Agricultural Markets and Trade Policy
Organized by Dave Donaldson
Supported by the US Department of Agriculture
April 30 - May 1, 2020
on Zoom.us
Thursday, April 30
9:30 am

The Impact of Retaliatory Tariffs on Agricultural and Food Trade

Colin A. Carter, University of California, Davis
Sandro Steinbach, North Dakota State University
10:10 am

Retaliatory Use of Public Standards in Trade

Kjersti Nes, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
K Aleks Schaefer, Oklahoma State University
10:50 am
Break
11:00 am

China’s Import Demand for Agricultural Products: The Impact of the Phase One Trade Agreement (slides)

Robert C. Feenstra, University of California, Davis and NBER
Chang Hong, U.S. International Trade Commission
11:40 am

The Incidence of Foreign Market Accessibility on Farmland Rental Rates (slides)

Jisang Yu, Korea University
Nelson B. Villoria, Kansas State University
Nathan P. Hendricks, Kansas State University
12:20 pm
Break
12:30 pm
Keynote Address
Jason Hafemeister, the Secretary’s Trade Counsel at USDA and former lead US agriculture negotiator for China’s WTO Accession, WTO’s Doha round and CAFTA
1:30 pm

Migration, Specialization and Trade: Evidence from the Brazilian March to the West

Heitor S. Pellegrina, University of Notre Dame
Sebastian Sotelo, University of Michigan and NBER
2:10 pm

Global Trade and Margins of Productivity in Agriculture

Farid Farrokhi, Boston College
Heitor S. Pellegrina, University of Notre Dame
2:50 pm
Break
3:00 pm

The Impact of Global Warming on Agriculture: A Critique of the Ricardian Approach from a General Equilibrium Perspective (slides)

Christophe Gouel, INRAE
3:40 pm

Modeling the Impacts of Agricultural Support Policies on Emissions from Agriculture (slides)

David Laborde, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Abdullah Mamun, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Will Martin, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Valeria Piñeiro, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Rob Vos, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
4:20 pm

Agricultural Productivity, International Trade, and Structural Change

Martin Fiszbein, Boston University and NBER
Will Johnson, Dartmouth College
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Friday, May 1
9:30 am

The Food Problem and the Aggregate Productivity Consequences of Climate Change

Ishan B. Nath, Harvard University
10:10 am

Buyer-Driven Upgrading in GVCs: The Sustainable Quality Program in Colombia

Rocco Macchiavello, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Pepita Miquel-Florensa, Toulouse School of Economics
10:50 am
Break
11:00 am

Machine Learning in Gravity Models: An Application to Agricultural Trade (slides)

Gopinath Munisamy, University of Georgia
Feras A. Batarseh, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Jayson Beckman, US Department of Agriculture
11:40 am

Trade in Technology: A Potential Solution to the Food Security Challenges of the 21st Century

Thomas Hertel, Purdue University
Uris Baldos, Purdue University
Keith Fuglie, Economic Research Service
12:20 pm
Adjourn