Topic 1. Governmental Influence on Trade: Catfish Dispute

Discussions. Individual Activity

Topic 1. Governmental Influence on Trade: Catfish Dispute

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What are the pros and cons of government interventions in this case?

What lessons do you see for managers operating within conflicting sets of national regulation and interests, and any regional agreements?

Topic 2. WTO – Trade Disputes (The country I selected is Brazil)

Conduct a search at http://globaledge.msu.edu/search?q=Brazil to identify the current import policies, tariffs and trade restrictions in the country. Other useful sites include the World Trade Organization (www.wto.org). Enter the country’s name in the WTO search box (top right corner).

Discuss

• Has the country you selected been a complainant or respondent in a case before the WTO in the last 5 years? If so, describe briefly the nature of the dispute. Has the complaint been resolved?
• What role did WTO play in the dispute?
• What is the country’s trade policy and why have they established it?
• What industries or who benefits from these policies?
• Does it affect the country’s economic structure? If so how?
Topic 4: In the News!

Post one news source – In the News! And explain briefly how the news story bears on this Session’s course topics.

As part of your Discussions participation, post one news source (your choice of media) as a response to this Main Topic and explain briefly (3 or 4 sentences will do) how the news story bears on the topics for the Session or for upcoming topics. Try not to post news that are older than two months.

Make sure that you use foreign media!

The best sources for international financial/business news include:
http://www.ft.com/home/us (daily)
http://www.economist.com/ (weekly, available from UMUC online library)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/ (daily)
http://www.smh.com.au/business (daily)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businesslatestnews/ (daily)
http://goo.gl/PbV8ns (International New York Times – European edition, published in Paris)
http://www.bbc.com/news/business (hourly/daily)
https://www.theguardian.com/us/business (daily)
http://www.scmp.com/business (daily)
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry (daily)
http://www.straitstimes.com/business (daily)
http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/categories/economy.html (News Media)
http://www.arabnews.com/economy (daily)
http://english.ahram.org.eg/Portal/3/Business.aspx (daily)
http://www.livemint.com/ (daily)
http://www.gdnonline.com/GroupSection/Business (daily)

Required Reading
(Click on the link “PDF Full Text” or “HTML Full Text”in the left hand column of the article page to download each article)
Cassidy, W. B. (2016). NAFTA Trade’s driving force (cover story). Journal Of Commerce (15307557), 17(13), 10-14.
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Beauchesne, E. (2013). Great Gateways to Asia… and the Globe. Export Wise, 15-17.
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Barot, G. C. (2015). Fundamental concept of international trade. CLEAR International Journal of Research in Management, Sciences & Technology, 5(10), 1-5.
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Flynn, S. I. (2015). Trade creation and diversion. Research Starters: Business (Online edition).
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Beene, R. (2015). How U.S. chickens led to Japanese truck plants. Automotive News, 89(6679), 0030.
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U.S., Brazil settle longstanding cotton case. (2014). Southeast Farm Press, 41(24), 30.
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Tehrani, M. (2008). European Union and the US trade disputes: The role of the WTO. Organization Management Journal (Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.), 5(3), 135-148.doi:10.1057/omj.2008.15
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Brown, T. (2001). South and Southeast, Vietnam embroiled in catfish controversy. Marketing News, 35(22), 50.
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Carter, D. (2001, December 28). Congressional ruling shuts Vietnamese catfish out of U.S. market. The Washington Times. Retrieved from www.washingtontimes.com
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Dziak, M. (2016). Diamond Model. Salem Press Encyclopedia.
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