Governmental Influence on Trade: Catfish Dispute

Discussions. Individual Activity

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Topic 1. Governmental Influence on Trade: Catfish Dispute

What are the pros and cons of government interventions in this case?

What lessons do you see for managers operating within conflicting sets of national regulation and interests, and any regional agreements?

Topic 2. WTO – Trade Disputes (The country I selected is Brazil)

Conduct a search at http://globaledge.msu.edu/search?q=Brazil to identify the current import policies, tariffs and trade restrictions in the country. Other useful sites include the World Trade Organization (www.wto.org).  Enter the country’s name in the WTO search box (top right corner).

Discuss

• Has the country you selected been a complainant or respondent in a case before the WTO in the last 5 years? If so, describe briefly the nature of the dispute. Has the complaint been resolved?
• What role did WTO play in the dispute?
• What is the country’s trade policy and why have they established it?
• What industries or who benefits from these policies?
• Does it affect the country’s economic structure? If so how?

Topic 4: In the News!

Post one news source – In the News! And explain briefly how the news story bears on this Session’s course topics.

As part of your Discussions participation, post one news source (your choice of media) as a response to this Main Topic and explain briefly (3 or 4 sentences will do) how the news story bears on the topics for the Session or for upcoming topics. Try not to post news that are older than two months.