Exploring Linkages Among Agriculture, Trade, and the Environment: Issues for the Next Century

Barry Krissoff, Nicole Ballenger, John C. Dunmore and Denice Gray

No 33961, Agricultural Economic Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Many trade and environment issues will confront agriculture over the next several years. This report provides an economic framework to better understand these issues and discusses prior empirical inquiries and findings. Four primary issues are addressed: (1) how will environmental policies affect agricultural trade?; (2) how will agricultural trade liberalization affect environmental quality?; (3) to what extent should there be international harmonization of environmental policies and product standards?; and (4) is there economic justification for using trade measures to protect the environment? This report demonstrates that basic economic paradigms can provide a basis for understanding how trade and the environment interact. The few empirical studies based on these concepts have found many of the linkages between trade and the environment to be weak or the effects small. Trade and environment issues remain important to monitor, however, because economic and environmental relationships and domestic and international policies are continually evolving, and decision-makers need good information to confirm or disprove the numerous hypotheses that have surfaced in international discussions.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41
Date: 1996
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.33961

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