Talk:Trade bloc
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I intend to move this page to its proper title, but would like some input from the community first.
- "Blocks" is incorrect; Wikipedia naming convention calls for the singular in an article title;
- I think the term should be "bloc" rather than "block"; the second, while technically correct, is the eighth and last definition in Webster's, and confusing to boot;
- A google search reveals 7,390 hits for the phrase "trade bloc", as opposed to a whopping five for the phrase "international economic bloc".
- Hephaestos 17:56, 29 Aug 2003 (UTC)
- trade bloc then. -- Viajero 18:49, Aug 29, 2003 (UTC)
- That's what I was thinking. I think there's a way to keep all the edit history, I'll be trying it in a bit. - Hephaestos 19:15, 29 Aug 2003 (UTC)
- Seems to have worked. Move page command, right? nothing fancy?... -- Viajero 23:06, Aug 29, 2003 (UTC)
- It got a little fancy; there were two pages I wasn't aware of when I started, one was Trade blocks which was subject to an incorrect copy/paste "move" back in April of last year, and also Trade bloc had been started on the 26th of April this year. After some deletions and undeletions all under the name "Trade bloc" the whole history's there now. It's less complicated than it sounds. :) - Hephaestos 02:56, 30 Aug 2003 (UTC)
I have problems with this being defined as a free trade zone or near-free trade zone and including something like ASEAN on the list. ASEAN is not a free trade or near-free trade zone. So the question is whether to redefine this term, or simply to remove ASEAN. Fuzheado 23:04, 29 Aug 2003 (UTC)
- What is ASEAN then? -- Viajero 23:06, Aug 29, 2003 (UTC)
- That's what the Wikipedia entry is for. :) From the entry: aim is to foster cooperation and mutual assistance among members. It is not even close to a free trade zone. It seems this entry has shifted from emphasizing economics to free trade which are not the same thing. Fuzheado 23:21, 29 Aug 2003 (UTC)
- I believe I've found a solution, and will include AFTA in this list rather than ASEAN directly. Fuzheado 23:30, 29 Aug 2003 (UTC)
References?
George Orwell predicted that trade blocs would evolve into continent-spanning empires with ever-changing alliances. The eastward expansion of the EU and use of the Euro, southern expansion of NAFTA into the FTAA, and increasing co-operation in Asia would seem to validate this prediction.
Roadrunner 02:23, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)