Is free trade preferable to protectionism?
Essay - 2 pages - International economy
In 2018, the United States increased its tariffs by almost $300 billion on imports, thus causing trade wars with China and Europe. This tariff barrier put in place by the former President of the United States, Donald Trump, is an offensive protectionist measure, that is to say a customs...
Trade and international relations
Study guide - 2 pages - International relations
We live on an international scene punctuated by globalization and the intensification of trade. We currently exchange more than we produce: a good is exchanged on average 1.4 times. In this perspective, trade (even if it is basically established between two companies) is a way for...
Towards a "Europe-puissance" or towards a free trade zone?
Course material - 8 pages - International relations
The development of the European Union, along the line of constant progress towards more integration, which more or less prevailed since 1950, appeared to stop suddenly in May 2005 with the French "No" to the so-called Constitutional Treaty. That problem has been solved, at least for now, with the...
International Trade and Innovation: EU policy recommendations
Essay - 2 pages - International economy
Based on the current worldwide developments, explain what would be your policy recommendations to European governments and the European Commission with regard to globalization, international trade and innovation strategy.
World Trade Business Game - Austria, Malaysia, Bolivia - Gas, Timber
Tutorials/exercises - 16 pages - Business strategy
This document is a comprehensive analysis of 3 country potentials in terms of international trade globally, and specifically in the timber and gas markets.
Logistics techniques for international trade
Thesis - 12 pages - Logistics
Local companies have traded with foreign companies for many years. These business relationships may consist of the buying and selling of goods, but large-scale corporate buyouts and mergers play a role on the international stage as well. Before an agreement is reached between two (international)...
Fair trade, from purchase intention to action, what solutions? The case of Alter Eco
Case study - 4 pages - Green marketing
The Hamon law of 2014, as well as the Macron law of 2015, defines fair trade. It is about ensuring relations with producers in southern countries gathered in structures with democratic governance. The sustainability of the commercial commitment, the payment by the buyer of a remunerative...
How can technology be used by the financial services industry to boost the development of cross-border payments and trade in the ASEAN region?
Sectorial analysis - 2 pages - Finance
ASEAN's financial services industry needs to be supported by technology to increase its competitiveness. The future of this industry depends on one hand on the development of cross-border trade in the ASEAN region, and on the other hand, on the development of the means of payment that...
New Theories of International Trade
Essay - 7 pages - Theories and economic notions
Through this quotation from Joseph Stigltiz, co-prize winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on asymmetric information, we note the interconnection between countries that globalization brings about: with its advantages but also its disadvantages. A questioning of this process...
Trade and finance - USA-China trade war
Essay - 6 pages - International economy
2018 was the year a bilateral economic conflict between the world's two biggest economies, the United States and China, began. The president of the United States, Donald Trump, made the first step by imposing trade barriers on its rival such as tariffs. This was in order to respond to...
Will Brexit change the UK trade structure?
Essay - 17 pages - Foreign markets
This article will try to discern how Brexit will affect the UK's trade structure. The article will start with a description of the current UK trade partners. This section will describe the main UK's trade partners and kinds of goods and services exported and imported...
Trade, Merchants and the Lost Cities of the Bronze Age - Gojko Barjamovic, Thomas Chaney, Kerem Cosar and Ali Hortaçsu
Essay - 4 pages - Ancient history
Long before our time, many ancient cities prospered across the world, exchanging and trading with one another, while building the very foundations of modern civilisation. While some of them still exist nowadays, others have completely disappeared from the surface of the Earth, leaving historians...
Has the WTO shaped the right balance between the smooth operation of international trade and sustainable development? Discuss in the light of the GATT panel decisions on the environment
Essay - 6 pages - Economy general
“God is dead. WTO replaced him” . It's what we could read on the notice of a demonstrator in front of the WTO's headquarters on the occasion of the celebration of the fiftieth birthday of the GATT in May 1998 in Geneva. Since the beginning of 2000s, the environment is in the center of...
Evaluate the evolution of the world trade system
Essay - 7 pages - International economy
Before the creation of a world trade system in 1947, the countries had protectionist economic policies or preferential trade agreements for the Empires as the one of Britain and France. In the 1930s, these policies clearly showed their limits with the economic depression and the...
Japanese Foreign Trade and Economic Relations with the Rest of the World from the Tokugawa Times to the Present
Essay - 4 pages - International economy
The history of modern Japan is history by itself. It reflects around the increasing contact with the outside world. As opposed to previous Japanese historic periods, modern Japan as a whole can be characterized as an era in which the country interferes with foreign nations more than ever before....
