Many others are demanding a fundamental renegotiation of the relationship, given the further integration of economies within the eurozone, of which the UK is not a part.
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The integration of national economies into international economies holds unprecedented longevity for companies that can capitalize on this transition.
Mr King caricatures globalisation's proponents as pollyannas who see only winners and no losers from the integration of emerging economies.
President Sarkozy also called for more convergence and integration of European economies.
"We also believe that continued integration of the economies of this region will benefit workers, consumers and businesses in all of our nations, " Mr. Obama said in Tokyo.
Overall, the air freight pounds are expected to grow at a modest 2-3% annual rate as the integration of world economies over time will increasingly drive movement of small shipments directly from the point of production to the consumer.
This growing flow of capital from India reflects the increased integration of the two economies and has brought many benefits to the United States, increasing U.S. exports and supporting tens of thousands of jobs in the last six years alone.
But the key point today is the degree of integration among all economies.
We are also focused on the region, on the new Silk Road, on the integration of Afghanistan into the economies of its neighbors in Central Asia, India and beyond.
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The integration of China and other emerging economies into the world trading system has, in effect, more than doubled the global labour force, and by curbing workers' bargaining power it has restrained pay demands in most developed economies in recent years.
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The closer integration of the U.S. and European economies will reinforce the most powerful alliance in history and underscore a common commitment to global economic norms.
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We are also committed to working together to develop high standard trade and investment rules in the region and promote regional economic integration, consistent with the long-term objective of the APEC economies to develop a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP).
Yet now the euro is in trouble, they want those same ill-assorted economies to save themselves with a hefty extra dose of European integration.
At the same time, economic integration in East Asia has broadened and deepened, such that the importance of China for the economies of all the countries in the region has multiplied.
As Russia and the other countries of the former Soviet Union move their economies away from the inefficient autarky of the Soviet era towards a more efficient integration with the world economy, considerations of trade and investment will prevail over other forces.
First, as the examples of China, Poland, Romania and others have demonstrated, greater integration into the global economy and large-scale infusions of Western capital, technology and investment into command economies do not automatically assure a transition into market-based reforms and necessary levels of political liberalization.
In principle globalisation can help to stabilise economies if they are at different stages of the cycle, but the very forces of global integration are likely to synchronise economic cycles more closely, so that downturns in different countries are more likely to reinforce one another.
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