1,What are the current trade agreements that UAE is part of? Hints Theory Free Trade agreements, GATT, WTO, EU, NAFTA, ASEAN 50% Research UAE bilateral FTAs, GAFTA or other 30% Presentation Writing Skills 20% 756 words 2, Discuss the pros and cons of having a trade agreement in the middle east? Pros Increase trade/economic benefits, FOREX transactions, economic growth 40% Cons low wage workers, local business disruption, environmental damage with growth & job outsourcing 40% Presentation Writing Skills 20% 756 words 3, Identify the countries where UAE is engaging in M&A? MNCs Importing/Exporting, licencing, franchising, joint venture and greenfield 50% EMNCs Application of the above to UAE entering markets like Turkey, Iran etc 30% Presentation Writing Skills 20% 756 words 4, Can Dubai House Prices Cause a Financial Crisis? GFC Mortgage crisis leading to financial institutions collapsing & reaching global scale 50% Forecasting Opinion on housing bubble in Dubai, Sydney, Melbourne and whether this can create the next global financial crisis 30% Presentation Writing Skills 20% 756 words 5, Discuss whether geographical arbitrage exists in the FOREX market? Provide empirical evidence Arbitrage Explanation of geographic & triangular arbitrage 50% Evidence Example of trying to arbitrage from Dubai malls and/or citations of academic work that shows arbitrage exists 30% Presentation Writing Skills 20% 550 words 6, Discuss the effects of brexit on the distribution of the pound. Explanation Pros and Cons of exhiting the EU. UK banks cannot operate in the EU. Immigration problems. Less access to European markets. New opportunities to other markets 30% Discussion Explain the significant drop of the pound around the annoucement of BREXIT plus demonstate an understanding of the distribution of the pound. Talk about a large decrease in the distribution 50% Presentation Writing Skills 20% 550 words