Read Annex 2 of the "President's 2000 Annual Report on the Trade Agreements Program." (To view this document, the free Adobe Acrobat reader plugin must be installed in your browser, if you do not have this, you may download it from: here.)

Questions:

1. Did imports and exports grow faster or slower than U.S. GDP during the period from1990-2000?
2. Why did U.S. exports grow faster in 2000 than in 1999?
3. Why were imports growing from 1990-2000?
4. How might the widespread use of the internet affect international trade?