 Discussion of U.S. Domestic Policy and U.S.-E.C. TradeISU General Staff Papers from Iowa State University, Department of Economics Abstract: I would like to congratulate Bruce Gardner for providing a thorough and lucid presentation of the main features of U.S. agricultural policies that affect agricultural trade. His main conclusion is that U.S. commodity programs no longer increase U.S. output; if anything, they result in less U.S. output for some major commodities. Thus, the implications of these policies for trading partners such as the Economic Community (E.C.) should be reassuring. Furthermore, Gardner notes that: (1) the income of U.S. farmers no longer provides a rationale for agricultural price support because farmers have become relatively prosperous; (2) there is continuous political pressure to reduce government spending; and, (3) emerging environmental concerns may further constrain agricultural output growth. All of this reinforces his main conclusion: The tendency of (current) U.S. agricultural support policies to decrease output is very likely to persist in the future. I find myself in substantial agreement with the theses pre sented in this chapter. I only have minor qualifications, which I would like to discuss briefly. Date: 1994-01-01 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:isu:genstf:199401010800001194 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in ISU General Staff Papers from Iowa State University, Department of Economics Iowa State University, Dept. of Economics, 260 Heady Hall, Ames, IA 50011-1070. Contact information at EDIRC. |
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