Regional trade agreement
Choose a regional trade agreement from the many around the world (EU, MERCOSUR, CAN, USMCA, GCC,
SACU, CACM, DR-CAFTA-US, SAARC, CARICOM, ASEAN, SAARC, Arab League, African Union).
Identify the kind of trading bloc (customs union, free trade area, common market, monetary union, etc.) and its
purposes.
Briefly discuss the history/timeline of the trading bloc, full member states, associate member states and
observer states.
Describe the organizational structure of the bloc and the functions. List the current leaders/officials of the
organization.
Discuss the latest balance of trade indicators such as GDP per capita, exports, imports, etc. How is the trading
bloc doing in terms of growth?
Discuss current issues/challenges facing the bloc, and the more likely outcome.
Discuss the impact that membership in the trading bloc has had on the economy of one member nation.
Sample Solution
to the changes that social media has had on the fashion industry. The data in these sources was collected by theorists and sociologists who have done their own primary research on these social media platforms and have gathered the findings themselves. This is the same for the articles that I found as they had made their own observations on what is on social media. These studies do not all give direct evidence, but all relate to the themes that I am looking into and allow room for assumptions. I explored the main themes that I identified when doing my research: marketing and social media, body image and bloggers which can all relate to the impact that social media has had on the fashion industry. The evidence that I found in these sources coincides well with what I found when doing my own investigation of social media and different brands profiles. The only limitations that some of the evidence may have are that they are based on personal opinion rather than fact. For further research I would like to find more figures to solidify and confirm the findings about social media.