Curated category
Trade blocs
- North American Free Trade AgreementRonald Reagan announced his candidacy for the presidency in November 1979. He made the idea of a North American free trade zone part of that campaign.
- Asia-Pacific Economic CooperationIn January 1989, Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke called for more effective economic cooperation across the Pacific Rim region.
- Eurasian Economic UnionThe collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 left a fragmented economic landscape across Eurasia. Former republics like Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia faced…
- Union StateOn the 2nd of April 1997, Alexander Lukashenko and Boris Yeltsin signed the Treaty on the Union between Belarus and Russia inside the Grand Kremlin Palace in…
- European UnionOn the 9th of May 1950, Robert Schuman stood before the French press to announce a radical new plan for Europe. He proposed placing French and German coal…