International Economic organisations, leader firms
Tariffs and Trade.It was established in 1948.Its main aim was to decrease or abolish different
custom tariffs and to make trading better between membership countries.They changed the
name in 1994 to WTO.Its main aims were to raise the living standard of the citizens of the
membership countries and guarantee the full-employment.It has 153 membership
countries.The founder members include North America,Finland, Norway,Sweden and
Australia.
APEC-Asia, Pacific Economic Cooperation.This is the biggeest economic organisation in the
world. It includes about 2.2 billion people.ASEAN is the member of APEC.There are 21
member countries.
Its spheers of activity are:
1. Co-operation in the field of energetics
2. Transport
3. Telecommunication
OPEC-Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries.It was established in 1960.Its aim is to
regulare the price of crude oil for the world market.There are 12 member countries including
Iran,Iraq and Kuwait. USA and Russia are not members of OPEC
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