Global Trade Analysis
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by Chris Stanwick
In my studies of the global economic system, I have run across a lot of interesting information. As of late, I have been completing some research on the trade systems amongst nations. Having gathered the data, I compiled and analyzed it to reach the conclusions set forth in this article. Hopefully, this information will help government ministers and congressmen establish better trade policies to benefit not only their own citizens, but the citizens of the world as a whole.
Trade Policies of the New World
I looked at the import taxes of each nation, averaging the tariffs of each product to determine the nation's overall tariff percentage. Using this percentage, I created a scale that would determine if a nation had a free trade policy (1-10😵
, moderationalist policy (11-39😵
, or protectionist trade policy (40-99😵
. Once I assigned a designation to a nation, I included its alliance affiliation to better assist government officials in crafting trade partnerships and alliances. The findings are as follows:
PEACE GC Members
Argentina - 31% (Moderationalist)
Austria - 9.8% (Free Trade)
Brazil - 64% (Protectionist)
Bulgaria - 13% (Moderationalist)
Chile - 25% (Moderationalist)
Colombia - 53% (Protectionist)
France - 55% (Protectionist)
Germany - 34% (Moderationalist)
Hungary - 59% (Protectionist)
Indonesia - 99% (Protectionist)
Iran - 31% (Moderationalist)
Italy - 67% (Protectionist)
Japan - 20% (Moderationalist)
Latvia - 14% (Moderationalist)
Lithuania - 15% (Moderationalist)
Mexico - 27% (Moderationalist)
Netherlands - 43% (Protectionist)
Pakistan - 17% (Moderationalist)
Philippines - 33% (Moderationalist)
Portugal - 15% (Moderationalist)
Russia - 37% (Moderationalist)
Serbia - 41% (Protectionist)
Slovenia - 13% (Moderationalist)
United Kingdom - 53% (Protectionist)
Uruguay - 20% (Moderationalist)
Venezuela - 41% (Protectionist)
According to the data, PEACE consists of one nation that practices a policy of free trade, fifteen that practice moderationalist policies, and ten that have protectionist trade policies. The alliance as a whole has an average tariff percentage of 35.76%, with a rating of Moderationalist. PEACE is primarily a restrictive alliance in terms of trade.
Fortis/EDEN Members
Canada - 24% (Moderationalist)
Croatia - 23% (Moderationalist)
Czech Republic - 6.8% (Free Trade)
Finland - 10% (Free Trade)
Greece - 20% (Moderationalist)
Israel - 15% (Moderationalist)
Norway - 59% (Protectionist)
Poland - 43% (Protectionist)
Romania - 50% (Protectionist)
Spain - 4.7% (Free Trade)
Sweden - 28% (Moderationalist)
USA - 2.3% (Free Trade)
Of the former ATLANTIS allies, four maintain free trade policies, five have moderationalist policies, and three protectionist policies. The allies as a whole have an average tariff percentage of 23.82%, which is moderationalist, but significantly lower than that of PEACE. The former ATLANTIS members primarily have permissive trade policies and encourage global trading.
AHA Members (some duplication applies)
Argentina - 31% (Moderationalist)
Bolivia - 24% (Moderationalist)
Brazil - 64% (Protectionist)
Chile - 25% (Moderationalist)
Colombia - 53% (Protectionist)
Mexico - 27% (Moderationalist)
Paraguay - 60% (Protectionist)
Peru - 25% (Moderationalist)
Uruguay - 20% (Moderationalist)
Venezuela - 41% (Protectionist)
Of the AHA nations, none have free trade policies in effect, six have moderationalist policies, and four have protectionist trade policies. Of all the alliances, AHA has the highest average tariff percentage at 37%, which puts them in the moderationalist category, but in the uppermost reaches of it. As such, AHA has failed in its economic aims to unite and encourage trade amongst the member nations.
Sol Members (some duplication applies)
Australia - 75% (Protectionist)
China - 22% (Moderationalist)
Japan - 20% (Moderationalist)
Malaysia - 23% (Moderationalist)
Pakistan - 17% (Moderationalist)
Philippines - 33% (Moderationalist)
Singapore - 28% (Moderationalist)
Of the Sol nations, none have a free trade policy, six have a moderationalist policy, and one has a protectionist trade policy in place. As a whole, Sol has an average tariff percentage of 31.14%, lower than all but the former ATLANTIS alliances, and thus has a moderationalist rating. While trade is not restricted as with AHA and PEACE, Sol nations have a little farther to go before they reach the benefits of free trade.
