This International Business conversation focuses on government intervention and regional integration: 1. What are the pros and cons? Make two lists, pros on one side and cons on the other. 2. Why is there no such thing as unimpeded free trade? That is, what is the justification for government intervention? 3. By contrast, why is free trade good? 4. In its efforts at political and economic unification, the EU struggles with national sovereignty issues and with division rather than collaboration. The quest for a constitution that clarifies the distribution of powers and legitimizes the EU Solution 1) Pros and cons A number of Wikipedia articles today contain pro & con lists : lists of arguments for and against some particular contention or position. These take several forms, including lists of advantages & disadvantages of a technology or proposal (such as Wi-Fi) and lists of criticisms & defenses of a political position or other view (such as socialism or creationism; lists on those articles have since been removed). Structure of a pro & con list Pro & con lists fragment the presentation of facts . There are many issues on which there is a difference of opinion over whether some fact is a benefit or a detriment. For instance, it is a fact that Wi-Fi networks use unlicensed radio spectrum. This has advantages and disadvantages, many of which are subjective or relative. However, in a pro & con list, the advantages of unlicensed spectrum will be grouped with other unrelated advantages, and the disadvantages with unrelated disadvantages .

1. This International Business conversation focuses on government intervention and regional
integration:
1. What are the pros and cons? Make two lists, pros on one side and cons on the other.
2. Why is there no such thing as unimpeded free trade? That is, what is the justification for
government intervention?
3. By contrast, why is free trade good?
4. In its efforts at political and economic unification, the EU struggles with national sovereignty
issues and with division rather than collaboration. The quest for a constitution that clarifies the
distribution of powers and legitimizes the EU
Solution
1)
Pros and cons
A number of Wikipedia articles today contain pro & con lists : lists of arguments for and against
some particular contention or position. These take several forms, including lists of advantages &
disadvantages of a technology or proposal (such as Wi-Fi) and lists of criticisms & defenses of a
political position or other view (such as socialism or creationism; lists on those articles have
since been removed).
Structure of a pro & con list
Pro & con lists fragment the presentation of facts . There are many issues on which there is a
difference of opinion over whether some fact is a benefit or a detriment. For instance, it is a fact
that Wi-Fi networks use unlicensed radio spectrum. This has advantages and disadvantages,
many of which are subjective or relative. However, in a pro & con list, the advantages of
unlicensed spectrum will be grouped with other unrelated advantages, and the disadvantages
with unrelated disadvantages