Organizers: Titus Awokuse and Thomas Reardon (Michigan State University)
The International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium gratefully acknowledges the continuing support of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the USDA Economic Research Service, the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, and the USDA Office of the Chief Economist.
Theme Day Paper Presentations: “Interlinkages among Global Value Chains, Trade, and the Transformation of the Agrifood Industry”
Theme Day Organizers: Titus Awokuse and Thomas Reardon (Michigan State University)
- Information Technology, Global Value Chains, and the New Globalization
Richard Baldwin (The Graduate Institute, Geneva) - Determinants of Global Value Chain Competitiveness in an Evolving Trade Context
Daria Taglioni (World Bank Group – International Finance Corp) - Evolution of Fruit Value Chains in the Pacific Rim Region in the Changing Context of Trade: A Private Sector View
Dawn Gray (Dawn Gray Consulting, Vancouver) - Rapid Food Industry: Transformation in Emerging Economies: Implications for FDI and Trade
Tom Reardon (Michigan State University) - Global Value Chains in a Changing Trade Context: A Trade Policy Perspective
Bernard Cantin (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Policy Analysis Division - Quality Differentiation, Institutional Change, and Global Value Chains
Richard Sexton (University of California Davis) - Political Economy of Global Value Chains and Trade: Two-Way Effects
Johan Swinnen (University of Leuven) - Innovators’ Design of Supply Chains and Endogenous Market Structure: Implications for Agricultural Trade Economists
David Zilberman (University of California Berkeley)
Non-Theme Day Paper Presentations
Non-Theme Day Organizer: Jonathan Coleman (U.S. International Trade Commission)
Session 01 Effects of Trade Disputes and Restrictions
- International Agricultural Value Chains: How Exposed are they to Trade Wars?
David LaBorde (International Food Policy Research Institute) - Chinese Trade Retaliation and U.S. Wine Export Potential
Andrew Muhammad and Amanda Countryman (University of Tennessee) - What Scope for Price Support in China and Other Countries in Light of Pending WTO Panel Ruling on China’s Programs for Wheat, Rice, and Corn?
Lars Brink (Independent Advisor) and David Orden (Virginia Tech)
Session 02 Standards, Certification, and Regulation
- Sustainabiliy Certifications and Transformation of the Indonesian Coffee Industry
Bustanul Arifin (University of Lampung, Indonesia); Meine van Noordwijk (Bogor and Wageningen University, Netherlands); Pieter Glasbergen (Maastrict University, Netherlands); Muhammad Ibnu (University of Lampung, Indonesia); and Esther Astuti (Institute for Development of Economics and Finance, Indonesia) - Moving Beyond Transgenic Technology – Trade Implications of Scientific Advances Based on Genomics
William Kerr (University of Saskatchewan) - Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards Capacity Development Activities and Agri-Food Exports from African Countries: An Assessment Regarding Scope, Targeting and Efficiency
Christine Wieck (University of Hohenheim) - Economic Analysis of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Outbreaks and Policy Measures to Reduce Risk Along the Livestock and Feed Value Chain
Tyler Cozzens and Justin Choe (USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service)
Session 03 Regional and Free Trade Agreements
- Do Regional Trade Agreements Increase the Duration of Members’ Agricultural Trade?
Jason Grant and Everett Peterson (Virginia Tech) - Food Regulations Across NAFTA’s Northern Border
Jill Hobbs and William Kerr (University of Saskatchewan) - Japan’s Rice Commitments in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: A Missed Opportunity for the U.S. Rice Industry?
