Overview: The purpose of this assignment is to understand current challenges to international trade in the context of COVID_19 pandemic/ Russia-Ukraine war and to identify the practices to reduce or eliminate the challenges

Overview:

The purpose of this assignment is to understand current challenges to international trade in the context of COVID_19 pandemic/ Russia-Ukraine war and to identify the practices to reduce or eliminate the challenges. You are required to demonstrate in-depth understanding and analysis of the given topic by including challenge background, how this challenge will affect the Australian trade with other countries, and recommendations to reduce or eliminate the challenge.

Requirements:

• • Topic :  Export market concentration

Export market concentration is a degree to which a country relies on a limited number of
partners as markets for its exports. Country that exports only one product to other country
has perfect export concentration. On the other hand, country that exports large number of
products  with  one  partner  indicates  dependency  and  heavy  reliance  on  one  country  for
export  income.  Changes  in  foreign  policy,  fluctuations  in  currency  exchange,  political
instability  and  other  challenges  highlights  the  risks  associated  with  export  market
concentration. Against this background it is important to investigate challenges associated
with market concentration of Australian exports. Incidents that highlighted export market
concentration:
• Barley exports to China
• Tourism based on Chinese citizens

You are required to demonstrate in-depth understanding and analysis of the given topic by including sections such as (and not limited to):

• • Background of the challenge;
  • How it will affect the Australian trade with other countries and
  • Recommendations to reduce or eliminate the challenge.

Word Limit: 

Your assessment should be in the range of 2,000 – 2,500 words (inclusive of front pages, executive summary, TOC, figures and tables, references and appendices). If the number of words is out of the word limit, the marks awarded will then be reduced by 10% per 200 words.

Report Structure:

Following is the suggested report structure. You are allowed to customise using headings specific to the topic and subheadings.

• • Title/Name/Student ID/Tutorial (time)
  • Executive Summary
  • Table of Contents 
  • Introduction
  • Background of the challenge
  • Effects on Australian trade
  • Recommendations
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Appendix

•Executive Summary                               ->200-250 words
•Table of Contents                                   ->50 – 75 words
•Introduction                                           -> 150 - 200 words
•Background of the challenge                 -> 250 - 325 words
•Effects on Australian trade                     ->450-550 words
•Recommendations                                 -> 450-550 words
•Conclusion                                             ->150-200 words
•References                                              -> 300 – 350 words
•Appendix

Marking guidelines:

Following provides an overview of marking guidelines. For more details, check the rubrics in the appendix.

• • Executive summary- 10pts
  • Introduction-5pts
  • Background-15pts
  • Effects-20pts
  • Recommendations-20pts
  • In-depth analysis-15pts
  • Conclusion-5pts
  • Clarity/style-5pts
  • References-5pts

References:

• • Adequate up-to-date references (not older than 5 years) to support your arguments.
  • RMIT Harvard referencing system should be used
  • References - You must include at least 15 references, i.e. Journal Article, Case, Corporate/Business/Industry/Government Report, White Paper etc. It is expected that at least 50% of the references are from journals. *do not use Wikipedia or Investopedia*

Similarity score: 

Plagiarism is a breach of academic integrity so is not allowed at all. Any single instance in which a sentence has been lifted from somewhere without being identified as a quote is too much plagiarism – whether the Turnitin score is 5% or 50%. 

The Turnitin similarity score is sometimes high because it picks up similarity in the cover sheet, the copying of assessment questions, and in references even when they acknowledge quotes. So the main thing is to check that you have not plagiarised. You can use Turnitin as a learning tool to help you develop basic academic skills and values including referencing, paraphrasing, and academic integrity