Write an essay up to 1500 words (excluding references), consisting of two tasks:

Write an essay up to 1500 words (excluding references), consisting of two tasks:
1. Select a country and provide a brief overview of its recent international trade with two of its trade
partners, including data and graphs.
2. Provide a theoretical grounding for the observed trade patterns using the theories developed in the course (Gravity, Ricardian, H-O, Standard Trade Model or New Trade theory). You need to use two different models in the essay (i.e. one model for each trading partner).
This topic provides ample scope for using data. Descriiptive statistics, graphs and tables, will be sufficient. You are not required to do econometric analysis.
You are required to use a good mix of sources including the internet, textbooks, newspapers, and academic journals, articles from newspapers and business magazines. You must provide a list of full-ranged references used or referred to in the essay.