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Charlie

I wonder if the 2% figure gives a fair characterization. Doesn't that figure represent some large tariffs in a small number of sectors and free trade in others. Also, I'm guessing it leaves out subsidies in general. I can't remember exactly how to draw a big subsidy on that picture, but I remember it not being good. Are you for limiting the large tariffs and subsidies in agriculture? I'd agree probably that the overall economic gains to the U.S. would be small, mostly because Ag is an increasingly small sector of our economy, but shouldn't the efficiency gains compared to the distribution costs be large? It also seems to me to be a really regressive policy. Most poor people don't work in agriculture, but they all buy food.

Also, I can't find simple data on U.S. tariffs across sectors, so maybe my characterization is misinformed. I'm a first year Ph.D. student, so I've forgotten most economics but learned lots of math ;-).

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I've been thinking that I probably mischaracterized the situation. I had relatively few examples in mind, like sugar tariffs and ethanol subsidies that raise the price of food. Since most of our Ag policy is done through subsidies, rather than tariffs it's probably a net gain for the poor lowering the price of food. Assuming that low income people's consumption is skewed enough toward food consumption and the effect of the losses in efficiency are smaller to them, they could be net gainers.

Is that what you think? Are the efficiency costs worth it?

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