CIAO DATE: 03/02

Economic Perspectives

 

Volume 4, Number 2, May 1999

Agriculture: The United States and the 1999 WTO Ministerial Meeting (Download the complete issue in PDF format)

Preface

Focus Articles

• The Future of Agricultural Trade,  by August Schumacher, Jr., Under Secretary of Agriculture for the Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture

• Opening Markets for Agriculture,  by Peter L. Scher, Special Trade Ambassador, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

• Export Subsidies: A Distortion to Free Trade in Agriculture,  by Timothy J. Galvin, Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

• The Promise of Biotechnology,  by James M. Murphy, Jr., Assistant U.S. Trade Representative

• Market Access: Eliminating Barriers That Impede Trade,  by Jason Hafemeister, Senior Advisor for Multilateral Trade Negotiations, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

• State Trading Enterprises: Existence of Monopolies No Longer Justified,  by Hugh Maginnis, International Economist, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

  Commentary

• WTO Agricultural Negotiations -- Completing the Task,  by Paul Morris, Minister-Counsellor for Agriculture and Resources, Embassy of Australia, Washington, D.C.

• The Importance of a New Trade Round for America's Farmers,  by Dean Kleckner, President, American Farm Bureau Federation

• Developing Countries and the WTO Agricultural Negotiations,  by Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Visiting Research Fellow, and Sherman Robinson, Director, Trade and Macroeconomics Division, International Food Policy Research Institute

  Facts and Figures

• The Uruguay Round and Agricultural Reform

• Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture

• The Level of Support for Agriculture in OECD Countries

• Terms: Agriculture and Trade

  Information Resources

• Key Contacts and Internet Sites

• Additional Readings on Agriculture and the Global Market

• Calendar of Economic Events