The which is playing an even more important role in

30. The _______________, which is playing an even more important role in the EU, has been directly elected
by citizens of the EU countries since the late 1970s.
A. North Atlantic Parliament
B. North Atlantic Trade Commission
C. European Parliament
D. European Trade Commission
E. European Union Commission

31. According to the textbook, most attempts to achieve regional economic integration have been what?
32. Economic theories suggest that free trade and investment is a positive-sum game, in which
33. According to the textbook, in regard to international trade, the theoretical ideal is
34. Because many governments have accepted part or all of the case for intervention, unrestricted free trade
and FDI have proved to be
A. only an ideal.
B. a reality.
C. a goal which should be realized soon.
D. a goal that there is no rationale for.
E. a goal for the WTO.
35. The European Community was established in
36. The two main reasons that have made ______________ difficult to achieve are cost and concerns over
national sovereignty.
37. The political case for regional _______________ has also loomed large in most attempts to establish free
trade areas, customs unions, and the like.

38. The two main reasons that have made economic integration difficult to achieve are
A. concerns over the safety of travel from one nation to another and concerns over dissimilar political
ideologies.
B. concerns over costs and concerns over national sovereignty.
C. concerns over immigration and emigration and concerns over economic and political ideologies.
D. concerns over the safety of travel from one nation to another and concerns over national sovereignty.
E. concerns over revenue sharing and political interdependence.