U.S. Agriculture and the Free Trade Area of the Americas

Mary E. Burfisher (editor)

Agricultural Economic Report No. (AER-827) 148 pp, March 2004

This report analyzes the potential effects of a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) on U.S. agriculture. It describes the effects on U.S. agriculture of the trade liberalization that has already occurred in the Western Hemisphere. It explains the implications of advancing to a FTAA for U.S. agricultural trade, production, agri-environment, and foreign direct investment. The report also discusses market access and sanitary and phytosanitary topics related to the FTAA.

Keywords: Free Trade Area of the Americas, FTAA, regional integration, preferential trade arrangements, World Trade Organization, WTO, sanitary, phytosanitary, tariffs, foreign direct investment, environment, ERS, USDA

In this report ...

Chapters are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

• Abstract, Contributors, Acknowledgments, Contents, and Executive Summary, 69 Kb
• Introduction, 150 Kb
• Chapter 1: Trade and Welfare Effects of the FTAA, 110 Kb
• Chapter 2: Trade Liberalization in the Western Hemisphere: Impacts on U.S. Agricultural Exports, 107 Kb
• Chapter 3: Measuring Agricultural Tariff Protection, 120 Kb
• Chapter 4: U.S. Sugar in the FTAA, 94 Kb
• Chapter 5: The U.S. Orange Juice Industry in the FTAA, 85 Kb
• Chapter 6: U.S. Foreign Direct Investment in the Western Hemisphere, 74 Kb
• Chapter 7: Environmental Issues, 82 Kb
• Chapter 8: Regionalizing the Rules for Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, 113 Kb
• Appendix 1-1, 52 Kb
• Appendix 2-1, 57 Kb
• Appendix 2-2, 54 Kb
• Appendix 3-1, 42 Kb
• Appendix 4-1, 40 Kb
• Appendix 5-1, 51 Kb
• Appendix 7-1, 45 Kb

• Entire Document, 1,138 Kb

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Updated date: March 17, 2004