Order 588944: Unit 3

Assignment

Which of the arguments for protectionism do you find most compelling? Why? Which do you find least compelling? Why? Do you feel the European Union was within its rights to restrict GMO food imports on the grounds that they had health and safety concerns?

Readings

The Choice: A Fable of Free Trade and Protectionism by Russell Roberts, Prentice Hall, 2001.

· Chapters 6–11.

Free Trade Under Fire by Douglas Irwin, Princeton University Press, 2003.

· Chapter 3–5 up to p.159.