1.0 Introduction 1.1 Purpose of the Report For the purpose of conducting this report the nation that has been chosen is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as UK).The main purpose of this report is to analyse UK’s trade patterns over a forty year timeline and to identify the major ups and downs via linking to domestic economic policies or perhaps international events or either any significant circumstances that are relevant. 1.2 Background Information 1.2.1 The United Kingdom (UK) UK is structured with England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. UK has a significant role in the European Union (EU), UN and NATO with major hands in international affairs throughout the globe. The current head of …show more content…
* As mentioned above, although in 1977 U.K did reduce its tariffs by 20% it still managed to attain a positive trade balance by increasing its exports (see table 2).The new British government(Callaghan’s government)made extensive changes to the framework of British economic policy, both internal and external. Fore.g. in the late 1970s British government increased wages (which caused further inflationary pressures) which caused the depreciation of Sterling and this in turn improved the export competitiveness(Muellbauer & Murphy,1990).This is true, since it can be observed that in 1977-80 U.K had positive net exports (see table 2). * Callaghan government also initiated “pay restraint”; a method to deal with long-term economic difficulties, later on. While it was successfully implemented for four years and also improved the balance of trade during these years, the trade unions rejected further implementation on this idea and made his government to collapse (Clarke, 2002& see also appendix 4.0). This caused Margaret Thatcher to win the general election in 1979 (Google, 2012, 2). Table 1 Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) - Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) = Net exports (% of GDP) 1970-1980 YEAR | Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) | Imports of goods
However, it wasn’t solely the government that was influencing the economy, there were other factors that played a vital role in Britain’s recovery too. For example, the expansion of the economy was mainly in new industries such as electrical engineering, which grew at between 4-5% per annum, and expanded so rapidly that in the 1930s electricity consumption per head of population increased by 70%. Furthermore, industries such as household electrical goods, cars, and transport flourished in parts of the south and midlands creating new jobs which gave people money to spend and created even more demand for new products. It is therefore arguable that it was new technology
In comparison with other competitive countries, Britain’s economy was also lagging behind. One aspect was that Britain’s GDP growth rate was the lowest in Western
How has international trade involving Canada changed over the 50 year period in the graph?
This in the end led to the failure of the government to develop policies that encouraged consistently performing economies, resulting in ‘’Stagflation’’ meaning the economy felt both the impacts of industrial decline and inflation. This would have led to the people feeling worse off, and when it comes to elections, its not foreign policy that wins, its whether the government has made them richer or poorer than counts, and if it has made them poorer, it is unlikely that they will vote for that party again. Macmillian’s plan to improve the economy was to get Great Britain into the European Economic Community, or EEC, which would later become the European Union. This would make it easier to trade with Europe, increasing exports, something that was in deficit as at the time Britain had a balance of payments issue, exporting much less than imported. This could have worked, but Macmillian failed to get entry into the EEC because France’s
Another issue is export. What proportion of the nation's output that is potentially exportable is in fact exported? One way to address this more narrow question is to begin with the domestic output of the goods-producing sectors of the economy, as measured by the value of final exports of goods, plus change in goods inventories,
The differences between the constituent members of the UK are interesting, England, despite being the most developed, populous and richest member, is the only one without its own devolved government.
I. The United Kingdom of Great Britain is an island nation north of Europe that hosts a few smaller countries. These countries include England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. These four countries together form Britain. Despite their differences, they all have a similar culture. With a widely diverse population, Britain is a nation rich with various cultures that add to their historical prevalence in art and literature.
Modernisation of the British economy was one of the key priorities for the Labour government. By 1964, it was widely accepted that Britain was lagging behind other countries such as West Germany and Japan. Britain’s economy seemed to be trapped in the cycle of “stop-go”, with
The effect of the war on the economy varied in scope and intensity from sector to sector. Trade was greatly affected by the war, both negatively and positively. Statistically, the rate of growth of export only slightly slowed down during the war (by 1% to the 1798-1802 period), the rate of re-exports doubled and there was a slight increase in imports, however this was only partly due to the war. The wars stimulated British trade, because they crippled England's continental competitors and because of the Royal Navy, Britain's commercial fleet had a monopoly on relations with non-European countries.
The UK is a sovereign country of almost 61,000,000 people comprising the nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. A highly evolved democratic country
Since reduced interest rate made it unattractive to save money, currencies were less demanded thereby causing fall in the currency values. This therefore had a multiplier effect on export and import. This explains why during post crisis period, UK exports became more competitive.
Thatcher reduced trade union power. She was helped also by rapidly rising unemployment which acted as a major disincentive to many going on strike or pressing to hard for higher wages.
Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic of the continental of Europe; it is the largest island in Europe. The kingdom of Great Britain is created from the union of Scotland and England. Britain is consider as a world power. Before world war I and world war II this country was the center of the world’s largest empire, with benefits of the colonial resources and the trade the country was growing. After the world wars Great Britain became less power.
The economic reforms initiated by Prime Minister Margret Thatcher since 1980’s has made the United Kingdom record steady economic growth in the 1990s. However, successive Labour governments increased government spending significantly. Since 2010, the government upheld austerity as the principal of its economic policy. In 2014, the country recorded its strongest economic growth since 2007 of 2.387 trillion dollars with GDP per capita at 39,350.64 dollars. The GDP increased significantly because of the enhanced performance of the construction, manufacturing, and services sectors. Retail sales also increased with unemployment relatively at lowest
The Russian Federation, along with China, USA, Switzerland and Norway, is one of the main trade partners of the European Union . In 2012 the total trade value (sum of the value of imports and exports) amounted to 319.363.078,07 billion Euros. The value of European imports from the Federation amounted to 196.826.538,75 billion Euros while the exports amounted to 122.536.539,32 billion Euros. Accordingly, the EU-27 trade balance presented a deficit of 74.289.999,43 billion Euros.