After the Second World War, integration assumed concrete form in plans of varying degrees of success, the Central American Common Market, the Latin American Free Trade Agreement, and the Andean Pact, to list some. Since the 1980s, integration schemes have developed with greater force, perhaps encouraged by the formation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which in 1994 added Mexico as its third member, along with the United States and Canada. ... The purposes of MERCOSUR include: Free transit of production goods, services and factors between the member states with inter alia...

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ACIA is an ASEAN's instrument to create a free and open investment regime/environment in the context of an integrated economic community and ASEAN's response to increase global competition and enhance the attractiveness of ASEAN as a single investment destination. The ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement, or simply known as ACIA, aims to create a free and an open investment environment through the consolidation and expansion of existing agreements between the ASEAN member countries (ACIA Business Guide, 2013). ... Also it will enhance the infrastructure and communication connect...

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In the early 1950's, several European nations converged to sign the Schuman Treaty, which was the birth of a free trade organization of coal and steel of European countries. ... There are several commissions that are very active and effective in accomplishing their goals; the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to name a few. ... The EU aids these nations financially through Article 132 of the Treaty of...

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