Teacher's Notes
Theme:
Although free trade creates greater economic efficiency, special intersts often succeed in getting voernment to protect their interests.Sub-theme:
Increasingly, corporations doing business internationally are challengins the abilities of individual nations to regulate their actions.Concepts:
- multilateral agreements
- nontariff barriers
- globalization
- international debt
Performance objectives -- this lesson focuses on developing skills at:
- Experiencing and analyzing the reality of US trade policy
- Evaluating various interpretations of "globalization"
- Writing a news story on a recent historical event
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