Agenda | International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium

2021 IATRC Annual Meeting Schedule

(All times listed below are in PACIFIC Standard Time.)

Sunday, December 12^th:

6:30 — 7:00 am Pacific	Breakfast and Main Hall Opens
7:00 – 7:15 am	Welcome & Introduction IATRC Executive Committee Chair: Titus Awokuse (Michigan State University)
7:15 — 8:30 am	CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1 AND 2
7:15 — 8:30 am	Session 1 Effects of COVID on Agricultural Trade Moderator: John Beghin (University of Nebraska) 1) Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on U.S. Bilateral Trade in Agricultural Products John Bovay, Charlotte Emlinger and Shamar Stewart (Virginia Tech) 2) Revisiting the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Canada’s Agricultural Trade: The Surprising Case of an Agricultural Export Boom Richard Barichello (University of British Columbia) 3) COVID-19 Impacts: Don’t Forget Trade Andrew Schmitz (University of Florida)
7:15 — 8:30 am	Session 2 Global Value Chains in Agriculture Moderator: Bernard Cantin (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) 1) The Positioning of French Agrifood Firms in Global Value Chains Kossi Messanh Agbekponou, Cecile Le Roy, Angela Cheptea, and Karine Latouche (INRAE, SMART-LERECO, France) 2) Global Agricultural Value Chains and Structural Transformation Sunghun Lim (Texas Tech University)
8:30 – 8:45 am	BREAK
8:45- 10:15 am	THEME DAY SESSION 1 Trade and Environmental Policies: Synergies and Rivalries Organizer: Fabio Santeramo (University of Foggia) Discussant: Munisamy Gopinath (University of Georgia) The Economic Geography of Global Warming Esteban Rossi-Hansberg (University of Chicago)
10:15 - 10:30 am	BREAK
10:30 am — 12:00 pm	TIMOTHY JOSLING: TRIBUTE AND REMEMBRANCE Contributions of Timothy Josling to Agricultural Trade Analysis and Policymaking Moderator: David Orden (Virginia Tech) 1) The Publications of Timothy Josling: An Analytical Overview David Blandford (Professor Emeritus, Pennsylvania State University) 2) Josling’s Contributions of Enduring Quality Stefan Tangermann (Professor Emeritus, University of Göttingen) 3) Analytic and Institutional Contributions Through the IATRC Moderated discussion of members’ perceptions and reflections

Monday, December 13^th:

6:30 — 7:00 am Pacific	Breakfast and Main Hall opens
7:00 – 8:30 am	CONCURRENT SESSIONS 3 and 4
7:00 — 8:30 am	Session 3 New Estimates of Agricultural Trade Elasticities: Evidence from USDA’s Elasticity Project Organizers: Jason Grant (Virginia Tech), Keithly Jones (USDA, FAS) and Shawn Arita and Sharon Sydow(USDA Office of the Chief Economist) Moderator: Keithly Jones (USDA, FAS) 1) New Estimates of International Agricultural Trade Elasticities: Evidence from the ²⁰¹⁸⁄₁₉ Trade Dispute Jason Grant, Charlotte Emlinger, Xin Ning (Virginia Tech), Shawn Arita and Sharon Sydow (USDA, OCE) 2) Developments in Demand System Approaches to Estimating Bilateral Trade Elasticities Andrew Muhammad (University of Tennessee) and Jim Seale (University of Florida) 3) New Markets as New Products: Adaptation of the Bass Diffusion Model and System Dynamics Modeling for Forecasting Agri-Food Exports Vincent Amanor-Boadu (Kansas State University) 4) Estimating Macro and Micro Armington Elasticities among Agricultural Products Jinyang Yang, George Davis, and Jason Grant (Virginia Tech) 5) Updating Agricultural Trade Elasticities for Use in a CGE Framework Alla Golub, Angel Aguiar, Maksym Chepeliev, Thomas Hertel, and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe (Purdue University)
7:00 — 8:30 am	Session 4 Aspects of Agricultural Marketing and Competitiveness Moderator: Titus O. Awokuse (Michigan State University) 1) New Plant Engineering Techniques, R&D Investment, and International Trade Stéphan Marette (Université Paris-Saclay), Anne-Célia Disdier (Paris School of Economics), Anastasia Bodnar (USDA, OCE), and John Beghin (University of Nebraska) 2) Competitive Performance of Canadian Agri-Food Exports to China and India in the New Millennium: A Comparative Analysis Rakhal Sarker (University of Guelph) 3) Income Similarity and Foreign Direct Investment in the Food and Beverage Industry Dongin Kim and Sandro Steinbach (University of Connecticut)
8:30 — 8:45 am	BREAK
8:45 — 10:15 am	THEME DAY SESSION 2 Trade and Environmental Policies: Synergies and Rivalries Organizer and Discussant: Fabio Santeramo (University of Foggia) Institutions, Comparative Advantage, and the Environment Joseph Shapiro (University of California, Berkeley)
10:15 — 10:30 am	BREAK
10:30 am — 12:00 pm	CONCURRENT SESSIONS 5 and 6
10:30 am — 12:00 pm	Session 5 Effects of WTO Rules on Agriculture Moderator: Lars Brink (Independent Advisor) 1) WTO Agriculture & Fisheries Negotiations: The Clash over SDT for Emerging Economies Kristen Hopewell (University of British Columbia) 2) Shadow Negotiators: How the U.N. Shapes Agricultural Trade Rules at the WTO Matias Margulis (University of British Columbia) 3) An Ensemble of Potential Changes in the WTO Rules on Domestic Support in Agriculture: Comparing Support Space and Measured Support Lars Brink (Independent Advisor)
10:30 am — 12:00 pm	Session 6 China’s Agricultural Trade Beyond the Phase One Trade Deal Organizers: Shawn Arita, Sharon Sydow (USDA, Office of Chief Economist), and Jason Grant (Virginia Tech) Moderator: Lee Ann Jackson (OECD, Paris) Discussant: Sharon Sydow (USDA, Office of Chief Economist) 1) Improving China’s Market Access for Agricultural Products (Beef, Corn, Pork, Wheat) Jayson Beckman, Fred Gale, Stephen Morgan, Ethan Sabala, Danielle Ufer, Adriana Valcu-Lisman, Wendy Zeng and Shawn Arita (USDA) 2) How Thick is the U.S.-China Border Effect? Counterfactual Estimates of U.S.-China Trade Using Structural Gravity Jason Grant, Charlotte Emlinger (Virginia Tech), Shawn Arita and Sharon Sydow (USDA, OCE) 3) Impacts of an Increasing Feed Deficit in China in the Face of Global Supply Constraints Marcel Adenäuer (OECD, Paris)

