Foreign Policy

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Foreign Policy International Trade
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Domestic Policy

• Relates to events within a country
• Opposite of foreign policy
• Issues
• Economy
• Health
• Taxes
• Employment
• Education
• Crime
• War/ military

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Foreign Policy

• Goals for American Foreign Policy
• National Security
• Promote world peace
• Promote world democracy
• Encourages peace
• International Trade
• Creates markets jobs

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Methods used to carry out foreign policy

• Creating Treaties Executive Agreements
• Senate must approve all treaties by 2/3 vote
• President bypasses Senate approval by doing
  executive agreements
• Appoint Ambassadors
• 150 ambassadors approved by the Senate
• Sent only to embassies in countries USA
  recognizes
• Foreign Aid
• Money, food, military assistance, other
  supplies given to help other countries
• Marshall Plan

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Methods used to carry out foreign policy
continued

• Military Force
• Use military to carry out foreign policy
• International Trade
• President makes agreements about what items can
  be traded rules of trading
• Place trade sanctions embargos

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Foreign Policy

• Can form many unions alliances
• Organizations
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
• Military alliance between USA, Canada, Europe
  nations
• Purpose Consult on joint issues, defend (attack
  on 1, is an attack on all), stabilize conflicts
  countries.
• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
  (OPEC)
• Maintain price levels of crude oil
• Countries Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Algeria, Angola,
  Ecuador, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
  United Arab Emirates, Venezuela

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OPEC Contributors (Daily)

• -U.S.
• consumes
• 20.8 billion barrels of oil daily.
• -U.S. produces 7.46 million barrels daily.

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The Student Forum

• Write the title of each section on page 1(blue
  headings).
• State whether it is foreign or domestic policy.
• Outline each section (key points).
• State how each topic may affect you. Describe how.

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International Trade

• International Trade is a major industry in the
  world today
• Import or export

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Why do we trade?

• Trade is one way that we solve the problems of
  scarcity, in the world.
• Nations trade goods services they do not have
  or cannot produce.
• Comparative Advantage
• Allows a nation to specialize in one specific
  item, but it can cause over production which
  trading helps stabilize.
• Creates Jobs

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Trade Problems

• Consumers will buy the cheaper product, which can
  cause lay-offs
• Block trade through tariffs, quotas trade
  barriers which in turn cause high prices.
• Solution free trade

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Free Trade Organizations

• European Union (EU)
• No trade barriers on goods, services, labor
  between European countries.
• Created Euros.
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
• Organizes negotiations about trade rules
• Provides help to economically developing
  countries
• Settles trade disputes

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International Trade Foreign Policy Formed

• Global Interdependence
• 1 affected, all affected
• Free Trade
• Foreign aid
• Internationalism
• United Nations (UN)

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United Nations (UN)

• 191 members
• Purpose
• Maintain international peace
• Develop friendly relations among nations
• Promote justice cooperation
• Seek solutions to global problems
• Common Events
• Fight hunger, disease, poverty, ignorance.
• Provide help to poor countries with money,
  health, industry, agriculture, education, etc.
• Make low interest rate loans for developing
  countries
• Protect children in natural disasters wars
• Help children in developing countries
• Education, death, illness
• Security Council
• POWER OF THE UN
• Members U.S., France, UK, China Russia
• power / U.S. donates most