Trade of Quinoa

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