includes a partial liberalization of rice imports in Japan and South Korea from the year completing the minimum market access … commitments under the UR agreement to 2010. The full trade liberalization scenario includes a full liberalization of rice imports …, and technological change. This report evaluates three scenarios: the base scenario, the partial trade liberalization …

Since the United States imposed antidumping and countervailing duties totaling 14.16 percent on imports of Canadian … hard red spring (HRS) wheat, Canadian exports to the United States have nearly stopped. This study examines the changes in … U.S. wheat imports from Canada. An econometric model is developed and estimated to determine the effects of the decline …

This article utilizes the Survey of Small Business Finances to compare and contrast trade credit practices of rural … small business firms. The results show that these firms borrow money and then re-lend it to others in the form of trade … receivable (e.g., trade credit extended to customers). The actual level of re-lending varied among firms depending on their …

expanded to handle the increased imports. Note: Figures are not included in the machine readable copy--contact the authors for …

Trade in processed food products is rapidly growing. Trade with Canada and Mexico has especially been growing since … free trade agreements have been implemented. The U.S. presence in the processed food industry in other countries through … foreign direct investment (FDI) is also large and has been expanding. The relationship between trade and FDI is uncertain and …

As trade agreements lower tariff rates throughout the world, other barriers to trade emerge. These non-tariff barriers … businesses is conducted to identify important trade barriers. Phytosanitary regulations and railroad problems are two frustrating …

Recent trends in production marketing, trade, and policies affecting world malting barley and malt sector are examined …. A spatial equilibrium model of production and trade is used to assess the effects of alternative levels of supply …, demand, and policy variables on composition and direction of malting barley and malt trade flows. …