The region is pressing ahead with economic integration as it negotiates United States proposals for a Central American Free Trade Agreement and the hemispheric Free Trade Agreement of the Americas.

Economic Crisis and Regional Integration

Participation by regional economic integration organizations

While other organizations focus on economic integration, ALBA promotes social, political, and economic integration among countries that subscribe to democratic socialism.

But economic integration has not been matched diplomatically.

Article 17 Participation by regional economic integration organizations

(d) Facilitating subregional economic cooperation, integration and development

International Association for Integration, Dignity, and Economic Advancement

Only after economic integration had progressed did the first serious efforts at political integration take place.

Article 16 bis. Participation by regional economic integration organizations

The speaker welcomed the report's views on the benefits of economic integration and its call for agreement on the nature and extent of tax breaks and other incentives for foreign investors.

It can be considered the second stage of economic integration.

Article 16 bis. Participation by regional economic integration organizations (continued)

Article 16 bis. Participation by regional economic integration organizations (resumed)

But, although Asia is becoming more like Europe in terms of economic integration, political and diplomatic integration lags behind.

Moreover, Asia s political integration badly lags behind its economic integration, and, to compound matters, it has no security framework.

Evaluation of the work and results regarding forwarding to employment and socio economic integration or re integration of beneficiaries.

More recently, the Prun agreement has elevated police cooperation to police integration among the participating states.

As a result, regional trade and economic integration have been stifled.

The Europeans advanced their plans for regional monetary and economic integration.

European integration is the process of industrial, political, legal, economic, social and cultural integration of states wholly or partially in Europe.

America s current policy combines economic integration with a hedge against future uncertainty.

It was his delegation's understanding that it was the regional economic integration organization.

(a) Promotes economic and social development through regional and subregional cooperation and integration

5. Establish a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) and

The Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (ANZCERTA popularly known as the CER) has led to the application of common competition policies at the regional level and can be considered to be testimony to the degree of convergence of competition conditions in the domestic markets of the two countries resulting from deep economic integration but with little political integration in contrast to the European Union.

Nowadays southern African countries are committed to reinforcing their regional integration through economic harmonization.

For Russia, such integration would provide a real spark for economic and social modernization.

But EU membership has always been about more than economic integration and trade flows.

Regional economic integration initiatives usually focus on trade liberalization, tariff reduction and quota abolition.

The following States and regional economic integration organizations were represented at the International Meeting

Member means a Government, the European Community or any other or a regional economic integration organization referred to in article 5 which has consented to be bound by this Agreement whether it is in force provisionally or definitively

18.13 Despite the various efforts made towards regional integration among member States in the 1950s, the basic requirements for achieving economic integration have not been established.

Thailand New Zealand Closer Economic Partnership Agreement, 19 April 2005.

But the sort of integration that occurs in times of economic crisis is often destructive.

CAMBRIDGE The driving force of Europe s economic policy is the European project of political integration.

In this case, economic integration can be married with democracy through political union among states.

The form of integration into world markets also plays a central role in economic diversification.

Over the last three decades, increased economic and trade integration has bolstered the region s growth.

The economic and political obstacles that block deep integration cannot be wished away by exhortations.

Today, however, global economic integration and interdependence are much deeper than in the 1930 s.

Worse still, economic union itself can fan the fires of nationalism and endanger political integration.

(b) Sustained economic growth, creation of productive employment, income generation and facilitation of social integration

Box 4 Regional integration in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) and EC economic partnership agreements

Therefore, CARICOM has embraced regional integration and cooperation as the vehicle of socio economic prosperity.