Organizers: Fabio Santeramo
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 Presentations: “Trade and Environmental Policies: Synergies and Rivalries”
Theme Day Organizer: Fabio Santeramo (University of Foggia)
- The Economic Geography of Global Warming
Esteban Rossi-Hansberg (University of Chicago)
Discussant: Munisamy Gopinath (University of Georgia) - Institutions, Comparative Advantage, and the Environment
Joseph Shapiro (University of California, Berkeley)
Discussant: Fabio Santeramo (University of Foggia) - Trade and Climate Change Policies: Multilateral Rules and Plurilateral Cooperation
Bernard Hoekman (European University Institute)
Discussant: Ian Sheldon (Ohio State University)
Non-Theme Day Paper Presentations
Organizer: Jonathan Coleman (U.S. International Trade Commission)
Session 01 Effects of COVID on Agricultural Trade
Moderator: John Beghin (University of Nebraska)
- Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on U.S. Bilateral Trade in Agricultural Products
John Bovay, Charlotte Emlinger and Shamar Stewart (Virginia Tech) - Revisiting the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Canada’s Agricultural Trade: The Surprising Case of an Agricultural Export Boom
Richard Barichello (University of British Columbia) - COVID-19 Impacts: Don’t Forget Trade
Andrew Schmitz (University of Florida)
Session 02 Global Value Chains in Agriculture
Moderator: Bernard Cantin (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
- The Positioning of French Agrifood Firms in Global Value Chains
Kossi Messanh Agbekponou, Cecille Le Roy, Angela Cheptea, and Karine Latouche (INRAE, SMART-LERECO, France) - Global Agricultural Value Chains and Structural Transformation
Sunghun Lim (Texas Tech University)
Timothy Josling: Tribute and Remembrance – Contributions of Timothy Josling to Agricultural Trade Analysis and Policymaking
Moderator: David Orden (Virginia Tech)
- Introduction
David Orden (Virginia Tech) - The Publications of Timothy Josling: An Analytical Overview
David Blandford (Professor Emeritus, Pennsylvania State University) - Josling’s Contributions of Enduring Quality
Stefan Tangermann (Professor Emeritus, University of Goettingen)
Session 03 New Estimates of Agricultural Trade Elasticities: Evidence from USDA’s Elasticity Project
Organizers: Jason Grant (Virginia Tech), Keithly Jones (USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service), Shawn Arita (USDA, Office of Chief Economist)
Moderator: Keithly Jones (USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service)
- New Estimates of International Agricultural Trade Elasticities: Evidence from the 2018/2019 Trade Dispute
Jason Grant, Charlotte Emlinger, Xin Nin (Virginia Tech), Shawn Arita and Sharon Sydow (USDA, Office of Chief Economist) - Developments in Demand System Approaches to Estimating Bilateral Trade Elasticities
Andrew Muhammad (University of Tennessee) and Jim Seale (University of Florida) - New Markets as New Products: Adaptation of the Bass Diffusion Model and System Dynamics Modeling for Forecasting Agri-Food Exports
Vincent Amanor-Boadu (Kansas State University) - Estimating Macro and Micro Armington Elasticities among Agricultural Products
Jinyang Yang, George Davis, and Jason Grant (Virginia Tech) - Updating Agricultural Trade Elasticities for Use in a CGE Framework
Alla Golub, Angel Aguiar, Maksym Chepeliev, Thomas Hertel, and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe (Purdue University)
Session 04 Aspects of Agricultural Marketing and Competitiveness
Moderator: Titus Awokuse (Michigan State University)
- New Plant Engineering Techniques, R&D Investment, and International Trade
Stephan Marette (University of Paris-Saclay), Anne-Celia Disdier (Paris School of Economics), Anastasia Bodnar (USDA, Office of Chief Economist), and John Beghin (University of Nebraska) - Competitive Performance of Canadian Agri-Food Exports to China and India in the New Millenium: A Comparative Analysis
