https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub European Union, NAFTA, ASEAN, NATO, Mercosur, African Union. en-us 2017-11-16 16:11:20 UTC 2017-11-17 03:56:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Shakinghands.png mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207749956 2017-11-16 16:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207749956 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207751111 2017-11-16 16:18:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207751111 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207751631 2017-11-16 16:19:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207751631 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207752061 2017-11-16 16:20:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207752061 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207752692 2017-11-16 16:21:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207752692 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207753223 2017-11-16 16:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207753223 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207753347 "The European Union is a political and economic union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe. It has an area of 4,475,757 km², and an estimated population of over 510 million." https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu_en ]]> 2017-11-16 16:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207753347 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207756143 Austria, Italy, Belgium, Latvia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Croatia, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Malta, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Denmark, Poland, Estonia, Portugal, Finland, Romania, France, Slovakia, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, Spain, Hungary, Sweden, Ireland, and technically still United Kingdom. (source bellow]]> 2017-11-16 16:26:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207756143 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207758010 2017-11-16 16:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207758010 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207761608 2017-11-16 16:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207761608 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207762180 Jean-Claude Juncker is the president of the EU (source below) To join, a country requires:
stability of institutions guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, human rights and respect for and protection of minorities, a functioning market economy and the capacity to cope with competition and market forces among others.]]> 2017-11-16 16:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207762180 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207763236 2017-11-16 16:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207763236 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207764942 The North American Free Trade Agreement is a treaty between Canada, Mexico and the United States. That makes NAFTA the world’s largest free trade agreement. https://www.thebalance.com/nafta-definition-north-american-free-trade-agreement-3306147]]> 2017-11-16 16:40:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207764942 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207765339 Canada, Mexico, and The United States of America https://www.thebalance.com/nafta-definition-north-american-free-trade-agreement-3306147
George H.W. Bush of the USA started the NAFTA agreement building on Regan's Canada/US agreement.]]> 2017-11-16 16:41:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207765339 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207969353 The EU is a way for citizens to travel between countries that are a part of the EU freely and in many of the countries the Euro is used between countries and sharing an economy.]]> 2017-11-17 03:13:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207969353 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207971029 2017-11-17 03:27:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207971029 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207971750 2017-11-17 03:33:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207971750 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207972006 "The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was formed in 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand to promote political and economic cooperation and regional stability. Brunei joined in 1984, shortly after its independence from the United Kingdom, and Vietnam joined ASEAN as its seventh member in 1995. Laos and Burma were admitted into full membership in July 1997 as ASEAN celebrated its 30^th anniversary. Cambodia became ASEAN’s tenth member in 1999." source below]]> 2017-11-17 03:36:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207972006 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207972055 2017-11-17 03:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207972055 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207972158 Trade agreement between North America to connect many powerful economies.]]> 2017-11-17 03:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207972158 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207972519 'The ASEAN Declaration states that the aims and purposes of the Association are: (1) to accelerate the economic growth, social progress and cultural development in the region through joint endeavors in the spirit of equality and partnership in order to strengthen the foundation for a prosperous and peaceful community of Southeast Asian nations, and (2) to promote regional peace and stability through abiding respect for justice and the rule of law in the relationship among countries in the region and adherence to the principles of the United Nations Charter. In 1995, the ASEAN Heads of State and Government re-affirmed that “Cooperative peace and shared prosperity shall be the fundamental goals of ASEAN.”']]> 2017-11-17 03:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207972519 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207972710 2017-11-17 03:41:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207972710 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207973518 "NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere. After the destruction of the Second World War, the nations of Europe struggled to rebuild their economies and ensure their security."]]> 2017-11-17 03:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207973518 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207973575 2017-11-17 03:49:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207973575 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207973617 "NATO is a formal alliance between the territories of North American and Europe. From its inception, its main purpose was to defend each other from the possibility of communist Soviet Union taking control of their nation."]]> 2017-11-17 03:49:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207973617 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207973758 2017-11-17 03:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207973758 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207973957 "The Mercosur trade bloc's purpose, as stated in the 1991 Treaty of Asunción, is to allow for free trade between member states, with the ultimate goal of full South American economic integration."]]> 2017-11-17 03:52:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207973957 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207974073 "Mercosur is an economic and political bloc comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, and Venezuela. Created during a period when longtime rivals Argentina and Brazil were seeking to improve relations, the bloc saw some early successes, including a tenfold increase in trade within the group in the 1990s."]]> 2017-11-17 03:53:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207974073 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207974107 2017-11-17 03:54:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207974107 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207974135 2017-11-17 03:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207974135 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207974236 The objectives of the AU are: To achieve greater unity and solidarity between the African countries and Africans. To defend the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of its Member States. To accelerate the political and social-economic integration of the continent.]]> 2017-11-17 03:55:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207974236 mark_klimenko https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207974382 The vision of the African  Union is that of: “An integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa,  driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamicforce in  global arena.”]]> 2017-11-17 03:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_klimenko/ecrc16m47zub/wish/207974382