Phase 2 (25% weighting)
You are required to write a report on any one of the following situations:
- You are an Indian trade diplomat writing to the Chinese embassy to make a case for imposing anti-dumping duties.
- You are a Chinese diplomat writing to the Indian embassy to argue against the case for imposing anti-dumping duties.
While writing this report, you are required to:
- Draw on the learnings from the comments made by students in the collaborative learning forum as indicated in Phase 1.
- Use the concepts, principles and theories given in the learning materials (globalisation, economic differences, regional integration, foreign exchange etc.).
- Read the following article:
Sun, Y & Whalley, J 2016, ‘China's Anti‐dumping Problems and Mitigation through Regional Trade Agreements’, China & World Economy, vol. 24, no. 6, pp XXXXXXXXXX.
This article provides an insight into the approach to international trade that China can adopt to mitigate its ongoing anti-dumping problems in the 21st century global trade environment. You are required to read this article and draw on its learnings to write your report on the trade issues between the two countries. Consider incorporating some of the ideas or arguments provided in the article, whilst aligning them to your trade position (i.e. Indian trade diplomat writing to the Chinese embassy or vice versa).
Important!
Please note that while writing this report, you should keep in mind that the focus of your discussion should be related to making a case for or against the overall trade and international business between the two countries, rather than just a specific component of that trade (e.g. tariffs, exchange rates, etc.). You can, however, use these specific components or concepts to make your larger case.
Assessment requirements
Written assignment (Phase 2) requirements
Your assessment will be marked according to the criteria outlined in the assessment grading criteria (see Appendix 1).
- The total required word count for this assessment is 1500 (plus or minus 10%).
- In terms of presentation and style you are required to use:
- AIB preferred Microsoft Word settings
- author-date style referencing (which includes in-text citations plus a reference list).
These requirements are detailed in theAIB Style Guide.
- Reference lists for AIB assignments normally contain the following number of relevant references from different sources: 6–12 (for MBA assignments).
- All references must be from credible sources such as books, industry related journals, magazines, company documents and recent academic articles.
- Your grade will be adversely affected if your assessment contains no/poor citations and/or reference list and if your assessment word length is beyond the allowed tolerance level (see Assessment Policy available on AIB website).