ERS conducts a broad program of
research on agricultural trade liberalization and
on U.S. agricultural and trade policies. Our website
contains background information on the World Trade
Organization (WTO) and U.S. agricultural policy, as
well as data on U.S. program expenditures and on trade
policy commitments of the United States and other
WTO member countries.
ERS Reports
Agricultural Trade
Preferences and the Developing Countries
Market Access
for High-Value Foods
Profiles of
Tariffs in Global Agricultural Markets
The
Forces Shaping World Cotton Consumption After the
Multifiber Arrangement
The Road Ahead:
Agricultural Policy Reform in the WTO –The
Road Ahead
Multilateralism
and Regionalism: Dual Strategies for Trade Reform
Data Products
WTO Agricultural Trade Policy Commitments Database.
Contains data on implementation of trade policy
commitments by WTO member countries: on levels of
domestic support, export subsidies, and tariffs.
Offers various options for viewing and downloading
data and comparing across countries.
Agricultural Market
Access Database. Provides data and information
on WTO member countries regarding their tariff schedules,
tariff bindings, applied tariff rates, import quantities,
notifications to the WTO on trade policy commitments,
and other data for analyzing market access issues.
Online Briefing Room
WTO. Information,
data, analysis, and background on key agricultural
trade issues that emerged in the Uruguay Round
of negotiations and in the current round, including
market access, government subsidies, and the
concerns of developing countries.
| Agricultural
Policies: U.S. and Major Negotiating Partners |
ERS reports
The 2002 Farm Act:
Provisions and Implications for Commodity Markets
Decoupled
Payments Increase Households' Well-Being, Not Production
Recent
Agricultural Policy Reforms in North America
European
Union Adopts Significant Farm Reform
Is
Japan Ready for Competition in Its Ag Markets?
The
Elephant Is Jogging: New Pressures for Agricultural
Reform in India
China's New Farm
Subsidies
Data Products
CCC
Net Outlays by Commodity and Function. Provides
total Commodity Credit Corporation expenditures
on farm programs by commodity (table 35, in Excel
or pdf).
 Farm
Program Acres. allows downloading and mapping
of national, State, and county-level farm program
and planted acreage data for nine major program
crops (corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, wheat,
rice, cotton, peanuts, and oilseeds).
Online Briefing Rooms
Farm
and Commodity Policy: Program Provisions. Describes
the basic features of the primary farm and commodity
programs, including agriculture-related trade and
conservation programs.
Farm
and Commodity Policy: WTO Notifications. Provides
an explanation of U.S. commitments to the WTO on
limiting the level of domestic support to the agriculture
sector. Links to summary and commodity-specific
data on U.S. domestic support ceilings and notifications
to the WTO.
Farm
and Commodity Policy: Government Payments and the
Farm Sector. Provides an overview of all types
of government payments, including data on distribution
of payments by region, farm size and type, and commodities
produced. Contains summary data on U.S. domestic
support notifications to WTO from 1995 through 2001.
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