0 involving more than one country, or having power or authority that is greater than that of single countries:
NATO is a supranational organization.
1 involving more than one country:
the WTO, and other supranational organizations
A large percentage of the fund's assets will be invested in securities of supranational entities.
In other words, national policies converge because of corresponding legal obligations defined in international or supranational law.
The socialist government that ascended to political power did not muster popular support among supranational bodies, which have a strong influence on international donor funding.
However, these analyses essentially rely on the assumption that the views of supranational institutions and national governments necessarily diverge from each other.
First, it creates supranational rules that eliminate or reduce non-tariff barriers, including national subsidies, national industrial policies and regional policies carried out by national governments.
Rather, national governments' strategy - at least its procedural dimension - is shaped largely by the autonomous activity of supranational institutions.
One such choice is the relative autonomy of supranational institutions which reflects both normative and functional principles.
How is the implementation effectiveness of supranational policies affected by existing administrative traditions at the national level?
Acceptable arrangements and even some limited supranational steps should then be possible.
