University of Washington
Geography 349:  Geography of International Trade
Professor Harrington
Patterns of International Trade and Investment
 
 

QUESTIONS  FROM   5 OCTOBER 2004  READING

Britton, J.N.H.  1996.  Introduction.  Ch. 1 in Canada and the Global Economy: The Geography of Structural and Technological Change, J.N.H. Britton, ed.   Montreal:  McGill-Queen’s University Press.
Canadian and U.S. trade-balance and GDP data distributed in class, 30 September.
Peter Dicken.  2003.  The changing global economic map. Ch. 3 in Global Shift: Transforming the World Economy, 4th ed.  New York:  Guilford Press.
Norcliffe, G.  1996.  Foreign trade in goods and services.  Ch. 2 in Canada and the Global Economy: The
Geography of Structural and Technological Change, J.N.H. Britton, ed.  Montreal:  McGill-Queen’s University Press. 

DEFINITIONS

  1. FDI
  2. FIRA
  3. "global triad"


BASIC  GEOGRAPHY

  1. Which three countries were the source of the most manufactured exports in 1963?  In 2000?
  2. Which four countries were the source of the most service exports in 2000?  Which countries were the greatest importers of services in 2000?
  3. Which countries are the largest net goods exporters (trade surplus)?  The largest net goods importers (trade deficit)?
  4. What three countries accounted for 57% of world manufacturing value added in 1996?
  5. Which two countries have the world's largest bilateral trade flow?  Which countries are the largest global sources of FDI?
  6. Which countries are the largest global recipients of FDI?  Which countries are the largest net sources (outward minus inward) of FDI?  What are the key destinations (countries and industries) of their outward FDI?
  7. Which countries are the largest net recipients of FDI (inward minus outward)?  What are the key national sources, and what are the industry destinations, of their inward FDI?
LONG-TERM TRENDS
  1. Did international trade grow proportionately more or less than world production, during the second half of the 20th century?  Why?
  2. Where has manufacturing grown most rapidly since World War Two?  Since 1960?  Why?


CANADA & THE U.S.

  1. Compare exports, imports, and the overall trade balances of Canada versus the US as proportions of their respective GDPs.
  2. What components of US exports have increased the most between 1983 and 2003?
  3. What components of US imports have increased the most between 1983 and 2003?
  4. What's the change in the proportion of Canada's merchandise exports that are agricultural, and that are ores/oil/gas/coal, in 1978 versus 1993?
  5. What proportion of Canada's merchandise exports are agricultural, energy, and forestry combined, in 2003?
  6. Into what did FIRA morph, and why?
  7. How has international trade affected the different regions of Canada?
  8. What are the major influences on the international trade trends of Canadian manufacturing sectors?


copyright James W. Harrington, Jr.
revised 28 September 2004