Each region is characterised by specific trade patterns.

Making access to subsidies for international trade promotion, investment and export credit insurance, as well as access to public procurement, conditional on adherence to and compliance with the OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises, while respecting EC international commitments, could be considered by EU Member States and by other States adherent to the OECD Declaration on International Investment.

There are two main channels: (i) economic integration with the EU working through international trade, shifts in the allocation of production facilities and international capital flows; and (ii) terms-of-trade changes.

The Council thus confirmed that the integration of the textiles and clothing trade in the GATT had to be achieved through stricter rules and greater discipline and invited the United States and the other partners, including exporting countries, to put forward offers which met the Community objective of tariff harmonization; - on the question of subsidies, the Council noted the amendments lodged by the Community in December 1992, confirming the guidelines followed by the Commission and asking it to continue its action in the light of the clarification given to date; - with regard to steel, the Council confirmed the February 1993 guideline in favour of the conclusion of a multilateral agreement as an effective way of producing a lasting and ...[+++] stable solution to the problem of international trade in steel; - with regard to aircraft construction, the Council confirmed the Community's wish to obtain a multilateral agreement on the basis of the principles of the bilateral agreement of 17 July 1992 concluded between the Community and the United States; - with regard to services, the Council recalled the scope of the offer made by the Community and its Member States and urged the Commission to press the third countries concerned to make offers that matched the Community's ambitions, particularly in the fields of shipping and financial services; - in the audiovisual field, the Council noted the Commission's confirmation that it would ensure that the section of the draft Final Act dealing with services was compatible with the Community Directive of 3 October 1989 and reiterated the need to preserve European cultural identities, without hindering normal international trade in this field; - with regard to the Multilateral Trade Organization (MTO), the Council recalled its conclusions of 20 September 1993 and confirmed that the objective to be achieved was the strengthening of the multilateral trade system and the exclusion of unilateralism; - finally, the Council noted the ...

We also have our international exchange programs where 4-H members travel to Washington to the 4-H national conference there and exchange ideas, as well as our international exchange program where we have youth from across Canada go internationally for a three to six- week period every summer and learn about agriculture in another country.

- Youth exchanges A number of international youth camps and projects were organised with great success, illustrating the potential ecological and cultural benefits to be obtained through international youth exchanges on an environmental theme.