Question

Why would a department that is traditionally focused on domestic issues become involved in foreign policy-making

Answer 1

A department that is traditionally focused on domestic issues could become involved in foreign policy-making because of two main reasons:

• It can regulate a good or service given internationally. For example, it can be clothes or technological devices.

• Foreign policy-making (or foreign relations), also regulates behavior that could have an international consequence. For example, it could be a business that contaminates the environment.