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This paper looks at the changes that have occurred globally over the past 30 years in the world's countries using the Index of Openness, a mathematical equation that relates a country's exports and imports to its Gross Domestic Product and Gross National Product. The purpose of this study is to determine which of certain selected regional blocs have increased their openness to trade. The article is...