Transcript ASEAN AN OVERVIEW

Regional Trading
Blocs
Presented By :
Ashish Maloo
Abhinav Singla
Naveen Pathak
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Trading Blocs
Also known as 'preferential trade agreement’
(PTA)
 Between a subset of countries
 Significantly reduce or remove trade barriers
within member countries
 Also referred to preferential trade between
country with presumably low cost of
transportation
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Principal
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It implies a reduction or elimination of
barriers to trade
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Discriminatory trade liberalization
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Motive
New regionalism
 Standard trade policy concerns, such as
competition, investments, labour and capital
market considerations
 Ensuring the credibility of the reform process
 Reducing uncertainty and increasing
credibility about political and economic
developments
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ASEAN
Asean Secretariat building established on 9 May 1981
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ASEAN’s Member Countries
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Goals of ASEAN
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To accelerate the economic growth, social
progress and cultural development in the
region through joint endeavors
To promote regional peace and stability
through abiding respect for justice and the
rule of law
 To promote Southeast Asia as a single
tourism destination
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Agreements
Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in
Southeast Asia (1976)
 Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear
Weapon-Free Zone
15 December 1995
 ASEAN Free Trade Area Launched in
January 1992
 The Chiang Mai Initiative
 Functional Co-operation
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ASEAN Regional Forum
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Confidence-building
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Preventive diplomacy
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Conflict resolution
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Integrating ASEAN
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ASEAN HIGHWAY NETWORK
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Shanghai
CHINA
Changsha
INDIA
Dali
Tamu
Kunming
Ruili
Mandalay Thibaw Muse
MYANMAR Ke
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Tung
Meiktila Loilem
Tavoy
Mergui
Kawthoung
Haiphong
THAILAND
Nakhon
Sawan
Nakhon
Ratchasima
Pakse
CAMBODIA
BANGKOK
PHNOM PENH
Bangsaphan
Sihanouk Ville
Laoag
DaNang
Quang Ngai
BRUNEI
KotaBaharu
MALAYSIA
Medan
KUALA LUMPUR
DARUSSALAM Sabah
BANDAR SERI
BEGAWAN
Kuantan
SINGAPORE
Kuching
Zamboanga
Kalimantan
Banjarmasin
INDONESIA
Bakahuni
JAKARTA
Cikampek
Bandung
ASEAN Highway
Surigao City
Sarawak
Pontianak
Palembang
SYMBOL :
PHILIPPINES
Mindanao
Dumai
Planning
Bureau
Matnog
Ho Chi Minh
Vung Tao
Ipoh
Padang
MANILA
VIETNAM
Hat Yai
Banda Aceh
HONGKONG
HANOI
BanLaou
Thakhek
UdonThani Savannakhet
Tak
YANGON
LaoCai
Luang
Namtha
Udomxay
LAOS
VIENTIANE Vinh
ChiangRai
Payagyi
Shenzhen
Jinghong
Surakarta
Surabaya
Denpasar
DOH
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SINGAPORE-KUNMING
RAIL-LINK
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SAARC
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Member Countries
India
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Afghanistan
founded in December 1985
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Goal
Promote the welfare of the people of South
Asia and to improve their quality of life
 Accelerate economic growth, social
progress and cultural development in the
region
 Contribute to mutual trust, understanding
and appreciation of one another's problems
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Continued…
Strengthen cooperation with other
developing countries
 Strengthen cooperation among themselves
in international forums on matters of
common interest
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Structure
Secretariat
established in Kathmandu on 16 January
1987
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Regional Centres
12 regional centres in member states
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Work and forum
Political issues
 Free trade agreement
 Dhaka 2009 Summit
 SAARC Youth Award
 South Asian Federation of
Accountants(SAFA)
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Secretaries General
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NAFTA
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NAFTA
A trilateral trade between Canada, Mexico and US
 The agreement came into force on January 1
1994
 Administers the mechanisms specified under the
NAFTA to resolve trade disputes between
national industries and/or governments in a timely
and impartial manner
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Secretariat
The NAFTA Secretariat is comprised of three
sections : The Canadian Section located in Ottawa
 The Mexican Section located in Mexico
City
 The United States Section located in
Washington, D.C.
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Focus
Trade
 Industry
 Environment
 Agriculture
 Mobility of persons
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Impact and Reforms
Canadian disputes
 Change in income trust taxation
 U.S. deindustrialization
 Impact on Mexican farmers
 Impact of NAFTA on Canada
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European Union
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What is the EU ?
A “family” of 27 European countries
 Largest economic body in the world
 World’s most open market for goods and
commodities from developing countries
 9 May 1950: Schuman calls for a European
Coal and Steel Community
 6 founding States decide to share and comanage coal and steel
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Member
countries
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Some
historical developments
The Euro
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A single European currency
Introduced in 2002
 15 countries use the Euro today
 One side of the coins is different in
each Euro country, the other is the
same for all
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EU Institutions
• European Commission
• Council of the European Union
• European Parliament
• European Court of Justice
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OPEC
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The Organization of
Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC)
It was established in September 1960,
Baghdad, Iraq
 Founder : Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi
Arabia and Venezuela
 Headquarters: Vienna
 OPEC members' national oil ministers
meet regularly to discuss prices and,
since 1982, to set crude oil production
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quotas
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Member
Countries
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OPEC’S OBJECTIVE
Its emphasizes that the Organization seeks
to achieve stable oil prices.
 Its also refer to the need of secure.
 An efficient, economic and regular supply
of petroleum to consuming nations
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Member Countries
The Organization has total of 12 member
countries like, Algeria, Angola, Ecuador,
Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar,
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and
Venezuela
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WTO
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WTO
Location:- Geneva, Switzerland
 Established: 1 January 1995
 Created by: Uruguay Round negotiations
(1986-94)
 Membership: 153 countries (on July 2008)
 2007 Secretariat staff: 625
 Head: Director-General, Pascal Limy
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Spread
Outs
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WTO Structure
Committee
on Budget
Committee
on T&D
Council
for
Service
Trade
related
Intellectual
Property
rights
Council
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