Question 1

What are power/knowledge regimes designed to do?

Accepted Answer

A)  Naturalize and legitimize the current world order 
B)  Produce value-neutral knowledge 
C)  Legitimize fair trade policies 
D)  Hold a great deal of international political influence 
E)  Tend to be very oppressive 
A)  Naturalize and legitimize the current world order 
B)  Produce value-neutral knowledge 
C)  Legitimize fair trade policies 
D)  Hold a great deal of international political influence 
E)  Tend to be very oppressive A

Question 2

What is an unsuccessful example of a commodity control scheme?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sugar 
B)  Coffee 
C)  High-Tec 
D)  Innovation 
E)  Universities 
A)  Sugar 
B)  Coffee 
C)  High-Tec 
D)  Innovation 
E)  Universities A

Question 3

The fair trade network is a third-party certification system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

What have reports said about fair trade certifications?

Accepted Answer

In 2013 and 2014, several in-depth inves

Question 5

According to Michael Goldman, the World Bank acquires power through its construction of development knowledge.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development served as ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  a catalyst for fair trade policy development 
B)  a platform for the promotion of free trade policies in the developing world 
C)  a foundation for future compensatory finance schemes 
D)  a negotiating forum 
E)  an adjudicator in trade disputes 
A)  a catalyst for fair trade policy development 
B)  a platform for the promotion of free trade policies in the developing world 
C)  a foundation for future compensatory finance schemes 
D)  a negotiating forum 
E)  an adjudicator in trade disputes

Question 7

What is the role of gender inequality in blocking competitiveness?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many countries are building their advantages upon it. 
B)  Women should look after children and elderly citizens 
C)  Children should work in mines 
D)  Women are not equal to men 
E)  Competitive does not affect inequality in countries 
A)  Many countries are building their advantages upon it. 
B)  Women should look after children and elderly citizens 
C)  Children should work in mines 
D)  Women are not equal to men 
E)  Competitive does not affect inequality in countries

Question 8

The international trade regime of the Bretton Woods institutions is characteristic of embedded liberalism because it invokes _______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  a combination of state intervention and liberal trade objectives 
B)  Western liberalism, which is thoroughly entrenched in economic discourse and policy 
C)  the implementation of fully liberal trade objectives 
D)  the period of liberal "consolidation," when governments are formally removed from market control 
E)  None of the above 
A)  a combination of state intervention and liberal trade objectives 
B)  Western liberalism, which is thoroughly entrenched in economic discourse and policy 
C)  the implementation of fully liberal trade objectives 
D)  the period of liberal "consolidation," when governments are formally removed from market control 
E)  None of the above

Question 9

The export earnings stabilization system (STABEX) agreement adopted by the European Community in the early 1970s seek to compensate its ex-colonies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What have reports such as The Scorecard on Globalization said about free trade policies?

Accepted Answer

Free trade policies continue to dominate

Question 11

Discuss some of the criticisms levelled against fair trade network.

Accepted Answer

Concerns also have been raised that the

Question 12

What does fair trade advocates hope for?

Accepted Answer

While free trade has emerged as the domi

Question 13

What is dynamic comparative advantage?

Accepted Answer

The concept of dynamic comparative advan

Question 14

Southern trading powers have not had significant impacts on global trade policy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Identify the reasons the International Coffee Agreement failed to achieve its goals, and whether a new agreement is worth pursuing.

Accepted Answer

The International Coffee Agreement (ICA)

Question 16

The fair-trade network emerged in the postwar era out of a variety of direct-purchase projects that linked northern NGOs to poor and disadvantaged artisans and producers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Structural adjustment policies were among the most powerful mechanisms for the expansion of free trade policies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Define and describe the "rise of the South."

Accepted Answer

Perhaps one of the most unpredictable ev

Question 19

Commodity control schemes were successful for small-scale coffee producers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The example of St Vincent and Grenadines points to what positive indicator in the field of development?

Accepted Answer

A)  The comparative advantage of small island states 
B)  The positive impact of South-South cooperation 
C)  The advantages of bilateral trade agreements 
D)  The positive move in the IFIs to PRSPs and away from SAPs 
E)  The beneficial role of China's increased stake in the field of development 
A)  The comparative advantage of small island states 
B)  The positive impact of South-South cooperation 
C)  The advantages of bilateral trade agreements 
D)  The positive move in the IFIs to PRSPs and away from SAPs 
E)  The beneficial role of China's increased stake in the field of development

Exam 16: Free Trade, Fair Trade, and South-South Trade

What are power/knowledge regimes designed to do?

What is an unsuccessful example of a commodity control scheme?

The fair trade network is a third-party certification system.

What have reports said about fair trade certifications?

According to Michael Goldman, the World Bank acquires power through its construction of development knowledge.

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development served as ______________.

What is the role of gender inequality in blocking competitiveness?

The international trade regime of the Bretton Woods institutions is characteristic of embedded liberalism because it invokes _______________.

The export earnings stabilization system (STABEX) agreement adopted by the European Community in the early 1970s seek to compensate its ex-colonies.

What have reports such as The Scorecard on Globalization said about free trade policies?

Discuss some of the criticisms levelled against fair trade network.

What does fair trade advocates hope for?

What is dynamic comparative advantage?

Southern trading powers have not had significant impacts on global trade policy.

Identify the reasons the International Coffee Agreement failed to achieve its goals, and whether a new agreement is worth pursuing.

The fair-trade network emerged in the postwar era out of a variety of direct-purchase projects that linked northern NGOs to poor and disadvantaged artisans and producers.

Structural adjustment policies were among the most powerful mechanisms for the expansion of free trade policies.

Define and describe the "rise of the South."

Commodity control schemes were successful for small-scale coffee producers.

The example of St Vincent and Grenadines points to what positive indicator in the field of development?

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