Regional Economic Integration Regional integration of the Americas affects most countries in North America, South America and the Caribbean. The movement has formal origins in early trade agreements and blocs such as NAFTA and MERCOSUR. The regional integration today is focused on building stronger links between the nations of the Americas to lower trade barriers and foster economic growth between these nations (Lavranos, n.d.). Talks are aiming towards a free trade

Using web marketing strategies combined with educational initiatives -- such as downloadable podcasts and educational websites with a marketing and advertising component might be one way to capitalize upon this trend (Trade blocs, neoliberalism, and the quality of life in Latin America, 2004, UCLA). What potential impact does the most important trade bloc have on the marketing and business strategies of Apple Computer and general website marketing? Mercosur has taken a

Market Vincent There has been an ongoing process for the integration and co-operation of the countries in South America for quite sometime, but the individual countries have their own structures and problems. This leads to a situation where not much progress seems to be made. The first attempt at the regional development of Latin America through the cooperation of the member states was through the Latin American Free Trade Association, set up

Mexico's Trade Strategy Mexico has pursued a three-dimensional trade strategy perhaps more diligently than even the United States according to Schott (Studer & Wise, 2007). Mexico has been an active participant in multilateral talks since its GATT accession in 1986 and was the host country for the special Summit of the Americas in Monterrey and for the hemispheric trade talks in Puebla. Mexico is perhaps most famous as the instigator of

Commerce and Its Demographics The diffusion of ideas and technological impacts that have taken place globally. Globalization as a phenomenon of economic and cultural connectivity has been growing for centuries, but the current form is of a fundamentally different order (Smith and Doyle 2002). The speed of communication, the complexity and size of the networks involved and the huge volume of trade, interaction and risks involved make up the current and

Southern Cone Common Market: Mercosur Marketing Since the signing of the Assucion treaty signed in 1991, the hoped for benefits for the countries in the Mercosur have not been completely realized for all involved. This work will concentrate on the marketing and trade issues of each country in the region. The Southern Cone Common Market is a Latin American trade organization that is called Mercosur and was established in 1991 for the purpose