This is a list of international

trade organization A trade association, also known as an industry trade group, business association, sector association or industry body, is an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry. An industry trade association partic ...

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World Trade Organization The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that regulates and facilitates international trade. With effective cooperation in the United Nations System, governments use the organization to establish, revise, and ...

List of trade organizations

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, , 164 , Geneva, Switzerland , - ,

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are located primarily in Europe, Europe. The union has a total area of ...

, , 27 , Brussels, Belgium , - , Organisation of Petroleum exporting countries (OPEC) , , 14 , Vienna, Austria , - , South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) , , 8 , Kathmandu, Nepal , - , Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) , , 10 , Jakarta, Indonesia , - ,

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC ) is an inter-governmental forum for 21 member economy, economies in the Pacific Rim that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

(APEC) , , 21 , Singapore , - ,

BRICS BRICS is an acronym for five leading emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The first four were initially grouped as "BRIC" (or "the BRICs") in 2001 by Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill, who coined the te ...

(Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) , , 5 , Shanghai , -

Trade Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market. An early form of trade, barter, saw the direct exc ...

Business organizations