Agricultural Economics Department
Date of this Version
6-2016
Citation
Xiong, Bo, and John C. Beghin. June 2016. TTIP and Agricultural Trade: The Case of Tariff Elimination and Pesticide Policy Cooperation. Working Paper 16-WP 566. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Abstract
A possible Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement will further integrate agricultural markets between the United States and the European Union. The elimination of tariffs and cooperation on sanitary and phytosanitary measures will promote cross-Atlantic trade. We empirically estimate the impacts of tariffs and Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) on trade in plant products between the two partners. Furthermore, we simulate trade expansions under plausible negotiation outcomes. We find that a TTIP agreement promotes cross-Atlantic trade in plant products, in both directions, by over 60% if tariffs are removed and MRLs are mutually recognized or harmonized to Codex levels.
Comments
Published in Agribusiness 34:3 (Summer 2018), pp. 495-508.
doi: 10.1002/agr.21555
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