Free trade area

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Trade Bloc Series
Globalization
Trade bloc
Free trade area
Customs union
Common market
Economic and monetary union
Trade creation
Trade diversion
International trade

A free trade area is a designate group of countries that have agreed to eliminate tariffs, quotas and preferences on most goods between them. Unlike a customs union, members of a free trade area do not have the same policies with respect to non-members.

It is the second stage of economic intergration.

Free Trade Areas

• North American Free Trade Agreement
• European Free Trade Association
• South American Community of Nations
• Free Trade Area of the Americas

See also

• Sweatshop
• Third world
• Multinational corporation
• trade

External Links

• Link2exports Export Country Profiles (http://www.link2exports.co.uk/) Export Zone - Country Profiles, is part of the Official British Chamber of Commerce Export Zone, it provides a comprehensive overview of every country in the world and includes demographic, political, social and financial overviews along with details of trade missions and essential business contacts.

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