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Treaty vs Convention   Treaty is a term that refers to pacts or agreements between countries or nation states of the world on different issues. The history of treaties is as old as human civilization as kingdoms and empires fought with each other on petty issues and often signed pacts with each other that... 

Consulate vs Embassy   Consulates and embassies are permanent diplomatic missions that countries establish in cities of other countries, mostly in capital cities of the world. Many people cannot differentiate between a consulate and an embassy as both serve similar purposes and functions. However, despite... 

NAFTA vs EU   EU stands for European Union. It is a large regional system comprising of all European nations who applied and received membership of this union. It is the largest free trade block in the world today, and the main aim behind the creation of European union was to remove trade barriers between... 

Ambassador vs High Commissioner Those belonging to one of more than 50 commonwealth countries are aware of the terms High Commissioner and Ambassador, though very few understand the reason behind the use of dual titles for highest ranking official of one country in another country. For example, if you take India,... 

IMF vs WTO It was during the 2nd World War that many countries of the world convened a conference in US in 1944 to discuss and set up a framework for economic cooperation and development of the member countries. International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) were the intergovernmental organizations that... 

UN vs WTO WTO stands for World Trade Organization and is a successor body to GATT that was founded in 1995 in the Uruguay round of talks as the members failed to agree on setting up ITO to facilitate world trade. WTO is currently trying to work out negotiations between participating countries through Doha round... 

Immigrants vs Migrants The words migrant, immigrant and immigration have become important in modern times with many countries facing the problem of illegal immigration while some nations grapple with the problem of weakened manpower because of lots of people migrating in search of greener pastures. In general... 

GATT vs WTO General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade is commonly referred to as GATT. It was created in 1948 with the aim of bolstering international trade by reducing trade barriers between countries through negotiations. It was replaced by World Trade Organization in 1995 after prolonged deliberations that continued... 

Liberalism vs Constructivism There are many theories that have been propounded in the study of international relations. These theories actually provide a perspective in which to see international relations. Out of these theories, the most popular are realism, liberalism and constructivism. We will, in this article... 

FTA vs CEPA FTA and CEPA are terms used to describe economic pacts between countries that are aimed at reducing tariffs and improving bilateral trade. Whereas FTA stands for Free Trade Agreement, CEPA stands for Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. Though both are economic pacts, there are differences... 

G20 vs G8 G20 and G8 are abbreviations for forums of industrialized and developed countries of the world. G8 is older, coming into existence at the behest of France in 1975. It brought together France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK and the US (G6). It was then G6, but with Canada joining in 1976, the coalition became... 

UN Security Council vs UN General Assembly UN General Assembly and Security Council are two of the main organs of the United Nations, which is an international organization created in the aftermath of the Second World War in 1945. UN came into existence to take place of the League on Nations that was formed by... 

High Commission vs Embassy High Commission and Embassy are both diplomatic missions representing their country in another country. Though everyone knows this fact, the difference between them has always been confusing for many. An Embassy is a building where diplomats wok or live. On the other hand a High Commission...