31.  WORLD TRADE BLOCKS World map highlighting the main regional trading groups.

32.  Some countries favour a discriminatory approach giving maximum benefits to members, and offering incentives to other trading groups like the European Union to provide reciprocal trade advantages.

33.  The EAEC would promote free trade in the region but unlike other trading groups, this one would not include the United States.

34.  The Liberation Daily, Wenhui Bao and Business News dailies reported that Shanghai Orient International Group was given approval in an experiment to create diversified trading groups.