Abstract
This bulletin on trade, policy, and competition is the result
of a regional effort at studying the selected factors and policies
influencing agricultural trade in the Southern States. The cooperative
research bulletin is the outcome of a set of papers presented
in Washington, D.C. in 1997 by researchers belonging to, or associated
with, the Southern Regional Agricultural Trade Research Group
(S-256).
Factors and policies affecting international marketing of
export crops from the Southern States are addressed. Exchange
rates had little or no effect on U.S. agricultural exports to
NAFTA countries. Contrary to common expectations, no empirical
relationship existed between inventory levels and trade. Non-price
promotion programs designed to assist farmers and taxpayers were
not cost effective. Effects of agricultural policy changes of
the European Union, brought about by changes in GATT and the
WTO, would benefit southern farmers. However, programs that result
in increased imports of locally produced commodities exert downward
pressure on domestic prices and reduce farm revenue. Changes
in domestic programs for peanuts, for example, would result in
a loss of income to U.S. peanut growers and decreased economic
activity in concentrated peanut production areas.
It was important to examine the balance between the manipulation
of trade variables and the use of macroeconomic policies in influencing
trade. International macroeconomic policies were as important
in extending U.S. exports, for crops such as broilers, as the
use of domestic programs.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Effects of Agricultural Policy Changes in the European
Union on Selected Agricultural Products in the Southeastern United
States
- Chapter
2: Policy, Trade, and Competition:
Forces Shaping the U.S. Peanut Industry
- Chapter 3: Broiler Exports: A Structural Time Series Approach
- Chapter 4: European Integration and GATT: The Impact on United
States Agriculture
- Chapter
5: Forecasting Mexican Import Demand
for Dairy Products
- Chapter
6: Sanitary Regulations and Canadian
- U.S. Trade in Cattle: An Evaluation of the Northwest Pilot
Project
- Chapter
7: U.S. Agricultural Trade with Mexico:
What Is the Role of Trade Assistance with Our Southern Neighbor?
- Chapter
8: The Canada–U.S. Free Trade
Agreement: Competitive Tradeoffs Between Foreign Direct Investment
and Trade
- Chapter 9: Measuring the Effectiveness of Nonprice Promotion
of U.S. Agricultural Exports Using a Supply-Side Approach
- Chapter 10: Inventory Behavior and the Competitiveness of Agricultural
Commodities
This bulletin from Regional Project S-256 included researchers
from Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama,
West Virginia, Texas, Kentucky, and Montana. It is being electronically
published with the approval of the Directors of the Southern
Agricultural Experiment Stations. Under the procedure of cooperative
publications, it becomes in effect, a separate publication for
each of the cooperating stations listed.
Employment and program opportunities are offered to all people
regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.
Alabama Agricultural Experiment
Station, Auburn University, Alabama
Document Prepared by:
Leigh H. Stribling, lstribli@acesag.auburn.edu
Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
Auburn University
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