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On March 21, 2018, in Kigali, Rwanda, Africa took the giant step of creating a large and integrated market by establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
This collection of essays by various authors covers the regional blocs in Africa including COMESA, SADC and ECOWAS. It compares and contrasts them with the EU, ASEAN and MERCOSUR.
An extract from 'A Call for Revolution: An Appeal to the Young of the World'.
A basic introduction to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and also the wider APEC grouping.
What happens in the next three months, perhaps even the next couple of weeks, is going to shape the fate of the country for decades. If Brexit goes ahead, in any form, it will enact a profound misreading of the nature of the contemporary political and economic world and represent an unprecedented failure of British statecraft.
MERCOSUR: Past, Present and Future of Integration in South America - Trade and Economic Relations with the European Union
01/05/2019
Mercosur has been the most significant initiative for a deeper and more constructive integration in South America. Despite the fact that it is mainly known as a common market, its contribution to social stability is absolutely notable.
The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Regionalism - the first of its kind - offers a systematic and wide-ranging survey of the scholarship on regionalism, regionalization, and regional governance.
Challenging the Frontiers of African Integration: The Dynamics of Policies, Politics and Transformation in The East African Community
04/10/2014
The basic premise of this book is that regional integration in Africa offers great promise in addressing endemic poverty and in advancing Africa’s integration in the global economy.
Regionalism: The Caribbean Prospective
23/05/2012
"...this book takes a model from the EU, North America and other sub-regions around the world to illustrate how regionalism could be successful in the Caribbean."
The UK’s post-European Union (EU) membership trade negotiations mean that Brexit is anything but the finished article.
85% of world is joining trading blocs... as we decide to leave
While tariffs are widely eliminated in regional trade agreements, genuine market integration requires addressing non-tariff measures (NTMs)
Brexiters are often accused of living in the past. That is manifest in the now recurring Brexiter response to concerns about Brexit: ‘but we did perfectly well before’.
Professor A.C. Grayling talks to the European Movement about the impact of Brexit on Britain's place in the world and how Trump and the far-right will threaten our long-term stability if we don't resist them.
There was spontaneous applause as Africa’s largest economy Nigeria signed up to a deal that experts say could provide far-reaching benefits, but only if it is implemented properly.
The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is a regional intergovernmental organization of 10 post-Soviet republics in Eurasia formed following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Video gives details around SADC areas of concern and potential improvements.
Rwandan president Paul Kagame says the African Union could become a strong body as the European Union despite well documented hurdles.
What is ASEAN? (World Economic Forum)
09/05/2017
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (more commonly known as ASEAN) is an intergovernmental organization aimed primarily at promoting economic growth and regional stability among its members.