Purpose – In 2008, a bill was introduced in the 110th Congress (HR6415) to address the “unintended consequences” of US free trade agreements (US FTA) on manufacturers operating in US foreign trade zones (FTZs). Presently, US manufacturers operating in FTZs that use imported components pay...

In the 2 years following the January 1980-April 1981 sales suspension, Soviet purchases of U.S. farm goods have remained more than one-third below 1979's record $3 billion in agricultural sales. The worldwide economic recession reduced demand for U.S. agricultural exports during 1982, lowering...

Exports of farm products fell for the second consecutive year in fiscal year 1983 to $34.8 billion. Values for agricultural imports, especially for competitive items such as live animals, dairy products, fruits, vegetables, beverages, and tobacco, gained by 6 percent to $16.4 billion in fiscal...

"Larger wheat and cotton shipments and higher corn and soybean prices raised U.S. agricultural exports to ~38 billion during fiscal year (FY) 1984 (October 1983 - September 1984), up 10 percent from those of 1983. Increased demand and a strong dollar,boosted U.S. agricultural imports in FY 1984...

This statistical reference presents current and historical data on U. S. foreign trade in agricultural products. Detailed tables cover commodity and country information for fiscal years 1982 and 1983, including value, quantity, and principal markets for agricultural imports and exports, and...

The consequences of errors in trade classification are potentially worse than documented in existing empirical research. This is demonstrated by the use of a formal model of classification errors in a generic regression-type microstructure model. The bias is a function of the probability of...

This paper examines the role of market coordination and market distortions caused by a hypothetical FMD outbreak in the Finnish pig sector. By using stochastic dynamic programming, it simulates the consequences of two outbreak scenarios (large vs. small) under two distinct market regimes...