Takumi Sakuyama (Meiji University and University of California Davis) - Canadian-EU Dairy Trade and CETA
Rick Barichello (University of British Columbia)
Session 04 Policy and Regulation in Agricultural Markets
- Gravity and Comparative Advantage: Estimation of Trade Elasticities for the Agricultural Sector
Kari Heerman (USDA, Economic Research Service) and Ian Sheldon (Ohio State University) - Export Demand for Quality in the World Coffee Markets
Dragan Miljkovic (North Dakota State University) and Miguel Gomez (Cornell University) - Trade Restrictiveness Indices: New Methodological Developments with an Application to the Canadian Grain-Oilseed-Livestock Complex
Yves Surry (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) and James Rude (University of Alberta) - The Relationship between Productivity, Markup and International Trade: Firm-Level Evidence from European Agri-Food Sectors
Tobias Fier, Yaghoob Jafari, Thomas Heckelei (University of Bonn), and Stefan Hirsch (ETH Zurich)
Session 05 Perspectives on Organic Agricultural Trade
Organizer and Moderator: Sabina Neumann (U.S. International Trade Commission)
- Organic Market Data Sources and Insights
Bryce Cooke (USDA, Economic Research Service) - U.S. Organic Trade Overview
Sabina Neumann (U.S. International Trade Commission) - The Landscape of Organics in Canada
Jill Guerra (Canada Organic Trade Association)
Session 06 Model Applications for Trade Analysis
- Climate Change Mitigation Potentials in the Agricultural Sector
Marcel Adenauer (OECD, Paris) - Commissioned Paper: Modeling and Forecasting Agricultural Commodity Support in the Developing Countries
J. Isaac Miller, Julian Binfield, Jing Zhao, and Wyatt Thompson (University of Missouri) - Measuring Community Quality of Life in Rural and Coastal Areas: Establishing an Analytical Tool for Trade Impacts
Sangchoul Yi (Korea Maritime Institute)
Session 07 Plenary Panel Discussion: Responding to Policy Challenges in the Global Food and Agricultural System
Organizers: Jason Grant (Virginia Tech), Thomas Heckelei (University of Bonn), and Kari Heerman (USDA, Economic Research Service)
Moderator: Kari Heerman (USDA, Economic Research Service)
Discussants: Lars Brink (Independent Advisor), Andrew Muhammad (University of Tennessee), Steve Neff (USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service), Jason Grant (Virginia Tech), Kathy Baylis (University of Illinois), and William Kerr (University of Saskatchewan)
Session 08 Analysis in Global Commodity Markets
- U.S. Dairy, Policy and Exports and Vulnerability to Export Disruptions
Daniel Sumner (University of California Davis) - Price Instability and Trade
Andrew Schmitz (University of Florida) - Classified Pricing and Revenue Pooling: Exploring a Gap in Understanding Domestic Support and Export Competition
Al Mussell and Douglas Hedley (Agri-Food Economic Systems) - A Quantitative Analysis of the Importance of Currency Competitiveness for U.S. Agricultural Trade
Kari Heerman, Getachew Nigatu, and Bryce Cooke (USDA, Economic Research Service)
Session 09 Income Inequality and Food Security
- Export Externalities and Food Security in Developing Countries
Chang-mo Ma (Korea Maritime Institute) and Hanho Kim (Seoul National University) - Income Differentials Between Farm and Non-Farm Households Among Selected OECD Member Countries
Bruno Henry de Frahan, David Kamin, and Rembert De Blander (Universite Catholique de Louvain) - Trade, Poverty and Income Inequality: Experiences from Indonesia
Rick Barichello (University of British Columbia), Arianto Patunru (Australian National University Canberra), and Richard Schwindt (Simon Fraser University)
Session 10 Challenges in Modeling and Analysis of Fruit and Vegetable Markets and Trade
Organizer and Moderator: William Meyers (University of Missouri)
- The Impact of Policy Uncertainty on South Africa’s Growing High-Value Export Crops
Tracy David, Ferdi Meyer (University of Pretoria) and Johann Boonzaaier (University of Stellenbosch) - Economic Impacts of U.S. Imports of Fresh Produce from Mexico by 2025
Flynn Adcock (Texas A&M University) - Fruits and Vegetables Model with an exercise in unintended consequences
Hoa Hoang and Wyatt Thompson (University of Missouri)
Session 11 Effects of Domestic Policy on Trade
- Evaluation of the Relevance of Border Protection for Agriculture in Switzerland
Lucie Adenauer (Independent Consultant), Emily Gray, Dorothee Flaig, and Frank van Tongeren (OECD, Paris) - Effects of the Bipartisan Budget Act on U.S. Upland Cotton
Scott Gerlt (University of Missouri) - The Domestic Support Landscape in Agriculture: Policy Trends and Emerging Patterns
Lars Brink (Independent Advisor)