ASSESSMENT 1
Global Economic Cooperation
Overview
Write 4-6 pages in which you explain how trade between the United States and another country affects each country and its citizenry.
In this assessment, you will demonstrate your ability to explain how trade affects the stability (or instability) of the global market.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
Competency 2: Evaluate the impact of the rise of multinational corporations.
Explain how multinational corporations affect trade between two countries.
Competency 3: Analyze the speed and power of technological innovation.
Explain how changes in technology affect the levels of trade between two countries.
Competency 5: Evaluate global economic competition and cooperation.
Describe the levels of trade between a particular country and the United States. Explain how trade between countries affects the countries and citizens involved. Explain how the cessation of trade can affect the countries and citizens involved. Explain how trade and the cessation of trade lead to stability or instability in countries.
Competency 7: Communicate effectively in a variety of formats.
Write coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
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Context
What do you think of, when you think of world politics? The United Nations? Foreign policy? The Middle East Crisis? Is it countries cooperating with each other-or countries competing for power and natural resources? Of course, world politics includes all of these things and much more.
World politics is how countries, organizations, companies, and other entities make decisions and interact with each other. These interactions can feel immediate and directly affect you, or they can feel far removed from your daily life. As we all become more interconnected, the evolution of world politics is becoming increasingly complex.
Questions to Consider
To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of the business community.
- Has the world stage always been organized in the way it is today?
- How do the actions and policies of other countries affect citizens in the United States? How does trade between countries affect the citizens of both countries?
- What is the goal of most U.S. foreign policies? Does (or could) this policy directly affect you and your community? (Note: Domestic policy and foreign policy are not the same.)
- What are the forces that drive world politics?
- What motivates countries to take certain actions and make certain decisions?
- Do you see a trend of interdependence and globalization on the world stage? In what ways? What is the goal of a supranational organization?
Resources
Suggested Resources
The following optional resources are provided to support you in completing the assessment or to provide a helpful context. For additional resources, refer to the Research Resources and Supplemental Resources in the left navigation menu of your courseroom.
Library Resources
The following ebooks or articles from the Capella University Library are linked directly in this course:
Ciochinaru, S. (2013). G lobalisation and global transformations in the 21st century. International Journal of Academic Research, 5, 46-51.
Assessment Instructions
Many of the products U.S. consumers use are imported from other countries. This is considered a form of cooperation between countries, where one country benefits by selling its products, and the other country benefits by using them.
In preparation for this assessment, use the Resources provided (or others you find) to research the effects that trade has on the countries and citizens involved, as well as on the global market. Then, select a non-U.S. country to research. You will use this country to complete your assessment.
Then, complete the following for the country you have chosen:
• Describe the levels of trade between the country and the United States:
o Import levels.
o Export levels.
o Major goods and raw materials that are traded between the two countries.
• Explain how any multinational corporations located in both the country and the US affect trade.
• Explain how trade between the country and the US affects each of them and their citizenry, including the following:
o The employees and their families in the selling country.
o The consumers and their families in the purchasing country.
• Explain how the country, the US, and each country's citizens would be affected if trading between them were to cease.
• Explain how trading and the cessation of trade affect the stability (or instability) of the global market.
• Explain how new technology has affected levels of trading.
While content is the most important aspect of your paper, also important are organization, readability, grammar, and spelling. The length of your paper should be determined by its content.
Ensure your paper follows APA format. Add headers as appropriate, include a reference page at the end of your paper, and be sure to properly cite and provide references for material you use in your paper, per APA guidelines. The paper you submit should be in a Word document or RTF format.
Additional Requirements
• Written communication: Should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA formatting: Your paper should be formatted according to current APA style and formatting guidelines. Include a title page and a reference page.
• Length: A typical response will be 4-6 typed and double-spaced pages.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
• References: Use at least three references and in-text citations.