Tuesday 15 May 2012

Economic Globalisation

Just a few quick notes on economic globalisation!

GATT = General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- negotiated during UN confernce on Trade and Employment and outcome of failure of negotiating governments to create the ITO (International Trade Organisation)
- formed in 1947 and replaced WTO in 1995

WTO = World Trade Organisation
- incepted by capitalist economices, as a liberlising organisation, to organise world trade
- designed to help trade flow as freely as possible without detrimental side effects

Free Trade: Good or Bad?
Makes sense for countries to specialise in producing goods that they can produce most efficiently, and to trade their surpleses of these goods for the products they cannot produce, or are less efficient at producing
= principles of free trade
HOWEVER, free trade is risky as it introduces competition and often countries try to protet themselves from this by introducing tariffs which make foreign imports more expensive. Subsidies and quotas are also often introduced to have the same effect.
Currently, though, trade rules are unfair as some countries are forced to accept goods from abroad, whilst others protect their market with import tariffs, quotas and subsidies.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank
- play minor roles in running world economy
- IMF established to oversee global financial system and other assistance and renegotiate debt for struggling countries
- World Bank tries to reduce poverty in LDCs and promotes sustainable development

1 comment:

  1. dimeapp.in is one of the fastest Live cricket score app performing in the arena of Cricket match scores and You can choose any upcoming match of your choice to watch it over and get full insights over Match history.
    dimeapp.in is an Ads free cricket app which makes your cricket viewing experience even more exciting plus Accurate match odds with session updates, Search matches date-wise, team-wise, and series-wise too.
    dimeapp.in is 100% free to download and use an app for viewing All T20, ODI, Domestic and International women/men Test Matches and even IPLs and PSL. You can even watch the World Cup, Asia Cup and upcoming schedules of upcoming matches in this App.
    dimeapp.in is the No.1 rating app on our list. This app is a lifeline for cricket lovers. Not only, it is interactive & convenient-to-use software, but it furthermore wraps all aspects of cricket.
    It will give to the detailed stats, rankings & records, Precise odd-even sessions. Even it also helps to skillfully navigate team/date/year wise matches. It also provides daily articles & alerts on feverish cricket headlines.
    As per reviews and information on the Internet, we will recommend dimeapp.in for a cricket lover to satisfy their craving to know the scores fastest of fast that too with free-subscription & Ads-free...

    ReplyDelete