A The Triangle Papers: 29 AGRICULTURAL POLIcy. AND TRADE: ADJUST ING DOMESTIC PROGRAMS IN AN INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK Authors: Special Consultants: NEW A Task Force Report to The Trilateral Commission D. GALEJOHNSON Professor of Economics, University of Chicago KENZO HEMMI Former Dean of Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo; Chairman of Board, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) PIERRE LARDINOIS Chairman of Executive Board, Rabobank; Former Member of Commission of European Communities; Former Dutch Minister of Agriculture T. K. WARLEY Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Guelph (Ontario) P. A.J. WIJNMAALEN Agricultural Counsellor, Dutch Embassy, Paris Published by YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London 1985This report was prepared for the Trilateral Commission and is released under its auspices. It was discussed at the Trilateral Commission meeting in Tokyo on April 21-23, 1985. The authors, who are experts from Western Europe, North America and Japan, have been free to present their own views; and the opinions expressed are put forth ina personal capacity and do not purport to represent those of the Commission or of any organ- ization with which the authors are associated. The Commission is making this report available for wider distribution as a contribution to informed discussion and handling of the issues treated. The Commission wishes to thank the Robert Bosch Foundation for its generous support of this project. The Trilateral Commission was formed in 1973 by private citizens of Western Europe, Japan, and North America to foster closer cooperation among these three regions on common problems. It seeks to improve public understanding of such problems, to support proposals for handling them jointly, and to nurture habits and practices of working together among these regions. © Copyright, 1985. The Trilateral Commission Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Johnson, D. Gale (David Gale), 1916- Agricultural policy and trade. (Triangle papers ; 29) 1, Agriculture and state—United States. 2. Produce trade—Government policy United States. 3. United States—Commercial policy. I. Hemmi, Kenz6, 1923- IL Lardinois, Pierre. III. Trilateral Commission. IV. Title. V, Series. HDI761.J63 1985 338.1'8'0973, 85-2264 ISBN 0-8147-4167-3 ISBN 0-8147-4168-1 (pbk.) Manufactured in the United States of America THE TRILATERAL COMMISSION 345 East 46th Street c/o Japan Center for 35, avenue de Friedland New York, N.Y. 10017 _ International Exchange 75008 Paris, France 4-9-17 Minami-Azabu Minato-ku Tokyo, Japan