Unit Activity Regulations
Directions and Analysis
Task 1: Researching Today’s Trade Agreements
The International Trade Administration (ITA) is a division of the US Department of Commerce that focuses on the nation’s trade issues and helps companies do business in and with other countries. The ITA website contains a wide variety of information on issues related to international trade. Read about the trade agreements the United States is currently negotiating, and answer the questions that follow.
- Choose a trade agreement that the US is currently negotiating that you would like to learn more about. Which trade agreement did you choose?
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- If you haven’t already, click the link for the webpage of the potential agreement you selected, and navigate through it to answer the remaining questions. You may have to go to other websites to find some information. If so, be sure to cite your source in your response. List five main points of this potential agreement.
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- What are the major regions and industries that the agreement would positively affect?
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- What are some of the current tariffs or barriers to trade?
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- How will consumers benefit from this trade agreement?
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- Find at least two Congress members or industry leaders who are in support of this agreement, and explain why they support it.
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- Find at least one Congress member or industry who is against this agreement, and explain why this person is against it.
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- How will this agreement benefit the US economy overall?
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- How will this agreement benefit people in your state specifically?
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Task 2: Presenting Your View
In this task, you will create a presentation to your Congress member to encourage him or her to support passage of this trade agreement. Please separately answer each of the following points.
- an overview of the potential agreement
- major regions and industries that would be positively affected
- tariffs or barriers to trade in place before the execution of this agreement
- how consumers will benefit from this trade agreement
- at least two other Congress members or industry leaders who are in support of this agreement and why
- at least one Congress member or industry that is against this agreement and why
- how this agreement will benefit the US economy overall
- how people in your state specifically will benefit from this agreement
Resources and Citing
Document any references you used for this project below.