Environment and international trade
Essay - 4 pages - Ecology & environment
The warming of the planet and global climatic change has been the centre of heated debate for the last few years. The environmental problems, by the force of nature, somehow set themselves to the political agenda of the planet. In this paper I'd like to see if the concepts of trade and...
Can Fair Trade and corporate social responsibility become a competitive advantage ? The Example Of Max Havelaar
Market study - 16 pages - International economy
In our presentation, we have decided to present to you Max Havelaar, which is one of the most famous stamps of Fair Trade. Max Havelaar is present around the world under three different names: Max Havelaar, Fairtrade and Transfair. Max Havelaar doesn't sell any product. It is just an...
Free trade agreement in the wine sector
Thesis - 19 pages - International economy
Nowadays, Australia is dealing with some new free trade agreements, such as the Australian-Chinese free trade agreements. We will be looking on how can it benefit to Australia and can change the economic situation of the country. To support this theory, we choose to focus our...
How has international trade underdeveloped the Less Developed Countries (LCDs)?
Essay - 4 pages - International economy
Following the decolonization period and the collapse of USSR (1989), a lot of countries gained their independence and entered the arena of international trade, arena previously created by few states known today as the North, or the developed countries. Therefore, the structure of the...
Fair Trade
Essay - 17 pages - International economy
Recently, economy organization suffers imbalances which affect agricultural product producers. Price and purchase conditions are imposed without possibility to negotiate and in the majority of the cases, the price of purchase are not sufficient to cover production costs. According to United...
Saudi Arabia - Trade elasticity
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
As a result of the spike in prices of oil in the 70s together with an increase in the production of oil and high Gross Domestic Product (GDP) averaging to more than 11 percent in a year, the Saudi Arabian economy grew tremendously. However, in the 1980s, oil pieces began to fall leading to an...
Colon Free Trade Zone
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
In recent years, numerous governments about the globe have sought to provide financial incentives to investors. These incentives are tailored to attract investment and the growth of trade and thus benefit the local people. One of the methods they are currently applied to attract investment...
The French-speaking Fur Traders in Early North-America
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
During the sixteenth century a vast French-speaking Empire was claimed by a few brave adventurers. New France was the name of this vast Empire in North-America. It was a territory that spread from historic Acadia (present day Canadian Maritime provinces), past Quebec and the great lakes (then...
The fair trade trend, an explanation
Essay - 13 pages - International economy
The current functioning of the world economy suffers from more and more blatant imbalance which affects particularly the producers of tropical farm produces, the victims of the agro-industrial politics based essentially on the returns and the profit. The prices and the conditions of purchase...
The principle of non-discrimination in the world trade organization
Study guide - 7 pages - International economy
The principle of non discrimination in the frame of the WTO is one of the core principles at its base. Indeed, two ideas are at the heart of the WTO: liberalization of the market, and no discrimination of the trade partners herein. However, the notion of discrimination should first be...
Evaluate the impact of global recession on international trade and investment with respect to the country of your choice. Support your arguments with the use of relevant examples whenever possible
Essay - 6 pages - International economy
We assume that prosperity is indivisible and that growth to be sustainable must be shared. We believe that the only sure foundation for a sustainable globalization and increasing prosperity for all, is an open economy based on market principles, effective regulation and stronger global...
Logistics of international trade: The oil market
Case study - 15 pages - Accounting
Nowadays, the oil market can be considered the engine of the world's economy as each variation on the stock market can have social, political or diplomatic consequences. A world without oil is inconceivable today. We require oil for transport, industries etc. The global oil market is set to...
Regional free trade areas
Essay - 28 pages - International economy
A Free Trade Area is an area in which tariffs among members have been eliminated, but members keep their external tariffs. Can evolve in: A Customs Union (FTA + common external tariffs). A Common Market (CU + mobility of services, people, and capital within the union). Complete...
International Trade and Growth
Essay - 3 pages - International economy
Now, in 2007, international exchanges in the world has become very frequent. Since 1945, we have seen a very strong growth of international exchanges, the world exports has progressed twice as quickly as world production. World trade accounted for 10% of the world wealth in 1960 whereas it...
The drug trade
Essay - 6 pages - International relations
In the shuffle of the post Cold War geopolitics of transnational threats, drug trafficking suddenly appeared as one of the new major threats to the world order. Yet the drug trade has undergone a long time-span evolution over several centuries. This challenge to regional security is all...
