ECON-SHU 218 International Trade and the Chinese Economy Fall 2022
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ECON-SHU 218
International Trade and the Chinese Economy
Fall 2022
The essay will be an 8-page (at most) double-spaced analytic essay (excluding references, appendix, and figures and tables)
Topic: choose one from the following
▪ Does China’s trade growth hurt the U.S.?
▪ Should developing countries embrace free trade?
Your essay should contain:
▪ Why do you think this is an interesting and important question?
▪ How are you going to answer the question?
▪ Workers, firms, farmers, etc.
▪ Long run, short run ▪ Data sources (feasibility) ▪ Theoretical logic ▪ Any challenges?
Useful Data Sources
❑ WITS (World Integrated Trade Solution): https://wits.worldbank.org/
❑ COMTRADE: https://comtrade.un.org/
❑ World Bank: https://data.worldbank.org/
❑ OECD: https://data.oecd.org/
❑ US Bureau of Labor Statistics https://www.bls.gov/developers/
❑ The China Archive: https://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/handle/1969.1/176457
2022-10-29