concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: trade agreements

global economic issues
type: Concept
narrower: trade agreements

trade (economics)
type: Concept
narrower: trade agreements

trade agreements
type: Concept
broader: trade (economics)
broader: global economic issues
definition: International trade agreements are designed to liberalize and (de)regulate trade flows in goods and services among trading countries. In essence, they constitute a defining feature of the process of economic globalization. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Studies; Trade Agreements]