In this article, Taiwan is wanting to be part of some trade blocs that will allow for their country's exporters to experience less tariffs and open markets for their domestic markets. However, China is not allowing them to.
The article discusses the development around a planned economic integration to the political African Union (AU). Plans were made to establish a free trade agreement amongst the large AU, however officials have deplored the low level of sustainability among member states, and general non-inclusive attitude of many economies.
The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), the Soviet version of the EU, has just voted on including Armenia into the trade agreement, and will continue to include more ex-Soviet countries in the future.
This article discusses how Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan signed a treaty that paved the way for a Europe-Asia economic union. However, this has angered other countries, such as Uzbekistan, who stopped providing Kyrgyzstan with gas.