东营职业学院国际贸易实务英语第二章简介
Unit Two International Trade Policies
I. Design for this unit:
Time allotment
2 weeks, 6 periods
Type of the classes
New
Teaching method(s)
1. Equipment applied:projectors/ppt.
2.Ways of the class activities: instruction, guided-reading, discussion and questions-answering/solving
Objectives
Students will be able to:
1.
understand the key the roles of GATT and WTO
2. master some trade barriers of international trade
3. conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit;
4. complete all the relative exercises in this unit
Highlights of this unit
1 Generalized System of Preference(GSP)
普惠制
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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
联合国贸易和发展会议
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(GATT)
关贸总协定
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World Trade Organization(WTO)
世贸组织
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Most Favored Nation(MFN)
最惠国待遇
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Multilateral Trading Organization(MTO)
多边贸易组织
II. Suggested teaching procedures:
Pre-reading tasks
Warming-up questions
1. How much do you know about GATT and WTO?
2. Please point out the importance for China to be a member of WTO
3.What’s the functions of Tariff
While-reading tasks
The students are required to engage in detailed reading of the text part by part, and then answer the following questions according to their understanding of the text:
1. Why do governments encourage export but discourage import? What measures can government take to encourage export?
(The students can refer to the text or answer according to their own knowledge of this issue.)
2.
What do you know about GATT and WTO?
Brief Introduction of WTO
WTO was established on 1 January 1995. It is the legal and institutional foundation of the multilateral trading system. It provides the principal contractual obligations determining how governments frame and implement domestic trade legislation and regulations. And it is the platform on which trade relations among countries evolve through collective debate, negotiation and adjudication
It is based in Geneva , Switzerland .
Its essential functions are:
__ administering and implementing the multilateral and plural-lateral trade agreements which together make up the WTO;
__ acting as a forum for multilateral trade negotiations;
__ seeking to resolve trade disputes;
The structure of the WTO is dominated by its highest authority, the Ministerial Conference, composed of representatives of all WTO members.
3. What are the real functions of tariffs? How many kinds of tariffs have you learned about so far? ( Tariffs (Trade Barriers): Revenue Tariff; Protective Tariff; Prohibitive Tariff and Retaliatory Tariff; Regulatory Tariff; Anti-dumping Tariff)
1.
What are the main categories of Trade barriers?
(It mainly includes Tariffs, Non-tariff trade barriers and Export encourage policies. )
2.
Retell the different categories of Tariffs, the detailed kinds of Non-tariff trade barriers and the different kinds of Export encouragement policies.
Post-reading activities
A. Try to do the exercises according to the text.
1. Comprehension of the text.
Answer the following questions
1). What is the definition of Trade Barriers?
2). What’s the scope of Trade Barriers?
3). What is the definition of Non-tariff Trade Barriers?
4). How do we clarify Trade Barriers and Non-tariff Trade Barriers ?
5). What are the purposes of Customs Valuation?
6). What does the word “GSP” mean? What’s the principal content of GSP?
2. Explain the following key terms
prohibitive tariff, value added tax, regulatory tariff, foreign currency retention, tariff region, regional economic integration, Generalized System of Preference
B. Make a presentation about the main theories concerning International trad policies.
Homework
1.
Finish all the exercises in the textbook.
2.
Go over the main content of this unit and try retelling the outline of it.
3.
Preview next unit.