The rapid increase in the number of bilateral and regional free-trade agreements since 1995 is a striking development. The proliferation of these agreements has raised questions about whether they have, in fact, opened markets, created trade, promoted economic growth, and/or distorted trade....

Table of Contents: (1) Young, Linda: "Introduction: Capacity Building and Agricultural Trade Policy Challenges in Developing Countries," pp. 171-174; (2) Young, Linda M. "Capacity Building Programs in Agricultural Trade Policy," pp. 175-184; (3) Salam, Abdul: "Distortions in Incentives to Production...

Table of Contents: (1) Baboola, Ashfaqul, Michael Reed, Sayed Saghaian, and Vijay Subramaniam: "Food Safety Standards and Export Competitiveness in the Processed Food Industries of Asia-pacific Countries, pp. 1-10; (2) Nalley, Lawton Lanier, Andrew P. Barkley, John M. Crespi, and Ken D. Sayre:...

Table of Contents: (1) Meyers, William H., Patrick Westhoff, Jacinto F. Fabiosa, and Dermot J. Hayes: "The FAPRI Global Modeling System and Outlook Process," pp. 1-20; (2) Meyer, Seth, Julian Binfield, and Patrick Westhoff: "Interactions between Energy Markets and Agriculture in the U.S.: A...

China is perhaps the most prominent example of a developing country that has transitioned from taxing to supporting agriculture. In recent years, Chinese price supports and subsidies have risen at an accelerating pace after they were linked to rising production costs. Per-acre subsidy payments...

Table of Contents: (1) Babula, Ronald A. and John Paul Rothenberg: "A Dynamic Model of U.S. Pork Product Markets: Testing for and Discerning the Role of Hedging on Pork-Related Food Costs," pp. 1-24; (2) Johnson, Jessica Jo and Andrew Barkley: "Trade Agreement Impact on Trade Flows, Trade...

Table of Contents: (1) Li, Xiaoqian, Sayed Saghaian and Michael Reed: "The Impact of HACCP on U.S. Seafood Exports: The Case of Fish, Mollusks, and Shellfish Other Than Mollusks," pp. 111-124; (2) Ahmad, Burhan and Roberto J. Garcia: "Measuring Commodity-Specific Trade Determinants and Export...

Table of Contents: (1) Babula, Ronald A.: "Using Cointegrated VAR Modeling to Comparatively and Empirically Assess Effects of Alternatively-Focused Policies on U.S. Soft Wheat Markets," pp. 109-130; (2) Shaik, Saleem and Dragan Miljkovic: "The Impact of Trade Openness on Technical Efficiency in...

Table of Contents: (1)Kancs, d'Artis and Pavel Ciaian: "Factor Content of Agricultural Trade in a Generalized Three Factor Model," pp. 137-158; (2) Thompson, Wyat, Pierre Charlebois and Gregoire Tallard: "'Trades Like Chicken? Three Representations of Chicken Trade for Policy and Market Analysis,'"...