An Evaluation of the Canada-U.S. Wheat Agreement of 1994

Colin Carter and Donald MacLaren

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1997, vol. 79, issue 3, 703-714

Abstract: The U.S. government notified the GATT in 1994 that it intended to increase tariff rates on wheat and barley imported from Canada. This threat of increased permanent protection resulted in Canada voluntarily agreeing to restrict wheat sales to the United States. Why would Canada agree to this outcome which would lead to a welfare loss? The payoffs to each country associated with alternative trade war outcomes are estimated. We find that welfare, as measured by equivalent variation, falls in both countries, although Canada was better off limiting exports than becoming engaged in a trade war with the United States. Copyright 1997, Oxford University Press.

Date: 1997
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