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Reviews the relations between two regional integration arrangements, the European Union (EU) & Mercosur, under three aspects: trade & investment, international negotiations, & the institutional dimension. Tracing the agenda & issues dealt with between the two, leading to a project of a transatlantic free trade area, reveals that trade issues, one of two pillars of reference, are important. However, the most influential results have stemmed so far from the other pillar, the political one. These results may be seen in the EU's role as a "road map" for Mercosur's institutional trajectory, & as a signal for the private sector in furthering industrial networks in the ongoing world economic restructuring. The objective, thus, is to highlight how the relationship may interact with two encompassing processes: the shaping of regionalism/s, in particular the Mercosur case, & the so-called globalization process. Adapted from the source document.

The Asia-Europe Meeting framework was created in 1996, its primary purpose being to fortify relations between the East Asian region and the European Union. Moreover, ASEM partners must not only concern themselves with developing closer interregional ties but also attend to the significant global impact of their partnership, and thus the responsibilities that lie therein.

AFRICAN LEADERS HAVE COMMITTED THEMSELVES TO DEMOCRATIZATION AND SPEEDY RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTS ON THE CONTINENT. IN THIS CONTEXT, OAU WILL NEED TO FIND THE MEANS OF ARBITRATING AND ASSISTING WHEN TRANSITION PROBLEMS ARISE. AFRICA NEEDS A NEW APPROACH TO CONFLICT RESOLUTION, CONSOLIDATING THE CREEPING EROSION OF THE SANCTITY OF SOVEREIGNTY. CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE CREATION OF AN OAU COUNCIL FOR PEACE AND SECURITY.

A new regionalism, when compared to the context of the economic & social regionalization movements of the 1960s & 1970s, evolved qualitatively as a result of the development of European integration induced by the Single European Act in the mid-1980s. Since then, Western Europe has experienced enhanced supranationalism, regionalism, & globalization, which has changed the perception of the regions allowing the development of factors making for a new regionalism: the erosion of the national authority's role due to economic & globalization forces; the region as an actor of development & as a lobbyist at different levels; the influence of the supranational structural policies; the growth of regional consciousness; the influence of cross-border cooperation & paradiplomatic activities. West Sweden is an interesting case on how this new regionalism has developed. 73 References. Adapted from the source document.