The Task

International trade has a major impact on American jobs, standard of living, and foreign relations.  Since such an important, pervasive issue has a significant effect on national elections and our American way of life, it deserves close study and analysis. The Republican and Democrat National Committees are each putting together a task force to formulate their party's international trade policy for the next election.  In order to form a well rounded policy and get input from as many interest groups as possible, each task force will be comprised of people from various backgrounds and points of view. You will assume the role of one of the participants on either the Republican or Democrat task forces.

By completing this Web Quest you should achieve the following goals:

• develop an interest in international trade 
• use the power of the Internet for advanced exploration of international trade issues.
• learn information about six key perspectives on international trade.
• realize that complex topics can be looked at from various perspectives.
• formulate and support an argument from one of the six perspectives.
• work with your teammates to problem-solve a combined action plan.
• question the nature of international relations in our interdependent world.