All nine members of the Inter-American Center Authority voted for Goodbody & Company's proposal to finance the long-awaited trade and cultural center.

Its position as the Asia-Pacific gateway resulted in the settlement of the province by people of Asian descent, making it one of the most diverse and multicultural areas of Western North America, as well as helping start trade, cultural and diplomatic relations between Canada and the Asia-Pacific region.

In 2002 Chile signed an association agreement with the European Union ( comprising FTA, political and cultural agreements ), in 2003, an extensive free trade agreement with the United States, and in 2004 with South Korea, expecting a boom in import and export of local produce and becoming a regional trade-hub.

Cyprus has historically followed a non-aligned foreign policy, although it increasingly identifies with the West in its cultural affinities and trade patterns, and maintains close relations with Greece.

The three years of estrangement following the unilateral declaration of independence and the nationalistic Soilih regime were followed during the conservative Abdallah and Djohar regimes by a period of growing trade, aid, cultural, and defense links between the former colony and France, punctuated by frequent visits to Paris by the head of state and occasional visits by the French president to Moroni.

Regional cuisines may vary based upon food availability and trade, cooking traditions and practices, and cultural differences.

In the 1924 national election, the Munich cultural journal Süddeutsche Monatshefte published a series of articles blaming the SPD and trade unions for Germany's defeat in World War I, which came out during the trial of Adolf Hitler and Ludendorff for high treason following the Beer Hall Putsch in 1923.

Ecuadorians often describe the country as a series of " micro-environments " and economic-cultural regions that are reflected in the country's cultural and geographic diversity of coastal fishing and trade ( with Guayaquil as a port ), highland Quichua-speaking peoples ( with Quito as a center, and the Amazon or jungle region, with several indigenous populations continually facing intrusions by " colonos " ( colonists ) seeking to use land for farming including palm oil, or for oil and resource exploitation.

In December 2009, Namibia's Foreign Minister, Marko Hausiku met with Ethiopian Foreign Affairs Minister Seyoum Mesfin and noted the economic, science, technical and cultural agreements in place between the two countries and expressed a desire to improve the trade relations.

There was a luxury trade between Kent and the Franks, and burial artifacts found include clothing, drink, and weapons that reflect Frankish cultural influence.

England largely also becomes in this period bound up with the Atlantic trade system, which created something of a cultural continuum over a large part of Western Europe.

The history of the Mediterranean region is the history of the interaction of the cultures and people of the lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea — the central superhighway of transport, trade and cultural exchange between diverse peoples — encompassing three continents: Western Asia, North Africa, and Southern Europe.

Other archaeologists suggest the cultural developments are indigenous, and the outside influences result from trade.

Strong trade ties also made the region an important cultural center and established it as a base that would influence nearby kingdoms and regions in Burma, Sri Lanka, Maritime Southeast Asia, and Indochina.

# Protectionism – Relates more often to economics, there should be legal barriers to control trade and cultural exchange with people in other states.

Thus, until the 15th century, only minor trade and cultural exchanges between Europe and Asia continued at certain terminals controlled by Muslim traders.

Historically, Jamaica has had close ties with the UK, but trade, financial, and cultural relations with the United States are now predominant.

Their cultural integration with the emirates of the Persian Gulf formed a network of tribal and trade relationships stronger than the tie to Ottoman Iraq.

The material cultural remains that are discovered by maritime archaeologists along former trade routes can be combined with historic documents and material cultural remains found on land to understand the economic, social and political environment of the past.

Trans-Saharan trade routes linked the western Sudan with the Mediterranean since the time of Carthage and with the Upper Nile from a much earlier date, establishing avenues of communication and cultural influence that remained open until the end of the 19th century.

Although these western empires had little political influence on the Nigerian savanna before 1500hu they had a strong cultural and economic impact that became more pronounced in the 16th century, especially because these states became associated with the spread of Islam and trade.

During his reign, Nero focused much of his attention on diplomacy, trade, and enhancing the cultural life of the Empire.

Although many English speakers from outside North America regard such terms as distinct Americanisms, they are often just as ubiquitous in Canada, mainly due to the effects of heavy cross-border trade and cultural penetration by the American mass media.

Archeological finds as well as testimonials by early European explorers describe diverse native isthmian groups exhibiting cultural variety and already experienced in using regional trade routes.

Pidgins, according to Mufwene, emerged among trade colonies among " users who preserved their native vernaculars for their day-to-day interactions ".

Pidgins, according to Mufwene, emerged among trade colonies among " users who preserved their native vernaculars for their day-to-day interactions ".

Evolutionary economics deals with the study of processes that transform economy for firms, institutions, industries, employment, production, trade and growth within, through the actions of diverse agents from experience and interactions, using evolutionary methodology.

According to the Book of Mormon, there were many interactions between the Lamanites and the Nephites ; intermittent war, trade, and proselytizing transpired with varying degrees of success.

Early contact between foreigners and natives was largely limited to the fur trade in the headwaters and sporadic trade interactions along the lower river.

Satsuma Domain controlled interactions with the Ryūkyū Kingdom ( and through Ryūkyū, had access to Chinese goods and information ), while Tsushima Domain handled diplomatic and trade relations with Joseon Dynasty Korea, and Matsumae Domain managed interactions with the Ainu, the indigenous people of Hokkaido.

