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Marking Criteria

Provides a comprehensive analysis of the role of the Government and NonGovernment Organisations in regard to trade.
Provides an extensive description of trade and identifies the countries involved.
Provides an accurate explanation of the roles of the of government and nongovernment organisations and their actions in relation to trade
Uses a wide range of examples/statistics/evidence.
Presents a coherent, logical and well-structured answer to the question.
Uses complex and relevant geographical vocabulary throughout.
Provides a clear analysis of the role of the Government and Non-Government
Organisations in regard to trade.
Provides a description of trade and identifies the countries involved.
Provides an explanation of the roles of the different levels of government and
their actions in relation to trade.
Uses a range of examples/statistics/evidence.
Presents a coherent and logical answer to the question.
Uses some complex and relevant geographical vocabulary.
Provides a basic analysis of the role of the Government and Non-Government
Organisations in regard to trade.
Provides an outline of trade and identifies the countries involved.
Provides a description of the roles of the different levels of government and their
actions in relation to trade.
Presents a well-structured answer to the question.
Uses some examples/statistics/evidence.
Uses basic geographical vocabulary.
Provides an elementary analysis of the role of the Government and NonGovernment Organisations in regard to trade.
Identifies the countries involved in the link.
Outlines the roles of the different levels of government and their actions in
relation to trade.
Uses limited examples/statistics/evidence to support the generalisations made.
Limited use of geographical vocabulary.

Answer will vary depending on the regional and global link identified, however, points for
trade may include:

The role of the government is to strengthen Australias interests overseas and


develop strategies to reduce trade barriers while protecting Australias primary
enterprises, and develop markets to improve exports, services and investments.
Australias trade is primarily controlled by the Federal Government, state and
local governments are responsible for regulating companies at a local level.
Every country differs in terms of their import and exports, Australias exports
include crude petroleum, mining products, services such as tourism and primary
products such as meat and wool. Imports include petroleum and manufactured
goods.
Australias major trade links include the European Union, United States, Japan,
China, New Zealand and South Korea.
There is a strong trade cooperation between governments and this has led to a
reduction in trade barriers and a variety of trade agreements between countries.
The world trade organisation is the only international organisation associated with
the global rules of trade between nations. However, there are many nongovernment organisations such as Greenpeace and Oxfam International that

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oppose some aspects of world trade. A reduction in trade barriers between


countries has favoured developed countries and restricted imports from
developing countries. Some NGOs also oppose environmental pollution, the use
of irreplaceable resources and the exploitation of people in developing countries.

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