Global Systems

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  • Created on: 21-03-21 15:44
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  • Global Systems
    • Global international institution
      • Organisation established by treaty or other instrument
      • E.g. UN, NATO, WTO
    • Barriers to Trade and Protectionism
      • Import quotas
      • Trade restrictions
      • Embargoes
        • Partial or complete prohibition of commerce & trade with a specific country
          • Put in place for political reasons usually
  • Effects of international movement of labour
    • Negative
      • Workers attracted by higher wages away from home country
        • Loss of talent for country of origin
      • Loss of skilled workers
        • Training gap
      • Greater movement = greater risk of disease pandemics
      • Outsourcing
    • Positive
      • Reduces geographical inequality between workers
      • Workers return to country of origin with new skills/ideas
    • Global Systems
      • Global international institution
        • Organisation established by treaty or other instrument
        • E.g. UN, NATO, WTO
      • Barriers to Trade and Protectionism
        • Import quotas
        • Trade restrictions
        • Embargoes
          • Partial or complete prohibition of commerce & trade with a specific country
            • Put in place for political reasons usually
  • Reduced un-employment, opportunities to seek work elsewhere
    • Addresses important skill & labour shortages
      • Recruitment from other nations
    • Positive
      • Reduces geographical inequality between workers
      • Workers return to country of origin with new skills/ideas
  • Workers attracted by higher wages away from home country
    • Loss of talent for country of origin
  • Loss of skilled workers
    • Training gap
  • Voluntary export restraints
    • Diplomatic strategy offered by exporting country to appease importing country
      • Deter importing country from imposing trade barriers
  • Issued by national government authorising imports from a specific source
    • Import license
    • Grants or allowances awarded to domestic producers
      • To reduce their costs and make them more competitive with other goods
      • Subsidies
      • Technical or regulatory obstacles
        • E.g. Restrictions if child labour is known to be involved
      • Aim to lower barriers to international trade = Free trade
        • Global framework strengthened by GATT and replaced by WTO
          • Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs)
            • Free market ideas to remove existing barriers to international trade
              • Trends in volume & pattern of international trade
        • Each year, US$1 trillion in FDI flows globally
          • US, China & Belgium = Top receivers
          • Important source of funding for development in all countries
            • FDI
              • Trends in investment
                • Natural resources, market size and financial services = Attractions for FDI

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