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This paper analyzes the consequences for the United States of a partial reform of world rice trade. It is argued that likely trade reform would occur in the japonica rice producing countries of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the European Community. Multilateral rice trade liberalization would...
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We use a new partial-equilibrium, multi-market international model to analyze trade and agricultural policies affecting markets for peanut/groundnut products. The model covers four goods in thirteen countries/regions, including a large set of developing countries. Welfare is evaluated by looking...
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We investigate the response of US trucking firms to the removal of barriers to crossborder trucking under NAFTA. This was done via a program implemented in 2007, cancelled in 2009, and reinstated in 2011. We find that, unsurprisingly, the program's start resulted in lower stock returns,...
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This paper studies the regional distribution of the benefits from trade in Mexico after NAFTA. Specifically, we ask … whether or not NAFTA has increased the concentration of economic activity in Mexico. Unlike previous work which uses state …
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Studies of US-Mexico vegetable trade have generally emphasized the importance of US tariffs in determining the … levels of economic development in the US and Mexico that also have important effects on US-Mexico agricultural trade in … in US fresh vegetable imports from Mexico. The analysis employs an econometric simulation model of US and Mexican markets …
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International markets for agricultural products are often subject to a range of trade barriers, and horticultural products are no exception. This paper examines the economic implications of tariffs and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) regulations that are applied to global markets for fresh...
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According to provisions of the 1990 U.S. farm bill, the export enhancement program (EEP) will continue to be an important instrument in promoting U.S. agricultural exports and in challenging subsidizing competitors, like the European Community (EC), with funding levels set at a minimum of $500...
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We develop a three region - U.S., Mexico, and Rest-of-World - simulation model to analyze the effects on the … agricultural sector of a potential preferential trading arrangement (PTA) between Mexico and the United States. The simulation … exercises indicate that two-way agricultural trade increases and welfare improves in the United States and Mexico from a …
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high levels of support and protection in both regions, and therefore are sensitive to the discussions surrounding the TTIP …
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