Tariffs have been in the news a lot lately. This FAQ explains what tariffs are and how they can be used as a tool in trade ...

President Donald Trump’s decision to remove the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement once again is a blow to farmers and ...

The food and farm system is vast, complex and global. The United States occupies an important role in the global food system, ...

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy is about policy. Our work centers on how public institutions and policies can ...

Proposal presented to the Committee on Agriculture Special Session, September 2-3, 2002.

There is an increasingly common policy recommendation of the World Bank, along with the International Monetary Fund, to increase consumer fees for water and sanitation and to force privatization of ...

In the first nationwide investigation of chemical fire retardants in parents and their children, Environmental Working Group (EWG) found that toddlers and pre-schoolers typically had 3 times more of ...

Francis Fukuyama shocked the world with his 'End of History' thesis that the market would take over the role of mighty nations. But 9/11 changed all that. Now, in this exclusive article, from the ...

New hostilities over the Great Bear Rainforest have emerged, seven months after the British Columbia government brokered a deal meant to end a battle between environmentalists and the logging industry ...

As federal lawmakers work to slash spending, rural America will probably take too big of a hit, according to Rep. Stephanie Herseth, D-S.D. The budget reconciliation process was the topic of her ...