Which of the following describes Rodrik's view of the Doha Development Round trade negotiations?
a. Low-income, food-importing countries have been helped by the negotiations.
b. These negotiations have served to reduce border barriers in agricultural trade.
c. This round of negotiations has experienced great success since its launch in 2001.
d. The prospective gains from a successful completion of these negotiations is quite substantial.
e. As a result of its success, there is considerable support and political momentum behind the Doha Round.
What is Rodrik's response to the fact that China has benefitted massively from integration into the global economy?
a. China has been less successful economically than generally assumed.
b. China has succeeded despite being integrated into the global economy.
c. China has not achieved success as a result of free trade and foreign investment.
d. China has achieved economic success without integrating into the global economy.
e. China embodies all the major challenges that the global economy must overcome.
Why does Ghemawat point out that we must consider the possibility that deep international economic integration may be incompatible with national sovereignty?
a. Economic integration policies are easily reversible.
b. Sentiments have shifted in the past ten years and will shift again.
c. Cross-border mergers and acquisitions are encountering opposition.
d. There will be periods of stagnation or reversals in policies that will endure for decades.
e. The tendency of voters in many countries, including advanced ones, is to support more protectionism instead of less.
What evidence does Ghemawat use to suggest the possibility that deep international economic integration may be inherently incompatible with national sovereignty?
a. the tendency of voters in many countries, including advanced ones, to support more protectionism
b. the growing access, despite governmental opposition, into politically closed societies like China
c. the growing inability of national governments to shield their populations from the phenomenon of offshoring
d. the increasing inability of national governments to impose tariffs or quotas to protect domestic workers or industries
e. the increasing economic regulatory powers that national governments are turning over to international economic regulatory bodies
What is the foundation for Naim's argument that globalization has not done away with great power politics?
a. better regulation of the banking system in a country
b. using access to foreign markets to encourage an export-oriented growth strategy
c. using international pressure to reduce corruption as an opportunity to reform the legal system
d. training auditors and accountants to implement international financial codes and standards at the expense of training teachers
e. fostering American values and interests around the world.
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