NAFTA, Canada, and Mexico: Recommended Readings

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Broad Assessments of NAFTA's Impacts
  and Regional Trade
Fruit and Vegetables
Grains
Livestock, Meat, and Dairy
Sugar and Sweeteners
Other Commodities and Industries
Domestic Agricultural and Food Policies

Broad Assessments of NAFTA's Impacts and Regional Trade

• NAFTA at 15: Building on Free Trade, International Agriculture and Trade Report, March 2009
• NAFTA at 13: Implementation Nears Completion, International Agriculture and Trade Report, March 2007
• Canada: A Macroeconomic Study of the United States' Most Important Trade Partner, International Agriculture and Trade Report, September 2006
• North America Moves Toward One Market, Amber Waves, June 2005
• NAFTA at 11: The Growing Integration of North American Agriculture, International Agriculture and Trade Report, February 2005
• Where Will Demographics Take the Asia-Pacific Food System?, Amber Waves, June 2004
• U.S. Agriculture and the Free Trade Area of the Americas, Agricultural Economic Report, March 2004
• International Evidence on Food Consumption Patterns, Technical Bulletin, October 2003
• North American Agricultural Market Integration and Its Impact on the Food and Fiber System, Agriculture Information Bulletin, September 2003
• Multilateralism and Regionalism: Dual Strategies for Trade Reform, Amber Waves, September 2003
• NAFTA's Impacts on U.S. Agriculture: Trade and Beyond, Agricultural Outlook, October 2002
• Effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement on Agriculture and the Rural Economy, Agriculture and Trade Report, August 2002
• The Changing Structure of Agricultural Trade in North America Pre- and Post-CUSTA/NAFTA: What Does It Mean?, poster presented at meetings of American Agricultural Economics Association and Canadian Agricultural Economics Association, August 2001

Fruit and Vegetables

• Increased U.S. Imports of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables, Fruit and Tree Nut Outlook special report, September 2007
• North American Greenhouse Tomatoes Emerge as a Major Market Force, Amber Waves, April 2005
• Greenhouse Tomatoes Change the Dynamics of the North American Fresh Tomato Industry, Economic Research Report, April 2005
• Global Trade Patterns in Fruits and Vegetables, Agriculture and Trade Report, June 2004
• Mexico's Changing Marketing System for Fresh Produce: Emerging Markets, Practices, Trends, and Issues, USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service, October 2002

Grains

• U.S.-Mexico Corn Trade During the NAFTA Era: New Twists to an Old Story, Feed Outlook special report, May 2004
• Canada's Agriculture: 5 Years After the End of Transportation Subsidies, Agricultural Outlook, May 2001
• U.S.-Canada Wheat Trade: The Intersection of Geography and Economics, Agricultural Outlook, June-July 1999

Livestock, Meat, and Dairy

• Market Integration of the North American Animal Products Complex, Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook special report, May 2005
• U.S.-Canadian Hog Trade: Market Integration at Work, Amber Waves, February 2005
• Market Integration in the North American Hog Industries, Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook special report, November 2004
• Live Cattle Exports from Mexico into the United States, Choices, First Quarter 2004
• Structure of the Global Markets for Meat, Agricultural Information Bulletin, September 2003
• U.S.-Mexico Broiler Trade: A Bird's Eye View, Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook special report, December 2002
• Canada's Subsidized Dairy Exports: The Issue of WTO Compliance, Agricultural Outlook, August 2001
• U.S.-Mexico Cattle Industries Becoming More Integrated, Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook, July 2000 (see page 29 of document)
• Mexico's Pork Industry Structure Shifting to Large Operations in the 1990s, Agricultural Outlook, September 1999

Sugar and Sweeteners

• The United States and Mexico Resolve Sugar Dispute, Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook, September 2006
• Mexico Overview, Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook, May 2006
• U.S.-Mexico Sweetener Trade Mired in Dispute, Agricultural Outlook, September 1999

Other Commodities and Industries

• A Revolution in Food Retailing Underway in the Asia-Pacific Region, Amber Waves, June 2006
• Transportation Bottlenecks Shape U.S.-Mexico Food and Agricultural Trade, Agricultural Outlook, September 2000
• Trade Liberalization: International Trade Agreements Bring Adjustment to the Textile and Apparel Industries, Rural Conditions and Trends, June 2000
• Pesticide Price Differentials Between Canada and the U.S., commissioned report, Fall 1999
• U.S. Firms Invest in Mexico's Processed Food Industry, Food Review, May 1999
• Mexican Supermarkets Spur New Produce Distribution System, Agricultural Outlook, August 1998

Domestic Agricultural and Food Policies

• A Comparison of Household Food Security in Canada and the United States, Economic Research Report, December 2008
• Recent Agricultural Policy Reforms in North America, International Agriculture and Trade Report, April 2005
• A Comparison of Food Assistance Programs in Mexico and the United States, Food Assistance and Nutrition Report, July 2000