英语经贸文章阅读教程unit2tradeprotectionism.ppt

《英语经贸文章阅读教程》 Unit 2 Trade Protectionism,2,Warm-up questions: a). What are the world trade conditions like this year? Name some major developed countries and some major emerging economies, and describe their trade situations. b). What idea does the author mean to convey with this title, “Farewell, Free Trade”?,热身练习,3,Guide to reading,单元导读,4,,学习目标,To get ideas of the world trade situation after the outbreak of the 2008 financial crisis; To understand why, in such situations, many countries would break the promise of keeping free trade and turn to an old but false friend—protectionism. This should be taken into consideration when different governments are making foreign trade policies.,5,Text study Farewell, Free Trade Adapted from The Economist, Dec. 18，2008,课文学习,6,Title: “Farewell, Free Trade” Title: “A Farewell ……”?,Do you know the novel written by Hemingway? Name the title of his novel with the word “farewell”?,7,The novel A farewell to Arms was written by a famous American writer Ernest Hemingway. Question: What idea does the author want to convey by using this title, “Farewell, Free Trade”?,8,,课文导读,The author uses the title “Farewell, Free Trade” to describe that protectionism is a growing risk in current economic recession and he also offers the solution. This is a short, condense and well-organized article with two sarcastic subheads and one topic sentence for each paragraph.,9,Warm-up activities,Preview work：Read and think. Before we study the unit, please skim the text and raise two questions on either the content or the language.,热身练习,10,2. Business Terms Preview: Please scan the text for the meanings of the following key terms and translate them into Chinese.,a drought of financing global trade volumes the flight of private capital boost domestic demand current account export subsidies tariff creditor country,热身练习,融资匮乏 全球贸易额 私人资本外逃 扩大内需 经常账户 出口补贴 关税 债权国家,11,The structure of the text,Part I (para 1-4): Introduction of the reasons why protectionism was thriving. Part II (para 5-7): Fair-weather free-traders. Part III (para 8-9): Handouts to the ready. Part IV (para 10): The solution of protectionism.,课文学习,12,课文学习,Business terms,tumbling exports (para. 1) the drying-up of foreign finance (para. 1) emerging economies (para. 1) net private capital flows (para. 2) global trade volumes (para. 2) open market (para. 2) boost domestic demand (para. 3) the flight of private capital (para. 3) current-account deficits (para. 3) a drought of financing (para. 3),出口锐减 外资枯竭 新兴经济体 私有资本流动净值 全球贸易额 公开市场 扩大内需 私人资本外逃 经常账户逆差/赤字 融资匮乏,13,Business terms,课文学习,export earnings (para. 3) export subsidies (para. 3) tariff (para. 3) multilateral trading rules (para. 4) supply chains (para. 4) just-in-time delivery (para. 4) incremental protection beggar-thy-neighbor policies,出口收入 出口补贴 关税 多边贸易规则 供应链 及时准确的供货 与日俱增的保护主义 以邻为壑的政策,14,Business terms,课文学习,unilateral tariff-cutting (para. 7) import levies (para. 7) bail-out (para. 8) a discriminatory subsidy (para. 8) bound tariffs (para.10) macroeconomic stimulus (para. 11) fiscal stimulus (para. 11) creditor country (para. 11) borrower (para. 11),单边关税削减 进口关税 救市措施 差别性的、有失公平的补贴 约束税率 宏观经济刺激 财政刺激措施 债权国家 负债国，债务国,15,Notes/Background information,,1. the current account deficit (para. 3)： 经常项目赤字，指一国经济体进口货物及服务总额大于出口货物及服务总额。

2. tariff (para.3)： Tax levied upon goods as they cross national boundaries, usually by the government of the importing country. 关税,16,课文学习,1. the Doha round (para.2): 多哈回合谈判 Each round of trade talks is named after the location where they were initiated. Doha is named for the city of Doha in the country of Qatar. The WTO launched the round of negotiations, the Doha Development Round, at the fourth ministerial conference in Doha, Qatar in November 2001. Its aim is to achieve major reform of the international trading system through the introduction of lower trade barriers and revised trade rules in order to expand global economic growth, development, and opportunity. The work programme covers about 20 areas of trade. This was an ambitious effort to make globalization more inclusive and help the poor countries, particularly by slashing barriers and subsidies in farming.,17,课文学习,The initial agenda comprised both further trade liberalization and new rule-making, underpinned by commitments to strengthen substantial assistance to developing countries. The negotiations have been highly contentious. Disagreements still continue over several key areas including agriculture subsidies, which emerged as critical in July 2006. According to a European Union statement, “The 2008 Ministerial meeting broke down over a disagreement between exporters of agricultural bulk commodities and countries with large numbers of subsistence farmers on the precise terms of a ‘special safeguard measure’ to protect farmers from surges in imports.” The position of the European Commission is that “The successful conclusion of the Doha negotiations would confirm the central role of multilateral liberalisation an。