This paper will discuss the role of regional integration in promoting global business, specifically for the APEC (Asian Pacific Economic Cooperative) trading bloc. Included in the discussion will be the advantages and disadvantages of APEC, a comparison and contrast of the economic development stages of the countries within APEC, and the ramification of the region’s economic development for global business.
The Role of Regional Integration
The goal of regional integration is to encourage the reduction of barriers to trade that prevent the free flow of goods, services, and production factors between countries. Reducing trade barriers requires agreements between trading nations. In theory, several levels of economic integration can help to achieve these goals – free trade areas, customs unions, common markets, economic unions, and political unions.
In free trade areas, any barriers to free trade that restrict trade such as tariffs, quotas, or subsidies do no exist. However,......
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