27 Sep Discuss when and why the two different FTAs were created.

RESEARCH PAPER: FINAL ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

OVERVIEW

 

Currently, the United States has 14 FTAs in force with 20 countries and is in the process of negotiating regional FTAs with several others.  For your Final Research Project, you will perform a comparative analysis between two different FTAs that the U.S. has in force.  

 

INSTRUCTIONS

 

You will both research information in order to answer the questions below and present a logical discussion on the following:

1. Discuss when and why the two different FTAs were created.

 

2. What are the three countries stance on globalization: isolationism, bilateralism, or neo-multilateralism? Note: You will discuss the U.S.’s stance along with the two different countries chosen for this project.

 

3. Present empirical evidence explaining why each country’s current stance should or should not change concerning globalization.

 

4. What are the benefits and the disadvantages for the countries involved in the FTA.

a. You should assess the benefits of the FTA for the U.S. and country #1 & #2

b. You should assess the disadvantage of the FTA for the U.S. and country #1 & #2

 

5. Discuss one major change that has impacted the U.S.’ relationship with each of the two different countries.

a. The change should be anytime between 2000 till present.

b. You should discuss if the change has benefited or harmed the U.S.

c. You should discuss if the change has benefited or harmed the other two countries.

 

6. Use the FTA Tariff Tool or any other tool (sources) to find and present information on current tariff lines for three different products (exported and imported) associated with the two foreign nations.  Note: You should have a total of six products.

 

7. Given what you discovered using the Tariff Tool or the source you used, provide two reasons why other countries should replace the current countries the U.S. is trading with.  Note: You are recommending that the U.S. should replace the countries you discussed above, with two different countries.

 

8. Given your recommendations in #7, explain which industry(ies) would most like disagree with your recommendation.  Note: You must provide empirical evidence to support your recommendations.

 

*Place all charts, graphs, and any data analysis in your appendix.

**Do not post two documents with separate charts or graphs, you must embed them in your final paper.

 

The Research Paper: Final Assignment must have the following in current APA format:

• Title Page

• 1-inch margins

• 12-point font

• Double-Spacing

• Headers and Subheaders

• 10–15 pages (not including the reference page, appendices, etc.)

• Minimum of least 8 scholarly sources in addition to the course textbooks and the Bible.

• Reference List

 

Notes

 

*Do not include the Research Paper: Annotated Bibliography Assignment as this will increase your Turnitin score. 

 

**Citations and references must conform to current APA formatting. 

***Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool. The tool is a starting point for instructors to check overall Academic Integrity and higher scores generally indicate a higher probability of Academic Misconduct. The higher a score the higher the probability that there are too high a percentage of quotations included in the narrative, and/or there are passages that have not been properly cited.

 

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