| Subject | M018CL: Managing International Trade | 
Assignment
This assignment comprises 2 components: 1A and 1B.
Component A
Students should demonstrate the following:
- Critical awareness of the complex nature of international trade, its main factors, the legal frameworks and institutions; and their major challenges, issues and risks.
 - Critical analysis and evaluation of the trade exchanges at both quantitative and qualitative levels.
 - Detailed knowledge of international trade, investment and tools.
 - Understanding and capability to elaborate an articulated export strategy for an international company, comprehensive of all the main phases and with a discussion of its critical challenges, issues and risks.
 
Component B
Students should demonstrate the following:
- Critical awareness of the complex nature of international trade, its main factors, the legal frameworks and institutions; and their major challenges, issues and risk.
 - Critical analysis and evaluation of the trade exchanges at both qualitative and quantitative levels.
 - Detailed knowledge of international trade, investment and tools.
 
Tasks
The report must be based on the following:
- Assume that you have been hired as an International Consultant for a Multi-National Corporation (MNC). This MNC is seeking to make its first entry into Bangkok, Thailand.
 - Your role is to give an opinion on the advisability of such a move and to provide guidance regarding the potential move.