Trade blocs

The ACP States are the countries that are signatories of the Lomé Convention. "ACP" stands for "Africa, Caribbean, and Pacific." ...more on Wikipedia about "ACP countries"

These goals should be achieved through the creating of a African Economic Community (AEC). Currently contacts are made with the different trade blocs on the African continent - they will form the 'pillars' of AEC. Currently there are multiple Regional blocs (Regional Economic Communities - RECs) and their membership is overlapping. The most active of them are: ...more on Wikipedia about "African Economic Community"

The Andean Community of Nations (in Spanish: Comunidad Andina de Naciones, abbreviated CAN) is a trade bloc comprising the South American countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. The trade bloc was formerly called the Andean Pact and came into existence with the signing of the Cartagena Agreement in 1969. Its Headquarters are located in Lima, Peru. ...more on Wikipedia about "Andean Community"

The Arab Maghreb Union is a Pan-Arab trade agreement aiming for economic and political unity in northern Africa. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arab Maghreb Union"

ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) is an agreement by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, of local manufacturing in all ASEAN countries (Ywin, 2003). ...more on Wikipedia about "ASEAN Free Trade Area"

The Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is a preferential trade agreement between Australia and the United States of America modelled on the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The FTA came into force on January 1 2005. ...more on Wikipedia about "Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement"

The Caribbean Community and Common Market or CARICOM was established by the Treaty of Chaguaramas ** which came into effect on August 1, 1973. The first four signatories were Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. CARICOM replaced the 1965- 1972 Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA), which had been organized to provide a continued economic linkage between the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean following the dissolution of the West Indies Federation which lasted from January 3, 1958 to May 31, 1962. ...more on Wikipedia about "Caribbean Community"

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The Central American Common Market (abbreviated CACM - in Spanish: Mercado Común Centroamericano, abbreviated MCCA) is an economic trade organization between five nations of Central America. It was established on December 13, 1960 between the nations of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua in a conference in Managua. These nations ratified the treaties of membership the following year. Costa Rica joined the CACM in 1963. ...more on Wikipedia about "Central American Common Market"

The Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) is a trade agreement between Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Central European Free Trade Agreement"

Closer Economic Relations (CER) is a free trade agreement between the governments of New Zealand and Australia. It is also known as the Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (ANZCERTA). It came into force on 1 January 1983, although the actual treaty was not signed until 28 March 1983 by Prime Minister of New Zealand Robert Muldoon and Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser. ...more on Wikipedia about "Closer Economic Relations"

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, is a free trade area with twenty one member states stretching from Libya to Zimbabwe. COMESA formed in December 1994, replacing a Preferential Trade Area which had existed since 1981. ...more on Wikipedia about "Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa"

The Cotonou Agreement is a treaty which sets out the relationship between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific governments (the " ACP countries") of the signatories on issues of foreign aid, trade, investment, human rights and governance. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cotonou Agreement"

The East African Community (EAC) is a customs union in East Africa, consisting of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. It was founded in January 2001 at a ceremony held in the Tanzanian city of Arusha, which is also its headquarters, reviving an earlier effort abandoned in 1977. This new EAC treaty paved the way for an economic and, ultimately, political union of the three countries. A further treaty signed in March 2004 set up a customs union, which commenced on 1 January 2005. Under the terms of the treaty, Kenya, the richest of the three countries, will pay duty on its goods entering Uganda and Tanzania until 2010. A common system of tariffs will apply to other countries supplying the three countries with goods. ...more on Wikipedia about "East African Community"

The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), in French Communauté Économique des États d'Afrique Centrale (CEEAC), is a organisation for promotion of regional economic co-operation in Central Africa. It "aims to achieve collective autonomy, raise the standard of living of its populations and maintain economic stability through harmonious cooperation". ...more on Wikipedia about "Economic Community of Central African States"

The CEPGL is an International Governmental Organization. ...more on Wikipedia about "Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries"

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a regional group of fifteen countries, founded on May 28, 1975 when fifteen West African countries signed the Treaty of Lagos. Its mission is to promote economic integration. ...more on Wikipedia about "Economic Community of West African States"

The Euro-Mediterranean free trade area (EU-MEFTA) is based on the Barcelona Process and European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). The Barcelona Process, developed after the Barcelona Conference in successive annual meetings, is a set of goals designed to lead to a free trade area in the Middle East by 2010. ...more on Wikipedia about "Euro-Mediterranean free trade area"

The European Community (EC), most important of three European Communities, was originally founded on March 25, 1957 by the signing of the Treaty of Rome under the name of European Economic Community. The 'Economic' was removed from its name by the Maastricht treaty in 1992, which at the same time effectively made the European Community the first of three pillars of the European Union, called the Community (or Communities) Pillar. ...more on Wikipedia about "European Community"

The European Economic Area (EEA) came into being on January 1, 1994 following an agreement between the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the European Union (EU). It was designed to allow EFTA countries to participate in the European Single Market without having to join the EU. ...more on Wikipedia about "European Economic Area"

The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) was established on May 3, 1960 as an alternative for European states that were not allowed or did not wish to join the European Community (now the European Union). ...more on Wikipedia about "European Free Trade Association"

The European Payments Union (EPU) was an organization in existence from July 1950, until December 1958. ...more on Wikipedia about "European Payments Union"

The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) is a proposed agreement to eliminate or reduce trade barriers among all nations in the American continents (except Cuba). In the latest round of negotiations, officials of 34 nations met in Mexico on November 16, 2003 to discuss the proposal. The proposed agreement is modeled after the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between Canada, Mexico and the United States. ...more on Wikipedia about "Free Trade Area of the Americas"

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is a seven-country regional development organization in Eastern Africa. Its headquarters are located in Djibouti, Djibouti. IGAD is one of the pillars of the African Economic Community. ...more on Wikipedia about "Intergovernmental Authority on Development"

This is list only of trade-related international organisations. For List of Free Trade Agreements between such 'blocs' and/or separate countries see List of Free Trade Agreements. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of trade blocs"

The Lomé Convention is a treaty that regulated trade between the European Union and 71 (later 77) African, Caribbean and Pacific states (collectively known as the ACP countries) between 1975 and 2000. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lomé Convention" http://www.shortopedia.com - Xtending Info.

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