Globalization

Based on your understanding of the reading, take bulleted notes on the following:

• The extent to which major western powers (i.e. the U.S. and Western Europe) shaped post- Cold War global trade.
• How and why Asian economies grew in the era of globalization.
• How and why economic trading blocs (e.g. the EU and OPEC) emerged
• How globalization has affected culture, most specifically with Pan-Americanism.