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Foreign Policy
The nations plan to deal with other countries.
Goals• #1 goal is National Security!!!• #2 International trade• #3 Promoting World Peace• #4 Promote democracy around the world
Who works on foreign policy?
• The executive branch is in charge of foreign policy.– State Department– Defense Department– Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA)– National Security
Council
How do we deal with foreign policy?
What kind of things do we do?
Treaties• Formal agreements
between 2 countries.– Defense: becoming
allies
– (NATO) North Atlantic Treaty Organization: between USA, Canada, and other nations in Europe.
Ambassadors• An official representative of a country’s gov’t.• 150 US ambassadors
– Appointed by the President– Approved by the Senate– They live in the countries
Countries we don’t have ambassadors
• Western Sahara• Taiwan• South Ossetia• Myanmar (Burma)• North Korea• Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus• Bhutan• Abkhazia
Foreign Aid• Sending supplies to countries in need.
International Trade
• Trade sanctions: punishing another country by not trading with them in certain areas.
• Embargo: a group of nations don’t trade with a certain country.
• NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
• WTO (World Trade Organization)
United Nations (UN)
• Started in WW II (1944)• Main purpose is to
maintain international peace, develop friendly relations b/t nations, promote justice, and seek solutions.
• Globalization: nations working together