regional blocs
Area-based country groups
Regional blocs are groups of countries in the same geographic area that form economic or political alliances.
Members typically reduce trade barriers among themselves, coordinate policies, or pursue shared interests: The European Union is the world's most integrated regional bloc.
Other examples include ASEAN, Mercosur, and the African Union.
The term often appears in discussions of globalization and international trade.
- EUEuropean political-economic bloc
- single marketIntegrated trading bloc
- NATOWestern defense organization
- ASEANSoutheast Asian intergovernmental body
- NAFTAContinental free-commerce bloc
trade · alliance · economic · economic cooperation · union · sovereignty · borders · treaties · membership · integration · member states · cooperation · tariffs · summit · partnership · negotiations · diplomacy · African Union
- geopoliticsbalance of power, bipolarity, brinkmanship, buffer state, buffer states
- global governanceUN, United Nations, EU, World Bank, IMF
- hemispheric diplomacydiplomatic ties, bilateral ties, bilateral talks, diplomatic missions, ambassadors
- trade agreementstrade pacts, trade treaties, free trade agreements, NAFTA, USMCA
- African DiplomacyAfrican Union, ambassadors, diplomatic ties, diplomatic missions, embassies
- African OrganizationsAfrican Union, AUC, PAP, member states, peace council
regional blocsglobal organizations
Bodies with worldwide membership
World Trade Organization · international organizations · global alliances · nation-states · world government
regional blocssovereign nations
Self-ruling states with autonomy
unilateralism · national independence · autarky · self-reliance · nationalism
regional, region, regions, regionally, regionalism, regionalist, bloc, blocs