1. There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.

2. The five countries formed a regional trade bloc.

3. The European Union is a powerful trading/trade bloc.

4. Countries splinter, regional trading blocs grow, the global economy becomes ever more interconnected.

5. These harmful effects can also be exacerbated by the adoption of increased protectionist measures by trading blocs against non-bloc countries.

6. As a result regional trading blocs are emerging as natural stepping-stones in an evolutionary process toward a truly global economy.

7. Moreover, nation-states belong to the community of nations, whether the United Nations or trading blocs.

8. Regional trade blocs Rather than act independently, many developing countries have tried to increase their competitiveness by forming regional trade blocs.

9. With 560 m people , the ASEAN trade bloc also offers a big population.

10. In Uruguay Tuesday, after a Mercosur trade bloc meeting, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he would be having lunch with Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Havana today.

11. These could become the basis of a pan-Asian trade bloc, reckons Kiat Sittheeamorn, Thailand's chief trade negotiator.

12. In Uruguay Tuesday, after a Mercosur trade bloc meeting, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he would be having lunch with Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Havana today. Mr.

13. Some analysts also believe political and economic rivalries place high hurdles in the path of a true Asia trade bloc.

13. try its best to collect and build good sentences.

14. Mr. Putin has, in contrast, argued for greater protectionism and for building a trade bloc of former Soviet republics.

15. For one thing, he has set about crafting an Asian trade bloc, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, that doesn't include China.

1. The five countries formed a regional trade bloc.