" They argue that Japan's international relations policies during this period should be understood, rather, as simply being aimed at keeping international interactions under tight control ; furthermore, they emphasize that Japan was not alone in seeking to control, and limit, international interactions, and that in fact nearly every major power at the time had policies in place dictating who could trade, at which ports, at which times, and in what manner.

Their maritime-based trade and interactions with the Papuans to the north and the Australian Aboriginal communities have maintained a steady cultural diffusion between the three societal groups, dating back thousands of years at least.

Exchange and cultural interactions: a study of long-distance trade and cross-cultural contacts in the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in Central and Eastern Europe.

The advanced highway network would provide for greater trade and social interactions between Asian countries, including personal contacts, project capitalizations, connections of major container terminals with transportation points, and promotion of tourism via the new roadways.

International trade involves interactions with other economies and is therefore possible only among open economies.

In its strict understanding comity is a vehicle for facilitating trade and amicable interactions between jurisdictions and this does not fit this factual situation as a state or jurisdiction is not required to honor comity if in doing so it is sanctioning practices repugnant to the states own norms.

Ulterior groups are generally considered allies ; in addition to high levels of civilian interactions such as trade ( of information or even material goods ) and migration of people, Ulterior groups are considered trustworthy enough to share sensitive military secrets with and capable of seamlessly integrating with Culture military forces should it become necessary.

Keeping in mind the interactions of nations in this period, John W. Cell notes in his essay entitled " Europe and the World in an Expanding World Economy, 1700 — 1850 ", that war and trade were somewhat dependent on each other.

It seeks to explain the patterns and consequences of transactions and interactions between the inhabitants of different countries, including trade, investment and migration.

Besides helping to prevent the movement of the British to the west, Valley Forge also obstructed the trade between Howe's forces and the farmers, thus threatening the vital subsistence of the redcoats and rendering their foraging to obtain necessary supplies extremely hazardous.

Banks the Butcher was a hard master and a hard father, a man who didn't seem to know the difference between the living flesh of his family and the hanging carcasses of his stock in trade.

Within the membership of this group, as has been found true of men in other professional or trade associations, the most ready portrayal of oneself to `` the public '' is that of a neutral agent simply serving the interests of a seller or buyer and mediating between them.

The similarity of the Roman abacus to the Chinese one suggests that one could have inspired the other, as there is some evidence of a trade relationship between the Roman Empire and China.

As a result, the Atlantic became and remains the major artery between Europe and the Americas ( known as transatlantic trade ).

The great trade routes and the agreements that made them possible were the driving force for activities between the different areas ; warlike states become states ready to produce and to sell.

As of November 2007, " trade between the two countries is booming as never before "

In March 2006, the trade volume between the two countries amounted to $ 400 million.

In 2010, the volume of bilateral trade with Iran was $ 200 million-which is approximately equal to the trade between Armenia and Turkey.

Kythira was a stopping place for trade and culture between Crete and the Peloponesus, so these stories may preserve traces of the migration of Aphrodite's cult from the Middle East to mainland Greece.

The early policy of Ambracia was determined by its loyalty to Corinth ( for which it probably served as an entrepot in the Epirus trade ), its consequent aversion to Corcyra ( as Ambracia participated on the Corinthian side at the Battle of Sybota, which took place in 433 BC between the rebellious corinthian colony of Corcyra ( modern Corfu ) and Corinth ).

Although the increased contact brought by trade between the Japanese and the Ainu contributed to increased mutual understanding, sometimes it led to conflict, occasionally intensifying into violent Ainu revolts, of which the most important was Shakushain's Revolt ( 1669 – 1672 ).

But between 1609 and 1614 King Felipe III expelled thousands of Moriscos who had remained in Valencia after the Reconquista, due to their cooperation with Barbary pirates who continually attacked coastal cities and caused much harm to trade.

In light of the economic gap between rich and poor countries, movement adherents claim “ free trade ” without measures in place to protect the environment and the health and well being of workers will contribute only to the strengthening the power of industrialized nations ( often termed the " North " in opposition to the developing world's " South ").

" Activists point to the unequal footing and power between developed and developing nations within the WTO and with respect to global trade, most specifically in relation to the protectionist policies towards agriculture enacted in many developed countries.

Its placement between Attica and the Peloponnesus made it a center of trade even earlier, and its earliest inhabitants came from Asia Minor.

It sets the following general guidelines regarding trade relations between signatory countries: pluralism, convergence, flexibility, differential treatment and multiplicity.

Because the differences between the prices are likely to be small ( and not to last very long ), this can be done profitably only with computers examining a large number of prices and automatically exercising a trade when the prices are far enough out of balance.

The introduction of free trade between Russia and Belarus in mid-1995 led to a spectacular growth in bilateral trade, which was only temporarily reversed in the wake of the financial crisis of 1998.

Mercosur, a regional trade bloc between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

The MOU further strengthened bilateral cooperation between the two Southeast Asian countries, particularly in the fields of agriculture and farm-related trade and investments.

* Everett massacre ( 1916 ), violence in Washington, United States between trade union members and local authorities