among the trade world. ... They can accomplish such by trading all over the world. ... For the past century, the global economy has improved. ...

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In the information age, the arrival of the global village, the introduction of nationalism, there are people in the rest of the world to narrow the distance between the rests of the world. ... Enterprises in the economy will be stronger. ... If you want to see the capital, the globalization of goods, the free flow of labor and services all over the world, by a very large business company, it has a huge control world economy, beyond national boundaries. ... Global capital controls, operations are made by the "super powers" in the economy to the third world countries. ... These improvements make...

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• Social and cultural impacts of globalization are discussed in Culture: The Development of Global Culture, World Health Organization, World Food Supply, and Poverty: Causes of Poverty - The Global Distribution of Resources. • Political aspects are found in World Government, International Arms Control, the sidebar "Defense Planning after the Cold War" in the Cold War article, and the United Nations. • Business and economic aspects of globalization are discussed in Business: Current Trends, Foreign Trade: World Trade, World Trade Organization, and North American Free Trade...

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Thus to keep politicians and policymakers around the world accountable, a worldwide body or bodies is needed to force all the nations of the world to abide by certain rules on a global level in order to assure that the economic interests of the people, in developed and undeveloped nations alike, are presented in the international policies of the nations of the world. ... A vision of the world without the WTO can most closely be imagined when observing the world before GATT - which the WTO was spawned out of. ... Even since the formation of the WTO, many past presidential candidates, who are lu...

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Slaves were a large part of expanding the global economy. ... Without the events of European exploration and expansion, the emergence of the global economy, and the Age of Revolution, the world would not be as modern as it is today. ... When a nation becomes more modern on their own it also expands the global economy. ... While Equiano is visiting all these places in the world he is representation of the global economy through the exchange of goods that the slaves are taking. ... So ultimately they set out on explorations and explored different parts of the world so they could increase their e...

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In general, the policy of Doi Moi has resulted in private ownership of the country's resources and the convergence of Vietnam with the rest of the world. ... As Vietnam has become more integrated into the global economy during this era of globalisation, Vietnam's economic growth has been affected by the international business cycle – fluctuation in the levels of economic activity in the world economy over a period of time. ... This is indicative of Vietnam's integration with the world economy as demand for their exports dramatically decreased as many economies around the w...

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Since then America controls the world economy, and every other countries work hard to manufacture inexpensive items to export to US. ... Yes, I think the American economy can save the rest of the world. ... Those country face serious financial problems and the world economy shall collapse. America is a leader and stabilizes the economy of the world if US Dollar maintains comfortable level with other country's currencies. ... America economy shall influence all other Countries economies. ...

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After 1990, the world has changed more rapidly than other times since the World War II ended in 1945. ... Only learning from history can continue to serve as the financial center of the world with pride, continue to lead the United States of America in all aspects, or even to direct the world economy. ... A market economy was controlled by the forces of supply and demand. ... The United States operates the economy system today is a combination of market and command, which is why America is the world's leading trading nation. ... Silicon Valley leads the U.S. economy by its own I....

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New Zealand is a part of the global economy; globalization has many effects on the New Zealand economy. ... Considering that New Zealand is a welfare country, it has stable political situation and the greatest environment in the world; lots of Asian wanted to immigrate here. ... Trade liberalization has transformed New Zealand's economy from one of the most heavily protected and regulated into one of the most market-oriented and open in the world. ... In conclusion, globalization of unprecedented breadth and depth is occurring throughout today's world at an exceeding speed, becoming ...

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With China in particular expected to become the most powerful economy in the world, according to Austrade's chief economist Tim Harcourt, "The Chinese economy has been growing at a rapid rate." It's currently 12 per cent of world GDP (measured on a purchasing power parity basis) and if it keeps up 10 plus percentage growth rates over the next 10 years or so, it will be as big as the US economy within the decade, and twice as large by 2050'. ... These are the two most powerful economies in the world today, and there is no surprise that Australia now imports the most from China, w...

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This whole agency was created while Japan was still recovering from World War II. " With inflation rising and productivity failing to keep up, the government sought a better mechanism for reviving the Japanese economy" (Japan 101). ... Japan became one of the largest economies in the world. ... The Japanese are now at the head of a powerful economy which is the second largest in the world, exceeded only by the Americans. Many believe that the Japanese economy will overtake the U.S. economy by the year 2000. ... Americans are looking for a way to come out of their recession and become a growin...

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Today, GATT encompasses over one hundred countries and 90% of the world's trade goods (Sabir 1). ... However, GATT is more inclusive of the international economy. ... Analysis Free Trade agreements are prevalent throughout the world, each representing trade within a particular region. ... The free trade that NAFTA has established among the United States, Mexico, and Canada has greatly benefited the U.S. economy. ... The work of NAFTA has also served to benefit Mexico's economy; in accordance with the United States' economy, Mexico's exports have increased, more than doublin...

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Although globalization is a relatively new term in our eyes, it has been occurring throughout the world for the past 5000 years. In the most basic terms globalization is the homogenization of world culture, politics, and economics. ... The final aspect of globalization I will discuss is political, political globalization is the unifying of state governments and creation of world governments due to the changing structure of the global economy. ... I believe the answer is yes, as Andrew Warner and Jeffrey Sachs have demonstrated "The fastest growing developing countries in the past two decades ...

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Brief Economic Overview Hong Kong is one of the most open, outward-looking economies in the world (www.info.gov.hk). It has been rated by the Heritage Foundation of the US as the world's freest economy for the past seven years. ... Furthermore, Hong Kong has one of the most exciting and high-potential locations in the world: a SAR in the world's fastest-growing economy (Bond, 2001). ... According to Jianrong, "it seems that China has a long-range plan to become a competitive player in the world economy and a global economic power in 50 years' time through the formation of a Ch...

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"Examine the impact of globalisation on an economy other than Australia" An important trend occurring in the world economy is the process of globalisation. Globalisation is the progressive integration between national economies and the breaking down of barriers between trade and financial flows around the world, which will eventually lead to the emergence of a single world market. Globalisation has affected many different nations in different ways, depending on their degree of development and extent to which they are open to the flows of the world economy. ... China currently ranks seven...

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Since 1950, world trade as a proportion of world output bas grown rapidly again. ... The growth of the economy many precede trade growth. ... • The faster growth on average in output and trade in developing and transition economies, compared with the developed world, is matched by their increasing share of world trade, from 35 per cent in 2000 to over 40 per cent in 2007. ... • Despite increasing South-South trade, the large developed economies – and especially the United States - remain the major market for world exports. ... • The impact of the financial crisis and eco...

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This declines any or all access to the outside world to be shut or sealed. ... Because of this, more member nations in the EU are cooperating with each other and helping to upgrade the economy within each other. ... Free trade between countries develop the economy. ... Many profits can increase and economies of many countries can improve greatly. ... Countries like Japan stayed in isolation for many years and they isolated themselves greatly from the rest of the world. ...

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