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Global Growth, Macroeconomic Change, and U.S. Agricultural Trade

  • by Mark Gehlhar, Erik Dohlman, Nora Brooks, Alberto Jerardo and Thomas Vollrath
  • 9/4/2007
  • ERR-46

Overview

After a decade of uneven export growth and rapidly growing imports, U.S. agriculture has begun to reassert its position in global trade markets. Rising exports and signs of moderating import demand are in marked contrast to previous trends. This report places recent changes in perspective by highlighting the role of two specific factors that heavily guide U.S. agricultural trade patterns: global growth and shifts in foreign economic activity that affect U.S. exports, and macroeconomic factors underlying the growth of U.S. imports.

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