EU Agricultural Support: Overview and Comparison with the United States

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In some cases hyperlinks allows you to access all versions of a report, including the latest. Note that many reports are periodically updated.This report provides a brief comparison of the agricultural sectors and policy frameworks of the United States and EU. First, it notes the importance of trade between the two entities. Then it describes some of the major differences in agricultural and geopolitical settings that underlie and drive the policy frameworks for supporting their agricultural sectors. Third, the report provides a short recounting of the historical context that produced the current policy regimes in each entity. This is followed by an overview of the current agricultural policy structure in both the EU and United States.

• Primary Source

EveryCRSReport.com https://www.everycrsreport.com/

FAS: Congressional Research Service [CRS] Reports https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/index.html

ESO: Background information: The history of the common agricultural policy [Focus on the period 2013-2019) http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-history-of-the-common-agricultural-policy/

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