The fact that the majority of exported televisions are made in Asia proves that an American invention has passed to other cultures. This focus is important because it allows Asian countries to direct their manufacturing on American products in order to increase their trade (Webber). That is an example of the powerful trade industry. In addition, many televisions are still being produced across seas, which once again shows that globalization is surviving through trade. People craving television will see fashion trends, news, and commercials from other cultures that inspire someone to change their way of life. Also, according to Denise Bielby, who is mentioned in Global Culture, the exporting of the television also makes large profits for countries. This allows economies to be as high as it is due to all the revenue it is generating.
Countries desiring to push forward and raise their economic standards want to be a member of global trade. This is important to most countries because if they join the American market, it allows the countries to have little or no tariffs when trading. This is all part of the Free Trade Agreement, or FTA (Sanchez). Countries mentioned in Sanchez's news article are from Asia, one country in particular, the Philippines. As a country filled with sweatshops, the Philippines can see the good and bad sides of free trade. But what drives these countries to yearn for free trade? They know the effects it can have on their citizens. Obviously, they do not want to be left behind in a modern world full of trade and feel that globalization can boost their economy and their status among the trade world.
The World Trade Organization plays a crucial role in globalization because it allows trade to be powerful which is a driving force in globalization. Trade up to this day allows globalization to be successful. On November 3, 2003, Iraq applied to become a member in the WTO ("Iraq To Apply To Join WTO").
