Question 14.1 Click on these data links http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/ http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/top/index.html#top_partners Snoop around these data sites and
see if there are any aspects of trade (what is traded, with whom we trade, the
magnitude of trade) surprises you. Comment on your preconceived notions and
what the data actually suggest. Question 14.2Click on these articles http://www.freetrade.org/pubs/briefs/tpb-006es.html http://www.epinet.org/briefingpapers/sept01inequality.html Compare the views presented in
these articles. Note that the first article comes from a conservative
think-tank and the second from a liberal think-tank. Comment on which article
conforms to your preconceived view of the effects of trade. What arguments from
the other article challenge that view? |