News Exercise #278

1. What is the reason for the Brunei Boycott started by Clooney?
2. What is the boycott targeting?
3. At what point do countries seem to care about opinions of other countries?
4. How could Japan help in this boycott?

Answers:
1. What is the reason for the Brunei Boycott started by Clooney?
It is a demonstration is disapproval of Brunei’s lack of human rights; in particular the rights of gay people.

2. What is the boycott targeting?
It is targeting a group of famous hotels owned by Brunei.

3. At what point do countries seem to care about opinions of other countries?
Economic interests trump human rights in most instances, so a country can be hurt economically much more than by criticism.

4. How could Japan help in this boycott?
Japan is one of the three biggest customers of Brunei oil, and if these three countries boycotted their oil, they might change their stance.