Posted: April 2nd, 2015

A written brief about international trade based on an article from the news media

Topics covered in class:

1. Trade and Technology: The Ricardian Model
2. Gains and Losses from Trade in the Specific-Factors Model
3. Trade and Resources: The Heckscher-Ohlin Model
4. Movement of Labor and Capital Between Countries
5. Why trade? Imperfect competition and increasing returns to scale
6. Trade and inequality, redux: the case of offshoring (Foreign Outsourcing of Goods and Services)

You should search an article from the news media, which is closely related to at least one of above topics. Based on that article, using above theories or economic model write an essay. Thank you!