Organizers: Fabio Santeramo (University of Foggia, Italy), Dragan Miljkovic (North Dakota State University, USA), and Emanuele Ferrari (European Commission, Spain)
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 Chief Economist.
Plenary Presentations Around the Theme: “Trading for Good – Agricultural Trade in the Context of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation: Synergies, Obstacles and Possible Solutions”
Organizers: Fabio Santeramo (University of Foggia, Italy), Dragan Miljkovic (North Dakota State University, USA), and Emanuele Ferrari (European Commission, Spain)
Plenary Session 1
Chair: Fabio Saneteramo (University of Foggia)
- Food, Climate, Trade: Global Challenges and their Implications in the Food Policy Debate
Tassos Haniotis (AGRI – European Commission) - The Good and the Bad: Agricultural Trade and Climate Change
Timothy Searchinger (Princeton University)
Plenary Session 2
Chair: Koen Mondelaers (European Commission)
Lee Ann Jackson (World Trade Organization)
Joseph Wozniak (International Trade Centre)
Borja Lafuente Sanz (Danone)
Plenary Session 3
Chair: Genovese Giampiero (European Commission)
- Adaptation and Mitigation Proposals: Legal Challenges
Michael Obersteiner (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis)
Non-Theme Presentations
Organizer: Fabio Santeramo (University of Foggia, Italy)
Session 1 – Trade Measures
Chair/Discussant: Ian Sheldon (Ohio State University)
- New Estimates on the Trade Impacts of SPS Measures: Evidence from Specific Trade Concerns
Jason Grant (Virginia Tech) - On the Trade Effects of SPS and RTAs
Fabio Santeramo (University of Foggia) - Retaliatory Use of Public Standards in Trade
Kjersti Nes and K. Aleks Schaefer (University of London) - Relationship Between the Rapid Rise of E-Commerce and E-Procurement in Developing Regions and International Agrifood Trade
Thomas Reardon and Titus Awokuse (Michigan State University)
Session 2 – Environmental Issues
Chair/Discussant: Dragan Miljkovic (North Dakota State University)
- Marginal Abatement Cost: Evaluation of Feed Diet Improvements of Dairy Cattle for a Brazilian Typical Farm
Gabriela Mota da Cruz, Caio Monteiro, and Silvia Helena Galvão de Miranda (University of São Paulo) - Evaluation of the Brazilian Anthropogenic Emissions: A Look at the Cattle Sector
Rodrigo Damasceno and Silvia Helena Galvão de Miranda (University of São Paulo) - Identifying the Determinants of Land Use under Beans by Colombian Farmers
Andrew Barnes, Hernan Botero, David Rios, Lisset Perez, Julian Ramirez-Villegas
Session 3 – General Equilibrium Models
Chair/Discussant: Gal Hochman (Rutgers University)
- Impacts of Agricultural Subsidy Reform on Economic Welfare, Environment and Health
Florian Freund (Thuenen Institut) - Comparing Economic and Crop Models: The Case of Climatic and Agricultural Impacts of Nuclear War
Gal Hochman (Rutgers University) - How Agricultural Trade Can Help to Mitigate Climate Change Risks to Food Availability
Olexandr Nekhay (Universidad Loyola Andalucia)
Session 4 – Climate Change
Chair/Discussant: Fabio Santeramo (University of Foggia)
- Climate Change and Migration: Is Agriculture the Main Channel?
Chiara Falco, Marzio Galeotti, and Alessandro Olper (University of Milano) - Modelling Bottom-Up End-of-Pipe Abatement Technologies in a Large-Scale Model: What Impact Does It Have on Agricultural Trade?
Matthias Weitzel, Bert Saveyn, and Toon Vandyck (European Commission) - Climate Change Mitigation Potentials in the Agricultural Sector
Marcel Adenäuer (OECD)
Session 5 – Resource Economics
Chair/Discussant: H. de Giovanni
- Conserving Forest Resources using Forest Raw Material Export Bans: The Complex Intersection of Environment and Trade Policy
Richard Barichello (University of British Columbia) - Border Carbon Adjustments on Agricultural Emissions: Impacts and Efficiency to Reduce Carbon Leakage
Ida Nordin, Frederik Wilhelmsson (Lund University), Torbjörn Jansson, Thomas Fellmann, Jesús
Barreiro-Hurle, Mihaly Himics - The Economic Effects of Public Stockholding Policies for Rice in Asia
Annelies Deuss (OECD)
Session 6 – EU Policies
Chair/Discussant: Shon Ferguson (IFN Stockholm)
- On the Duration of the EU Agri-Food Trade
Imre Ferto (MTA KRTK) - Decoupling and Greenhouse Gas Emission in CGE Models: Does Parametrisation Matter?