Tuesday, December 13^th:

6:30 — 7:00 am Pacific	Breakfast and Main Hall opens
7:00 – 8:30 am	CONCURRENT SESSIONS 7 and 8
7:00 — 8:30 am	Session 7 Impacts of SPS Issues and Agricultural Trade Moderator: Matias E. Margulis (University of British Columbia) 1) When Quality Management Helps Agri-Foods Firms to Export Charlotte Emlinger (Virginia Tech) and Karine Latouche (LERECO INRAE Nantes) 2) Economic Assessment of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreaks in Brazil Taís Cristina de Menezes (University of São Paulo), Amanda Countryman (Colorado State University), Joaquim Bento de Souza Ferreira Filho, and Fernando Ferreira (University of São Paulo) 3) Animal Diseases’ Heterogeneous Impact on Agricultural and Food Trade Konstantinos G. Syrengelas, Charlotte Emlinger, and Jason H. Grant (Virginia Tech)
7:00 — 8:30 am	Session 8 IATRC Commissioned Papers — Results and Findings Moderator: Andrew Muhammad (University of Tennessee) 1) Volatility and Recovery Dynamics in Agricultural Trade Savin Khadka, Munisamy Gopinath (University of Georgia) and Feras Batarseh (Virginia Tech) 2) Achieving Climate Change and Environmental Goals without Protectionist Measures: Mission (Im)possible? Fabio Santeramo (University of Foggia and European University Institute), Emanuele Ferrari (Joint Research Centre, EU Commission), Andrea Toreti (EU Commission) 3) Agricultural Domestic Support under the WTO: Experience and Prospects Lars Brink (Independent Advisor) and David Orden (Virginia Tech) (book manuscript in preparation based on Commissioned Paper 23, April 2020)
8:30 — 8:45 am	BREAK
8:45 — 10:15 am	THEME DAY SESSION 3 Trade and Environmental Policies: Synergies and Rivalries Organizer: Fabio Santeramo (University of Foggia) Discussant: Ian Sheldon (Ohio State University) Trade and Climate Change Policies: Multilateral Rules and Plurilateral Cooperation Bernard Hoekman (European University Institute)
10:15 — 10:30 am	BREAK
10:30 am- 12:00 pm	CONCURRENT SESSIONS 9 AND 10
10:30 am- 12:00 pm	Session 9 Environmental Policies and Trade Moderator: Fabio Santeramo (University of Foggia) 1) On the Trade Effects of Environmentally Related Technical Measures Fabio Santeramo (University of Foggia and European University Institute, Italy), Emilia lamonaca (University of Foggia, Italy) and Charlotte Emlinger (Virginia Tech) 2) The Impact of China’s Environmental and Trade Policies on Global Waste Markets Sandro Steinbach and Xiting Zhuang (University of Connecticut) 3) Border Carbon Adjustments: Should Production or Consumption be Taxed? Will Martin (International Food Policy Research Institute) 4) Achieving Climate Change and Environment Goals without Protectionist Measures: Mission (im)possible? Fabio Santeramo (University of Foggia)
10:30 am- 12:00 pm	Session 10 Role of Transportation in Agriculture Moderator: Lynn Kennedy (Louisiana State University) 1) Roads, Trade, and Development: Evidence from the Agricultural Boom in Brazil Xi He, Guilherme DePaula and Wendong Zhang (Iowa State University) 2) Agricultural Trade and Product Quality: Evidence from Modes of Transport Dela-Dem Doe Fiankor (Agroscope, Switzerland), Bernhard Dalheimer (University of Göttingen), Daniele Curzi (University of Milan) and Bernard Brümmer (University of Göttingen) 3) Maritime Transportation Costs in the Grains and Oilseeds Sector Annelies Deuss (OECD, Paris)
12:00 pm Pacific	Adjourn Main Hall closes