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I'm somewhat confused by the formatting of this infobox. I agree in principle that a box on world trade is nice, but there are so many agreements abound that could warrant a clearer and less-clearly partisan infobox than this is. The Venn diagram comes from a Wikileaks video but doesn't even include the member states' names that make it worth anything, and the whole TiSA, TTIP, TPP, Ceta focus is more topical than encyclopedic. What about RCEP? The EU-Japan/EU-Asean/EU-Mercosur/EU-Mexico talks being negotiated? The finalized but not in force EU-EAC/EU-Ecuador/EU-Singapore/EU-Vietnam agreements? What about EU Association Agreements and their cousins? The EGA? The Doha Round? The even longer-grass FTAA? The many, many less Western-centric FTAs? More on the theories and politics of trade beyond ISDS? There isn't even a mention of protectionism or the WTO. I'm not sure what format this box should take, but this one seems highly flawed. Therequiembellishere (talk) 09:00, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]