Analyse the trade relations of your country of choice with other economies. With reference to one or more theories of trade explain the patterns of trade you identify from an economic perspective.

Description

You are required to select one of the following countries and individually perform the tasks below.

Countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey.

*CHOOSE COUNTRY OF CHOICE, WHICHEVER IS EASY TO FIND INFORMATION.

Perform the following tasks:

1. Analyse the trade relations of your country of choice with other economies. With reference to one or more theories of trade explain the patterns of trade you identify from an economic perspective.

2. Assess the patterns of inward and outward FDI for the country. With reference to one or more theories of FDI explain the observable trends and comment on their effect on the country of your choice.

3. Comment on how the country’s overall position in the global economy is likely to change in the light of recent developments regarding Covid-19.

You are requested to prepare a set of professional PowerPoint presentation slides. Your presentation slides need to be annotated with detailed notes. (Not to sure on how this is done but on youtube there is a video to show how to annotate slides). I have to annotate the slides as if I was going to present the presentation, so please make sure its detailed, would really appreciate it. I am not presenting this presentation, but the annotations shows how I would present it if I did.

THIS BOOK IS ESSENTIAL FOR RESEARCH

International trade: theory and policy

Book by Paul R. Krugman; Maurice Obstfeld; Marc J. Melitz 2018 Core