Rakhal Sarker (University of Guelph) - Income Similarity and Foreign Direct Investment in the Food and Beverage Industry
Dongin Kim and Sandro Steinbach (University of Connecticut)
Session 05 Effects of WTO Rules on Agriculture
Moderator: Lars Brink (Independent Advisor)
- WTO Agriculture and Fisheries Negotiations: The Clash over SDT for Emerging Economies
Kristen Hopewell (University of British Columbia) - Shadow Indicators: How the U.N. Shapes Agricultural Trade Rules at the WTO
Matias Margulis (University of British Columbia) - An Ensemble of Potential Changes in the WTO Rules on Domestic Support in Agriculture: Comparing Support Space and Measured Support
Lars Brink (Independent Advisor)
Session 06 China’s Agricultural Trade Beyond the Phase One Trade Deal
Organizers: Shawn Arita, Sharon Sydow (USDA, Office of Chief Economist), and Jason Grant (Virginia Tech)
Moderator: LeeAnn Jackson (OECD, Paris)
Discussant: Sharon Sydow (USDA, Office of Chief Economist)
- Improving China’s Market Access for Agricultural Products (Beef, Corn, Pork, Wheat)
Jayson Beckman, Fred Gale, Stephen Morgan, Ethan Sabala, Daniella Ufer, Adriana Valcu-Lisman, Wendy Zeng, and Shawn Arita (USDA) - How Thick is the U.S. – China Border Effect? Counterfactual Estimates of U.S. – China Trade Using Structural Gravity
Jason Grant, Charlotte Emlinger (Virginia Tech), Shawn Arita and Sharon Sydow (USDA, Office of Chief Economist) - Impacts of an Increasing Feed Deficit in China in the Face of Global Supply Constraints
Marcel Adenaeuer (OECD, Paris)
Session 07 Impacts of SPS Issues and Agricultural Trade
Moderator: Matias Margulis (University of British Columbia)
- When Quality Management Helps Agri-Food Firms to Export
Charlotte Emlinger (Virginia Tech) and Karine Latouche (INRAE) - Economic Assessment of Food-and-Mouth Disease Outbreaks in Brazil
Tais Cristina de Menezes (University of Sao Paulo), Amanda Countryman (Colorado State University), Joaquim Bento de Souza Ferreira Filho, and Fernando Ferreira (University of Sao Paulo) - Animal Diseases’ Heterogeneous Impact on Agricultural and Food Trade
Konstantinos Syrengelas, Charlotte Emlinger, and Jason Grant (Virginia Tech)
Session 08 IATRC Commissioned Papers – Results and Findings
Moderator: Andrew Muhammad (University of Tennessee)
- Volatility and Recovery Dynamics in Agricultural Trade
Savin Khadka, Munisamy Gopinath (University of Georgia), and Feras Batarseh (Virginia Tech) - Achieving Climate Change and Environmental Goals with Protectionist Measures: Mission (Im)possible?
Fabio Santeramo (University of Foggia and European University Institute), Emanuele Ferrari (Joint Research Centre, EU Commission), and Andrea Torti (EU Commission) - Agricultural Domestic Support under the WTO: Experience and Prospects
Lars Brink (Independent Advisor) and David Orden (Virginia Tech)
Session 09 Environmental Policies and Trade
Moderator: Fabio Santeramo (University of Foggia)
- On the Trade Effects of Environmentally Related Technical Measures
Fabio Santeramo, Emilia Lamonaca (University of Foggia), and Charlotte Emlinger (Virginia Tech) - The Impact of China’s Environmental and Trade Policies on Global Waste Markets
Sandro Steinbach and Xiting Zhuang (University of Connecticut) - Border Carbon Adjustments: Should Production of Consumption be Taxed?
Will Martin (International Food Policy Research Institute)
Session 10 Role of Transportation in Agriculture
Organizer and Moderator: Lynn Kennedy (Louisiana State University)
- Roads, Trade, and Development: Evidence from the Agricultural Boom in Brazil
Xi He, Guillherme DePaula, and Wendong Zhang (Iowa State University) - Agricultural Trade and Product Quality: Evidence from Modes of Transport
Dela-Dem Doe Fiankor (Agroscope, Switzerland), Bernhard Dalheimer (University of Goettingen), Daniele Curzi (University of Milan) and Bernard Bruemmer (University of Goettingen) - Maritime Transportation Costs in the Grains and Oilseeds Sector
Annelies Deuss (OECD, Paris)