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Originally Posted by waqas virk jat
Do you agree that in contemporary international relations,international economic and trade linkages are being used as pressure tactics in inter-state relations?
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economic n trade linkages are trade arrangemnts/economic ties among nation states..they may be bilateral (between 2 states) as well as multilateral (among three or more states..these include regional blocks n global organizations like WTO, IMf etc)
now if u want to support the given thesis u can add a lot of points..
in case of
Bilateral trade linkages china is a good case in point..they have managed to bring US around on many isssues bcoz of increasing economic supremacy..india also was able to extract favours from US, France, etc because it's a potential market..again US is able to dictate pakistan owing to economic advantage (the kerry luggar law)
in case of
multilateral arrangements, IMF n WB are pawns of western world n they r using them for political gains..e.g agreement on agriculture, patents n subsidy issues etc
also the regional blocks like NAFTA exploiting mexicans, EU sort of pressurizing turkey to do reforms or they want LDCs to conform to their standards to get trade concessions..
Also
MNCs are a new tool which states use..they virtually dig into the economy n have potential to disrupt the political setup of the country..although they r non-state actors n its debatable but their use as a tactic by states is undeniable..
n embargos, sanctions etc may also b added as they are somehow "breaking of a trade linkage"..can mention the case of iran.
browse the internet, am sure u ll get relevant material but do specific search (separately for WTO, IMF etc)