A5010849838- Global trade and economics
- Global Trade and Competitiveness
- Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
- Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- World Trade Organization Law
- Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
- Agricultural and Rural Development Research
California State University, Chico
2018-2021
Interfering maximum residue limits (MRLs) for pesticides with agricultural trade is becoming important food and policies in the early 21st century. Differing levels pesticide residues among countries have potential to disrupt significantly. We employ a non-linear disaggregated stringency index quantify degree of regulatory heterogeneity between trading nations fruits vegetables 2013 2014 investigate trade-restricting nature this measure using structural gravity framework. Our findings...
Abstract China has been the number one destination for U.S. agricultural exports in four of past six years, and China's leading import supplier. trade policies significantly impact farmers agribusinesses vice‐versa as seen from recent U.S.–China dispute. In 2015, began initiating a diversification strategy to increase with nations other than United States. This research investigates impacts expanding global meat suppliers on its demand, well relative competitiveness exporters China. Our...
Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures are not new, but their significance in international agri-food trade continues to grow. Despite recent data collection efforts, the current literature has lead a consensus about impact of SPS on nor it led prescribed framework for how address policy reforms multilateral bilateral negotiations. In this article we focus specific type that features prominently mega-regional negotiations, namely food safety standards form maximum residue limits. First,...
Recent empirical studies have estimated the trade flow effect of membership in World Trade Organization (WTO) and its predecessor, General Agreement on Tariffs (GATT). One important, although largely untested, conclusion from this literature is that GATT/WTO works well if we ignore agriculture - one institution’s seemingly apparent failures. This article investigates using a large panel agricultural non-agricultural flows. The results are impressive: multilateral institution has delivered...
This article examines measurement of China’s market price support during 2012–15 under WTO rules and its relation to the gap between domestic international prices for wheat, corn rice. It highlights issues that may arise in recent U.S. complaint exceeded commitments.