Blog

Discussion Prompt Our textbook’s discussion of international trade leaves open q

Discussion Prompt

Our textbook’s discussion of international trade leaves open questions about the overall benefit of globalization and trade itself.

  • Do you agree with the notion that international trade should be expanded as much as possible? Why or why not?
  • Do you believe the United States benefits from international trade more than other countries? Briefly describe why you feel that way.
  • In 2023, the total dollar value of U.S. exports was around $3.1 trillion and the total dollar value of U.S. imports was around $3.8 trillion. There is more information on the breakdown of exports and imports by major categories in the Annual 2023 Press Highlights from the U.S. Census Bureau, available here: https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/highlights/AnnualPressHighlights.pdfLinks to an external site.. Pick a statistic published in the Annual 2023 Press Highlights (for example, imports of automotive vehicles, parts, and engines were the highest on record at $458.4 billion, or the 2023 deficit with South Korea was the highest on record at $51.4 billion) and describe whether you think your chosen statistic is a “good” or “bad” thing for the U.S. economy, and why.

Replies

Please reply to the posts of at least two classmates, including in each reply both a follow-up question and a point of connection with something your classmate stated in their post.

I will give you 2 class mate comments after you post the discussion the you have to reply those classmate comments

Related posts:

  1. Research Project Instructions: Sustainable Development: Research Paper: Each student should identify an area overburdened by pollution, applying EPA’s EJScreen: Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool (https://www.epa.gov/ejscreen), which combines environmental and socioeconomic information in the area. Then, she needs to write a paper between six and eight pages (including figures, tables, and references). See the required format below. EJSCREEN is an environmental justice mapping and screening tool that provides EPA with a nationally consistent dataset and approach for combining environmental and demographic i
  2. The Assignment: Choose one historical concept about the Dahomey women warriors addressed in Edna Bay’s “Women in Combat,” a review of Stanley B. Alpern’s text Amazons of Black Sparta: The Women Warriors of Dahomey. Then in a five-page critical analysis – using a Womanist, Afrofuturist framework – that discusse
  3. explain what you see as a key problem or problems with the role of the class action in modern civil litigation. In doing so, make sure you explain how class actions differ from ordinary civil litigation, and create additional challenges.
  4. complete two discussion forums during the course.  Each consists of an initial post of 400-500 words addressing an instructor-provided topic.  The forums also require responses to the posts of at least two classmates. Each response should be 150-300 words.