StudySpace: We the People ed. 6

The textbook points out that U.S. foreign policy today is working to “make the world safe for democracy and markets.” The following countries have been identified as emerging markets, or new commercial opportunities for U.S. trade: China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, South Korea, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, South Africa, Poland, Turkey, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam). Select one of these countries and complete the chart attached.

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1. Why do you think this country was selected as an emerging market?
   
   

2. Per capita GDP in the United States as of 2005 is about $37,800. How does this country compare?
   
   

3. Are the major exports of this country important to the United States?
   
   

4. Should U.S. foreign policy be aimed today at “making the world safe for democracy and markets”? Explain.
   
   

5. What is this nation’s record on human rights? How do you feel about the United States doing business with countries that have poor records on human rights? Are healthcare and economic security human rights? Which is more important to you: economic development or human rights? Can we promote both? If so, how?