WORLD FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT
National Cooperation and Agreements Tariff and NonTariff Barriers Non Barriers World Trade Organization Regional Blocks
Cross
WORLD FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT
International Production Internationalization of Service Firms Operational Management in International Banks Non Banking Financial Service Firms Stock Markets
Cross National Cooperation and Agreements
The cooperation between Nations to collaborate and prosper together is technically known as INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION or ECONOMIC INTEGRATION OF COUNTRIES
Why Economic Cooperation or Integration
Necessity is the mother of innovation The great depression which followed the WORLD WARS plunged the world into a period of Isolation, Trade Protectionism and Economic chaos In the mid to late 1940s, Countries realized that greater Cooperation was needed to help them emerge from the wreckage of world wars
The spirit of Cooperation was designed to promote economic growth and stability
How Cooperation between Countries helps them
The answer lies in the Law or Doctrine of Comparative Advantage A basic motivation of any exchange is that each party hopes to gain more from trading than from not trading
If a Countrys climate is not well suited to growing Basmati Rice, then it can make better use of its resources by growing something else to which the climate suits and what is grown maybe traded for the Basmati Rice it wants
The logic behind cross national cooperation may be
Every Country will specialize in producing the products in which it has the largest comparative advantage
Every Country then trade its produce for products in which it has a comparative disadvantage A trade price will naturally evolve that will benefit both parties and motivate them to engage in trade All Countries will have, as a result, higher standards of living. Since, this is a Win-Win situation to all Winthe Countries involved in it, the Cooperation between Countries sustain.
The promise of increased economic benefits has stimulated a broad array of activities ( including Agreements ) as Countries have tried to strengthen their international trading positions.
Different types of Agreements between Nations
Regional Agreements Bilateral and Multilateral Agreements Producer Agreements or Commodity Agreements
Regional Agreements