MA Projects

SIMULATED CASES
M.A. PROJECTS AT MONTEREY INSTITUTE

Students Tackle Issues in Commercial Diplomacy Gaining Practical Experience

Index of Commercial Issues Covered by MA Projects
All simulated cases include power point slide presentations.

AUTHOR	TITLE	COUNTRY
Arunpairojkul, Kraichoke	Australian Standards for Cooked Chicken* >pdf version	Thailand
Barmeier, Nina N.	Gateway to the Information Society* >pdf version	Germany
Baikenova, Dana	Lifting US-Iran Trade Sanctions* >pdf version	Kazakhstan
Buntin, Jason	Protection of Worker Rights* >pdf version	US
Brzytwa III, Edward J.	Pay-TV Broadcasting in Poland after EU-Accession: Strategies for Eliminating the Restrictive Effects of Broadcasting Quotas * >pdf version
Carr, Courtenay	Ukranian Standards for Agricultural Machinery* >pdf version	US
Cheng, Dawei	Strategy For Opening Up Chinese Insurance Industry* >pdf version	China
Cortez, Alessandra	A Strategy to Remove Technical Trade Barriers for Pharmaceutical Products >pdf version	Brazil/USA
Dyer, Andrew	Costa Rican Telecommunications Market* >pdf version	US
Gololobov, Vladimir	Liberalization and Privatization Reforms in Russian Telecommunications >pdf version	Russia
Endo, Tomoke	Deregulation of the Medical Equipment Industry in Japan* >pdf version	Japan
Gouchtchina, Yoanna A.	Information and Communications Technology: Reduction of Tariff Barriers on Equipment As An Essential Step in the Global Integration of the Russian Sector new >pdf version part 1 \| part 2	Russia
Grasso, S. Anthony	Where’s the Science in Low Frequency Emissions Regulation?* >pdf version	US
Grosso, MassimoGeloso	Reforming the EU Sugar Regime* >pdf version	Italy
Grell, Heather	Japanese Import Regulation for Cut Flowers* >pdf version	US
Hoffman, Tyler	A Strategy to Build a Freshwater Pipeline from Turkey to Jordan new >pdf version	US
Ishizuka, Tetsuya	Conflicts Between Trade and Labor Standards* >pdf version	Japan
Karimov, Timour R.	Liberalization of the Russian Insurance Market in Light of Russia's Accession to the World Trade Organization* >pdf version	Russia
Kelly, Jeanette	EU Ban on Specified Risk Materials* >pdf version	US
Kim, Sunyoung	A Strategy for the Successful Conclusion of South Korea-Chile Free Trade Agreement* >pdf version	Korea
Kinoshita, Takashi	Strategy For Harmonization of the US Patent System With the International Norm* >pdf version	Japan
Jahnke, Jennifer	Increasing the Benefits of Voluntary Eco-labeling Schemes* >pdf version	US
Magee, Kathleen	Cabotage Laws: Protective or Damaging? Strategy to Improve Cruise Vessel Competitiveness and Traffic to U.S. Ports* >pdf version	US
Majoros, Dora	Hungarian Land Ownership Legislation to European Community Law* >pdf version	Hungary
Menon, Ashok R.	Telecom Regulation in India* view in htm >pdf version	US
Mouknass, Mohamed	A Strategy for the Privatization of the Nouakchott Port* >pdf version	Mauritania
Nguyen, Tra	Reforming the Vietnam's Telecommunication Regulatory Framework* >pdf version	Vietnam
Nguyen, Chi	A Strategy For the Vietnam Civil Aviation Administration to Promote US-Vietnam >pdf version	Vietnam
Nogueira, Saulo	A Strategy to Prepare Embraer for the Restricted Proex Financing System An Approach to End the Aircraft Subsidies Dispute new >pdf version	Brazil
Perepadya, Yaroslav	Ukraine: A Strategy to Seek Elimination of US Trade Sanctions and to Attract Additional FDI through Improvement of the IPR Protection Regime new >pdf version	Ukraine
Preciado, Luis	Negotiations and Legislative Strategies for Allowing Private Investment in Mexico’s Electric Sector*	Mexico
Salem, Yara	Palestine’s Administrative Reform and WTO Accession >pdf version part 1 \| part 2	Palestine new
Sandblom, Lisa Oladotter	Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs): A Transatlantic Trade Dispute* >pdf version	Sweden
Spain, Keith F.	Recommendations for the U.S. Trade Representative to Negotiate Trade Rules with Canada Governing Bulk Water Exports* >pdf version	US
Stoffers, Jill S.	Creation of International Dairy Hygiene Standards* >pdf version	US
Tompkins, Tiffany	China's Internet Services Industry: A Strategy for Legal Reform >pdf version	US
Tsai, Charles	Taiwan’s Accession to the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement A Comprehensive Strategy for General Tech new >pdf version	US
Vergara, Gisela	Reform of Panamanian Bribery Laws* >pdf version	Panama
Wavra, Neal Joseph	European Union Directive on Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)* >pdf version	US
Zadorozhniy, Grigoriy E.	Russia ’s WTO Accession: Interregional Barriers to Agricultural Trade in the Russian Federation* >pdf version	Russia
Zhunishbekova, Lyazzat	Intellectual Property Reforms in Kazakhstan* >pdf version	Kazakhstan
Zhang, Lijuan	US-China Trade Relations* >pdf version	China
Zimmerman, Laurie Brook	The People of the State of New York Versus The Museum of Modern Art* >pdf version	US

An invaluable exercise for anyone who wants to develop a strong set of skills for the professional practice of commercial diplomacy is to analyze a specific trade issue in depth and to create a comprehensive, coherent set of policy recommendations for addressing that issue. Such an analytical exercise goes well beyond simply learning about trade policy.

An invaluable exercise for anyone who wants to develop a strong set of skills for the professional practice of commercial diplomacy is to analyze a specific trade in depth and to create a comprehensive, coherent set of policy recommendations for addressing that issue. Such an analytical exercise goes well beyond simply learning about trade policy. ITCD, through its web site, publishes some of the best exercises developed by students pursuing a Masters Degree in Commercial Diplomacy at the Monterey Institute. These exercises give students practical experience in integrating commercial, economic political, institutional, legal, and domestic policy analyses of an issue; developing a strategy to address the issue; and practical experience in writing the papers, letters, press release and op-ed pieces that policymakers and business people use to advance their interest. Normally, students in the MACD program choose topics for their projects by the end of their first year of study—after they have gained a strong base of knowledge within the field. They research and write their projects during the first semester of their second year and present their projects to students and faculty during their last semester of the two-year program.

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* The cases that are marked by an asterisk have been professionally edited. The others are in the form they were submitted by the students, except that the organizations that provided the context for the simulation have been masked.