Providing affordable access to enough healthy and safe food for an ever-more-affluent and
growing world population has become more challenging in the face of climate change, rising …

Global agricultural trade, which increased at the end of 2020, has been described as
“resilient” to the impacts of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic; however, the size and …

This paper provides an ex‐post impact assessment of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on
international grain and oilseed trade. We use a commodity‐level empirical model to assess …

We uncover evidence that the US–China trade war was consequential for voting outcomes
in the 2018 congressional midterm election. Republican House candidates lost support in …

Cotton is a cornerstone of global fiber markets, and many importing and exporting countries
play important roles in the global cotton market. The US cotton sector has long been one of …

In 2018, China retaliated to US trade actions by levying a 25% retaliatory tariff on US
soybean exports. That tariff shifted market preferences so that Chinese buyers—who make …

This paper assesses the US foreign trade effects of port congestion and container shortages
using event studies and monthly trade data at the port-product level. The results show that …

We study the trade effects of the 2021 supply chain disruptions on containerized agricultural
exports from California ports. Our event studies show that port congestion and container …

This paper assesses the determinants of temporary non‐tariff measures (NTMs) in response
to COVID‐19 and their implications for the agricultural and food trade. Using a control …

Economic sanctions are more popular than ever. But do they affect agricultural trade?
Combining two new datasets and capitalizing on the latest developments in the empirical …