Although globalization skeptics and transformationalists both have valid interpretations of globalization, I believe the hyperglobalist perspective is the more accurate. Evidence of hyperglobalization is found around the world, but for the purposes of this article I will focus on the expansion of NAFTA, the 2004 Indian elections, and the increasing global offshoring of labor. I will then describe the implications of hyperglobalist globalization on world regions and the regional approach. The evidence in favor of the hyperglobalist perspective of globalization is everywhere, starting right in America with the proposed ALCA (Free Trade Area of ​​the Americas). According to Christopher Bruner, a law professor at the University of Miami, "The Free Trade Area of ​​the Americas was initially proposed as the 'trade liberalization cornerstone' of President George Bush's Enterprise for the Americas initiative, a plan on large-scale "unification of the Western Hemisphere" launched in 1990. The process of creating an FTAA, however, actually began with the first "Summit of the Americas" held in Miami in 1994, at which the thirty-four democracies of the hemisphere Western countries - essentially the entire hemisphere minus Cuba - have committed to pursuing the creation of an FTAA by 2005”. of approximately 800 million people. It would also allow North American businesses to have duty-free access to Latin America. It would also allow Caribbean markets and Latin American countries to export goods to America without tariffs. The issue is still debated today and those responsible for the initiative have called for the Sixth...... middle of paper ......the globe or a bad thing for the globe, but rather a neutral manifestation of human behavior in the world ongoing nationwide competition for success. Works Cited Bruner, Christopher M. “Hemispheric Integration and the Politics of Regionalism: The Free Trade Area of ​​the Americas (FTAA).” The University of Miami Inter-American Law Review 33 (2002)Shani, Giorgio. “Re-branding India? Globalisation, Hindutva and the 2004 elections”. Ritsumeikan Annual Review of International Studies 3 (2004) McCarthy, John C; Ross, Christine F; Martorelli, Bill; Mines, Christopher; Brown, Adam; “Short-term growth in offshoring accelerates the downsizing of U.S. service sector jobs moving overseas.” Forrester Research (2004) iv Marston, S. A., P. L. Knox, and D. M. Liverman. 2002. World Regions in Global Context: Peoples, Places, and Environments. Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, NJ First edition.