Choose one of the topics below to write about:
- The Politics of the Supply and Consumption of Oil
- The United States’ Deficit/Debt Time Bomb!
- North American Water Policy
- North American Energy Policy
- A Pandemic- Potential Impact on Canadian Business
- North American Defence Policy
- China shifts from a ‘pegged’ to ‘floating’ currency
- The Politics of the Supply and Consumption of Oil
- The United States’ Deficit/Debt Time Bomb!
- North American Water Policy
- North American Energy Policy
- A Pandemic- Potential Impact on Canadian Business
- North American Defence Policy
- China shifts from a ‘pegged’ to ‘floating’ currency
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Additional Resources Online
For those of you with a passion for the topic here are some additional resources online for future reference.
- BBC News,` World Edition http://news.bbc.co.uk/. Daily features on Africa, Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East, South-Asia and the United Kingdom (UK).
- CBC News online http://www.cbc.ca/news/. [also links to CBC radio programs online].
- For another perspective see http://thecorporation.tv/
- Business Development Bank of Canada http://www.bdc.ca/flash.asp
- China Daily http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/
- Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade [Canada] http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/english/menu.htm
- De Soto, Hernando, The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else, Basic Books (Perseus Books Group) (2000)
- Export Development Canada http://www.edc.ca/edc_flash.htm
- Financial Times (Asia) http://news.ft.com/home/asia
- Financial Times (Europe) http://news.ft.com/home/europe
- Financial Times (United Kingdom) http://news.ft.com/home/uk/
- Financial Times (USA) http://news.ft.com/home/us
- Friedman, Thomas L. (2000). The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization. New York, NY: Anchor Books
- Industry Canada, Strategis.gc.ca http://strategis.ic.gc.ca.
- International Forum on Globalization. (2002). Alternatives to Economic Globalization: A Better World is Possible. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koeler Publishers
- International Monetary Fund (IMF): http://www.imf.org/; IMF activities, by country: http://www.imf.org/external/country/index.htm; Research at the IMF: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/res/index.htm.
- Korten, David C. (2001). When Corporations Rule the World, 2nd Ed. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
- Morrison, Terri, et al. (1994). How to do business in sixty countries; Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands. Avon, MA: Adams Media Corporation
- National Post http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/index.html
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): http://www.oecd.org
- Statistics Canada: http://statcan.ca
- Team Canada Inc., ExportSource.ca [Federal government export information services] http://exportsource.ca
- The Economist www.economist.com
- The Far Eastern Economic Review http://www.feer.com/.
- The Globe and Mail http://globeandmail.com/.
- The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/.
- The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/ .
- The World Bank: http://www.worldbank.org/ and The World Bank: World Development Indicators. Information on “global links” plus an index of globalization with trends and country data: http://www.worldbank.org/data/wdi2001/index.htm
- Western Economic Diversification Canada http://www.wd.gc.ca/
- World Business Economy conducts research and publishes articles and reports, including the EconForecast™, which is their analysis of macro-economic, social and political level recent macro-situations occurring in the United States, Europe, Japan, South Asia and Latin America. http://www.worldbusiness.org/publications.cfm?pub=ef&offset=1
- Van Horne, Mike. Pacific Rim Trade; The Definitive Guide to Exporting and Investment (1989). New York, NY: AMACOM Publications. ISBN 0-8144-5930-7
- Yergin, Daniel, and Stanislaw, Joseph. A. (2002). The Commanding Heights: The Battle Between Government and the Marketplace That Is Remaking the Modern World, New York, NY: Simon & Schuster
- Compiling cultural profiles: Brigham Young University; Center for International Studies www.kennedy.byu.edu
- Country studies handbook Library of Congress Country Studies
- Lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
- States Background Notes US State Department www.state.gov
- www.gatt.org
- America Free Trade Agreement www.nafta.org
- European Union (EU) europa.eu.int
- Pacific Economic Cooperation www.apec.org
- Ministry of Information – Saudstry of InformationM http://www.saudinf.com/index.htm
- http://www.iie.com
- World Wildlife Fund http://www.worldwildlife.org
- EAN www.aseansec.org
- APEC www.apecsec.org.sg
- www.ecowas.int
- www.alca-ftaa.org
- Hoovers Online – financial statements and company profiles www.hoovers.com
- Fortune 500 – statistics for largest US companies www.pathfinder.com
- Dun & Bradstreet’s Online – short reports on 10 million public and private companies www.dbisna.com/dnb/dnbhome.htm
- Web 100 – information on 100 largest US and international companies www.w100.com
- Annual Report Gallery www.reportgallery.com
- Corporate Financials Online www.cfonews.com
- CBC News online http://www.cbc.ca/news/. [also links to CBC radio programs online].
- Statistics Canada: http://statcan.ca
- The Economist www.economist.com
- The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/.