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Fair Trade and US-China Trade Impact

The document contains assignments on fair trade and Chinese overcapacity. For the first assignment, students are asked to contrast US tariff commitments to other countries under the WTO and discuss examples of unfair trade against the US. For the second assignment, students are asked to explain increased aluminum production in China after it joined the WTO in 2001, discuss how foreign competition is hurting American workers, and consider cases where the US could retaliate on national security or subsidies grounds to better defend American workers.

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Fair Trade and US-China Trade Impact

The document contains assignments on fair trade and Chinese overcapacity. For the first assignment, students are asked to contrast US tariff commitments to other countries under the WTO and discuss examples of unfair trade against the US. For the second assignment, students are asked to explain increased aluminum production in China after it joined the WTO in 2001, discuss how foreign competition is hurting American workers, and consider cases where the US could retaliate on national security or subsidies grounds to better defend American workers.

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Assignments accompanying R&R#6

R&R#6A: What Donald Trump means by fair trade

1 Contrast America’s tariff commitments under the WTO with those of other trading countries.
Consider also the ‘latecomer’s advantage’. Do these examples suggest a case of unfair trade against the
US?

2 What Donald Trump means by fair trade? What do you think ‘fair trade’ means?

R&R#6B: How Chinese overcapacity hits American workers

1 What explains the increased aluminium production in China after this country joined the WTO in
2001?

2 Discuss on ‘foreign competition is crushing the life out of American supply.’

3 Consider the cases when the US would retaliate on ‘national security’ and ‘subsidies’ grounds.
Which one would be more effective in defending the workers’ interests at the Hawesville plant?

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