Department of Economics Compiled by Prof E Ziramba INTERNATIONAL TRADE Only study guide for ECS302-E UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA PRETORIA © 2010 University of South Africa All rights reserved Printed and published by the University of South Africa Muckleneuk‚ Pretoria ECS302E/1/2011 – 2013 iii ECS302-E/1/2011-2013 CONTENTS Page 1 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................
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The Atlantic Slave Trade and Colonialism The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade began when Portuguese interests in Africa moved away from the legendary deposits of gold to a much more readily available commodity – slaves‚ around the mid-fifteenth century. The plantation economies of the New World were built on slave labour. Seventy percent of the slaves brought to the new world were used to produce sugar‚ the most labour-intensive crop. The rest were employed harvesting coffee‚ cotton‚ and tobacco‚ and
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and impact of legislation…………………………Page 7 Effect of Human Resources on Employees and Union memberships…Page 9 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………Page 10 References…………………………………………………………………Page 11 Executive Summary: Since the 1980’s trade union membership numbers have declined rapidly ( Balnave et al‚ 2007‚ pg 130). Once upon a time it was quiet important for employees to be part of a union as it entitled them to have a collective voice‚ and power to build a pleasurable workplace.
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Trade and aid policies of the EU CONTENT 1 TRADE AND AID POLICIES WITH THIRD PARTIES 1 1.1 THE WTO 1 1.1.1 FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS 2 2 MAIN TRADING PARTNERS OF THE EU 3 2.1 USA 3 2.1.1 DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSATLANTIC CO-OPERATION 3 2.1.2 DISPUTES BETWEEN THE EU AND THE USA 4 2.2 CHINA AND ASIA 4 2.3 RUSSIA 5 3 TRADE POLICIES WITH CERTAIN GROUPS 7 3.1 WIDER EUROPE: THE EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY 7 3.2 THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION 8 3.3 EU-LATIN AMERICAN RELATIONS
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Slave Trade Simulation Paper 26 February 2013 Modern World ONL Trading slaves‚ a practice that has been described as inhumane‚ evil‚ or even blasphemous‚ left little room for sensitivity for those making the decisions of the trade. Often people wonder how such evil could continue in the world for as long as it did. “The rewards of the slave trade overwhelmed any religious inhibitions that some of the traders and other beneficiaries might have had.”1 [Islam’s Black Slaves‚ p. 159] I will explain
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World Trade Organization Plan of the Essay: I . History II. The organization and it’s structure III. Whose WTO is it anyway? IV. The WTO Agreements V. Understanding the WTO VI. Summary VII. Sources and bibliography The essay was prepared by Siarhei Bayarchuk‚ 52279 Warsaw‚ 2012 May I. History „... the World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only international organization dealing with the global rules of trade between nations. Its main function is to ensure that trade flows
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International Trade Theories Mercantilism Mercantilism was a sixteenth-century economic philosophy that maintained that a country’s wealth was measured by its holdings of gold and silver (Mahoney‚ Trigg‚ Griffin‚ & Pustay‚ 1998). This recquired the countries to maximise the difference between its exports and imports by promoting exports and discouraging imports. The logic was transparent to sixteenth-century policy makers-if foreigners buy more goods from you than you buy from them‚ then the foreigners
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Free trade agreement What is The Free Trade Agreement? The Free Trade Agreement or FTA is more than just exchanging goods between Canada and America. The FTA‚ best understood in the words of Ronald Reagan is “ A new economic constitution for North America.” (Cameron Pg. 3). It is an exchange of goods between Canada and America‚ free of taxes on import and export products‚ so each of the countries benefits from the other’s industry. The signing of the Free Trade Agreement replaced the General Agreement
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repayments of more than $60 billion‚ which amounts to a third of the country’s GDP ‚according to July Central Bank Data. $20 billion of that amount is loans provided by Russian state-owned banks who threaten to demand instant payment if Ukraine signs the agreement. (NA‚ 2013) In addition to the lost trade and the immediate payments‚ large transition expenses together with costly improvements in infrastructure would have to be done. (N.A‚ November 29) From a political perspective‚ the signing of the
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UNIT I FOREIGN TRADE AND POLICY OBJECTIVES To give broader understanding of the foreign trade and it’s policy. This unit given students an understanding of the aspects that how the various theories explain the development of foreign trade between the nations. The main objectives of this unit are: • To analysis similarities and differences between internal and international trade. • • • To provide an overview of various theories in foreign trade. To evaluate the terms of trade between the nations
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