DAMPAK AFTA DAN NAFTA TERHADAP IMPERIALISME EKONOMI GLOBAL

Abstract

The world economy has been changing since the last decade till nowadays. The increase speed and ease of transportation and information technology and the increased used of international markets, is a phenomena faced by all of us. It is often said that world is becoming shringking into a ^llglobal village" with free trade and free capital mobility as common characteristics in globalization era. While it is a must, being faced by all of us, the question is whether globalization can generate benefit to developing countries or not. Is globalization just a new kind of imperialism that only benefits developing nations? What must be done? This paper describes this issue in relation with the implementation of economic integration under AFTA and NAFTA.