Pierre Boulanger (European Commission) - Competition in Competing Value Chains
Steve McCorriston (University of Exeter) - From Mass to Class – The Bioeconomy as Concept for Resource-Efficient Biomass Trade
Robert M’barek (European Commission)
Session 7 – Trade Measures
Chair/Discussant: A. Sanjuan
- The Impact of Retaliatory Tariffs on Agricultural Trade
Shawn Arita, USDA Office of Chief Economist - Environmental Protection in the International Agenda: Opportunity or Threat to Agricultural Trade?
Maria Esther Kim - Trade and Price Effect of Non-Tariffs Measures in Fruits Trade
Jurgen Peci and Ana Isabel Sanjuán Lopez - China’s Grain Reserves, Price Support and Import Policies: Examining the Medium-Term Market Impacts of Alternative Scenarios
Annelies Deuss (OECD)
Session 8 – Equilibrium Models
Chair: P. Boulanger
- Climate Change Effects: to Trade or Not to Trade?
A. Aguiar - Assessing Market Stability Under Climate-Induced Production Shocks: Agricultural Trade and Storage as Adaptation Mechanisms
Esther Boere - Global Greenhouse Gas Taxes on Food Products: Economy-Wide, Environmental, and Dietary Implications
Maksym Chepeliev and Angel Aguiar - International Trade – A True Adaptation Mechanism to Risk of Hunger under Climate Change?
Charlotte Janssens, Petr Havlik, Tamas Krisztin, Justin Baker, Hasegawa Tomoko, Nicole Van Lipzig, Miet Maertens
Session 9 – Development Issues
Chair/Discussant: K. Mondelaers
- Global Determinants of Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Are all Countries Equal?
Lucia Bolea, Sandy Dall’erba, and Sofia Jiménez - International Risk Sharing for Food Staples
B. Ramaswami - Interrelations Between Trade, Climate Change and Food Safety
Tapani Yrjölä and Kyösti Arovuori
Session 10 – Organized Session on Agricultural Policy in Disarray
Chair/Discussant: Tassos Haniotis (European Commission)
V. Smith
R. Barichello
H. Lee
D. Sumner
Session 11 – Displacement Effects
Chair/Discussant: Marcel Adenaeuer (OECD)
- On the Impact of Climate Change on Global Agri-Food Trade
Fabio Santeramo (University of Foggia) - Impacts of Climate Change on Global Trade Patterns and Interlinkages Between Climate and Trade Policy in Agriculture
A. Zimmerman - Brexit: Why did the ‘Chlorinated Chicken’ Cross the Road?
Ian Sheldon (Ohio State University)
Session 12 – Sectoral Issues
Chair/Discussant: I Perez Dominguez
- So Many Articles and So Few Comparisons: Standardizing Results from U.S. Farm Policy Decoupling Literature
Scott Gerlt, Wyatt Thompson, Joe Dewbre - Climate Changes and New Trade Dynamics in Global Trade of Wine
Fabio Santeramo (University of Foggia) - Halving Mineral Nitrogen in European Agriculture: Insights from Multi-Scale Land-Use Models
Raja Chakir
Session 13 – Macroeconomic Issues
Chair/Discussant: E. Ferrari
- Impacts of Agricultural Support on Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions
David LaBorde (IFPRI) - Optimized Diet and Imports Dependence in Tunisia
Sophie Drogue, Marlene Perignon, Nicole Darmon, Marie-Josephe Amiot-Carlin - Economy-Wide and Trade Impacts of Long-Term Climate Policy
T. Vandyck
Session 14 – Methodological Issues
Chair/Discussant: M. Himics
- Import Demand Elasticities Based on Quantity Data: Theory, Evidence and Implications for the Gains from Trade
Shon Ferguson and Aaron Smith - Changing Preferences and Imported Beer in China: Assessing Structural Change in Habit Formation, Expenditure Allocation, and Price Responsiveness
Andrew Muhammad (University of Tennessee) - Choosing Between Hail Insurance and Anti-Hail Nets: A Simple Model and a Simulation among Apple Producers in South Tyrol
Marco Rogna, Günter Schamel, and Alex Weissensteiner
Session 15 – Land Use Policy
Chair/Discussant: Robert M’barek
- The Importance of Technologies to Effectively Reduce Agricultural GHG Emissions and Avoid Emission Leakage in a Global Context
I. Perez Dominguez - Trading More Food in the Context of High-End Climate Change: Implications for Cropland Dynamics and Food Prices
X. Wang - Novel Approaches for Accounting and Monitoring Carbon Sequestration and the Socioeconomic Impacts of Tree Crops in Southern Europe
Kostas Bithas, Antonios Kolimenakis, and Angelos Mimis