Unaligned Nations
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 51% (Protectionist)
Denmark - 7.5% (Free Trade)
Estonia - 5.5% (Free Trade)
India - 43% (Protectionist)
Ireland - 14% (Moderationalist)
Moldavia - 1.75% (Free Trade)
Slovakia - 1.7% (Free Trade)
Turkey - 50% (Protectionist)
Ukraine - 49% (Protectionist)
The unaligned nations are split, with most either falling at one end of the spectrum or the other. Four have free trade policies, one has a moderationalist policy, and four have protectionist trade policies. Since the nations are unaligned, they do not have a group average tariff percentage. Some unaligned nations are open to global trading, already having free, open trade policies. However, the rest are restrictive with their trading, wanting to protect their local economy, while inadvertently damaging it by not reaching out for trade partners.
All in all, there is a lot of potential globally for freer trade amongst both unaligned and aligned nations. There is no reason that economic or trade alliances cannot form involving nations of varying affiliations, as they benefit nations financially rather than militarily. National representatives, I encourage you to make use of this data to forge new trade relations to benefit your citizens and the global community as a whole.
-Chris Stanwick
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Greetings from USA!
good to see ya back in action
Really interesting information. Nice work.
Thanks for the article. Voted.
Very informative.
Thanks Chris!
i guess PEACE is anti-free trade huh
Wow - Enlightening. Thank you! voted
Good article Chris.
Cool beans. Excellent information 😃
Excelent analysis
Very educational. 🙂 Thank you for putting that together.
So from a historical standpoint, how did the alliances come about and how has Ireland remained unaligned all this time?
Since this was a talking put on Brian's and Patton's manifestos, I would like a clearer understanding of how this works.
your a traitor cris
Turkey is PEACE member 🙂
"So from a historical standpoint, how did the alliances come about and how has Ireland remained unaligned all this time?
Since this was a talking put on Brian's and Patton's manifestos, I would like a clearer understanding of how this works. "
http://wiki.erepublik.com/index.php/Alliances" target="_blank">http://wiki.erepublik.com/index.php/Alli[..]nces
Read that, click through the alliances' pages.
The whole alliance history is on the wiki.
Thanks for the information Chris, good work, and interesting analyisis
Interesting figures.... thanks for the article.
Commentary is heavily biased towards free trade as a self evidential good for an economy. The number of nations choosing a protectionist stance would seem to go against that view, provided they are taking steps which they believe will benefit themselves the most.
And what are the benefits of free trade? This is not the real world and the USA's tax policy has been a total failure altogether.
Low import taxes on manufactured goods only make sense for countries like Spain that has a high iron region that allows for a focus on the land sector.
"And what are the benefits of free trade? This is not the real world and the USA's tax policy has been a total failure altogether.
Low import taxes on manufactured goods only make sense for countries like Spain that has a high iron region that allows for a focus on the land sector."
Wrong.
Countries with a developed manufacturing sector can compete abroad if tariffs are low enough.
Your study is flawed.
Average tariffs are useless. Lets look at an imaginary country that has a market for 2 products. Product A it has a high resource region for and a tariff at 99%. Product be it has no resources and a tariff of 1%. According to your study it would be a 'moderationalist' (which isn't a word according to my spell check) country when in fact it is in fact clearly protectionist.
And so as I said above your studies flawed and no use to anyone.
Brian Boru, do you even understand what I say? Sure, countries with a developed manufacturing sector could compete abroad if they were let into other markets. But why would they be let in?
From an importer country's point of view it only makes sense to allow others exporting manufactured goods to you if your workforce can produce something more valuable and export that in return. In the case of Spain that is iron. Why would a country without such characteristics let others' imports in?
Btw it's quite ridiculous that the author simply declares free trade good and protectionism bad. How is that economically beneficial for example if you let others into your market when you are already suffering from overproduction? In most countries that's the case usually for manufactured goods.
Indonesia - 99% (Protectionist)
Possibly the richest country in the game
Hungary - 59% (Protectionist)
They are up there
In fact most of the PEACE country's I have seen (From moving my org around) have price fixing on all RM and manufactored products meaning businessses get an equal share in the market all workers are paid and the taxes flow it's suits the economic structure of the game perfectly so protectionism does work.
Heya Chris.
i think it can give you a decent preidiction of how a nation looks towards trade
hhhhhhmmm
Ukraine is PEACE member.