Title: Assignment 3B
Course: 383-303-FD-55-01 • International Economics > Section: Devoirs

In order to carry out your third assignment, you must have completed Lessons 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 of the Textbook as well as the related exercises. You must also read the articles entitled The pendulum swings (Le retour du balancier), which appeared in La Presse as well as The American dollar under fire (Le dollar américain sous pression), which appeared in Le Soleil. These texts are easily accessible from this site. You must also consult information related to NAFTA by visiting the NAFTA Secretariat website (www.nafta-sec-alena.org).

This assignment consists of nine essay questions. It should take approximately three hours to complete.

It will be corrected out of 100 points but will count for 15% of your overall evaluation.

Remember that these assignments are preparation for the exam. Do not hesitate to refer to Lessons 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the Textbook and the interactive Workbook.

A few suggestions:

Read the instructions and questions carefully before answering.

Take some time to organize your answers before starting to write.

Reread your answers to check for sentence structure and spelling.

Good luck!

Note: In compliance with the Politique institutionnelle dévaluation des apprentissages (PIEA) in effect at Cégep@distance, marks on this assignment will be reduced by up to 10% for poor language quality (0.5% per error). Except for spelling errors, marks will be deducted for repeated mistakes.

Sources:
Deblock, C. (2002, June 14). The pendulum swings. La Presse, p. A13. (Le retour du balancier)

Pouliot, F. (2002, June 29). The American dollar under fire: What has happened to all Uncle Sams money? Le Soleil [Québec City], p. B3 (Le dollar américain sous pression. Où s'en vont les capitaux de lOncle Sam ?)