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Buenos Aires

Liberal Arts, Language and Culture - Year 1 2008
International Economy 2

56
Language Level: Advanced
International Economy 2
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Course taken with: Primarily Local Students
University of El Salvador (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Course Description

Hours & Credits

56

Hours of Instruction

3

Semester Credit Units

5

Quarter Credit Units

Prerequisites and Language Level

Advanced
Prior to enrolling in courses at this language level, students must have completed or tested out of a minimum of four semesters (or six quarters) of college-level Spanish at their home university in the U.S.

Overview

The costs and benefits of commerce. Developed economic relations. The less developed economies. Commercial politics. Instruments of control. Imperfect competition in the international market. Transnational businesses and the world commerce. Commerce among industrialized nations. The economic integration. Benefits and difficulties. Foreign trade and its effect on development. The technological change. Importing and transferring technology. The commercial politics of Argentina. Growth and development. The trade agreements. Strategies of insertion in the international system.