Tutorial 1: Introduction to the Course
Today’s topics of discussion:
A brief discussion of institutions:
Auto Pact
CUSFTA
NAFTA
FTAA
WTO
Are these national, international, local?
Where are the impacts?
Main point: even international agreements/institutions have a local impact and that impact varies
from place to place depending on the local (economic and social) geography.
Next week’s tutorial questions:
1. Is BC a core or periphery economy?
2. Describe the value chain for a “simple” product. “value chain lumber” in Google, for
example
3. Describe a large multinational corporation in terms of its global operations.