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This chapter deals with theoretical approaches to the international economic integration and its evolution. The course and direction of integration processes in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Southeast Asia, the Near and Middle East and the post-Soviet space are discussed.
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Not taking into account intra-EU trade.
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Free trade areas ASEAN + China, ASEAN + Japan, ASEAN + Republic of Korea, ASEAN + Australia and New Zealand.
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Drynochkin, A. et al. (2023). World Economy Major Trends: International Economic Integration. In: Bulatov, A. (eds) World Economy and International Business. Contributions to Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20328-2_6
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