type="main" xml:id="twec12146-abs-0001" <title type="main">Abstract</title> <p>US policies for its cotton producers depress world cotton prices, adversely affecting exporters such as Brazil, which filed a complaint to the WTO. Despite WTO rulings in Brazil's favour, meting out the right to enact retaliatory countermeasures,...</p>

In response to the USA blocking Mexican trucks from traveling to the inland part of the USA, Mexico imposed tariffs on US fresh apple exports. This study analyzes the impacts of the Mexican tariff on USA, Mexican and world apple markets by using theoretical analysis and developing a spatial...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain and conceptually analyse the origins and outcomes of the Brazil‐USA cotton dispute. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis is conducted using a conceptual framework to show the effects of US policies on Brazil and the world cotton...