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1. Choose the country (list of countries you can choose: Indonesia, Malaysia, USA,
France, Germany, China, Russia, Great Britain, Switzerland, Japan.
2. Describe globalisation and international trade and recognise the key drivers of the
country.
2.1 Describe the role of the country in economic and political regional groupings
such as the EU, NAFTA, ASEAN, MERCOSUR, ECOWAS, and other trade
blocs.
2.2 Describe the role of the country in international institutions such as the World
Trade Organisation (WTO), World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF),
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the G20 and
other facilitating/transitional/policy-making bodies and forums.
2.3 Describe import and export of the country (based on BOP information).
3. Describe the influence of environmental and sociocultural forces on international
business of the country (use Hofstedes Research on National Culture).
ANSWER:
1. We choose Japan
2. Globalisation and International Trade
2.1 The role of Japan in ASEAN
In 2001 , Japan's trade with ASEAN (exports + imports ) reached 14 % of Japan's
trade kesuluruhn . Japan's direct investment in ASEAN in 2002 approximately 11
% of Japanese investment abroad.
Japan also contributed significantly to the development of ASEAN through ODA
( official aid for development , inter- governmental level ), which is focused on
the consolidation of social and economic infrastructure datya human resource
education . Realization ODA to ASEAN in 2000 about 32 % of bilateral ODA
given keseluruhn Japan .
On August 25, 2005 taggal , Japan and ASEAN make an agreement of free trade
agreements , this agreement Japan to lower tariffs on imports from the 10 ASEAN
countries by 90 % and increased to 93 % in the next 10 years