Trade Of Quinoa

Top five importers

Top five exporters

Historical trade Volume and Value

(either global aggregate or just for the largest markets above)

Summarize your findings graphically.

After you find the data above, write 1-2 pages about a political economy issue related to the good or

product, such as:

Trade policies affecting world trade

Countries agreements/disagreements about trade policies

Domestic politics impacts related to trade in that good

Environmental/labor issues related to trade in this good

Please make sure to include all your resources

helpful links:

http://tariffdata.wto.org/

https://wits.worldbank.org/

https://iaf.wto.org/

http://faostat.fao.org

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Summer 2018

Econ 181 International Trade

Research Assignment – Due on b-space by 6/28 at 10:00 AM

If your research assignment is posted past due date and time you will get 0 points!

Each one of you is researching a specific good. For that good you should find:

 Top five importers

 Top five exporters

 Historical trade Volume and Value (either global aggregate or just for the largest markets above)

Summarize your findings graphically.

After you find the data above, write 1-2 pages about a political economy issue related to the good or

product, such as:

 Trade policies affecting world trade

 Countries agreements/disagreements about trade policies

 Domestic politics impacts related to trade in that good

 Environmental/labor issues related to trade in this good

Please make sure to include all your resources

After your summary is complete, you should post it in the assignment section of b-courses.

Here are a few helpful links to get you started:

http://tariffdata.wto.org/

https://wits.worldbank.org/

https://iaf.wto.org/

http://faostat.fao.org

gapminder.com

http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/statistics (accessible only on-campus)

http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/data/index.html

http://tariffdata.wto.org/
http://tariffdata.wto.org/
https://wits.worldbank.org/
http://faostat.fao.org/
http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/statistics
http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/data/index.html