West Africa's main political and economic bloc has suspended Guinea's membership following the military coup that ousted President Alpha Conde.

在军事政变推翻总统阿尔法·孔戴之后，西非主要政治和经济集团暂停了几内亚的成员国资格。

Researcher Zhang Monan with China Center for International Economic Exchanges argues the Belt and Road has formed the second largest economic bloc in the world after only the EU.

中国国际经济交流中心研究员张茉楠表示，“一带一路”成为仅次于欧盟的全球第二大经济板块。

The terms date back to the Cold War, when Western policymakers began talking about the world as three distinct political and economic blocs.

这些术语可以追溯到冷战时期，当时西方决策者开始将世界视为三个截然不同的政治和经济集团。