Competitiveness of the EU Agri-Food Sector on the US Market: Worth Reviving Transatlantic Trade?

Pawlak, Karolina

doi:10.3390/agriculture12010023

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“…130-143;Jarosz-Angowska et al, 2020, pp. 779-803;Pawlak, 2022). In her review of studies on agricultural competitiveness, Latruffe (2010, p. 12) noted that in addition to trade-related measures such as the Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), strategic management indicators including production cost or profitability ratios are also employed.…”

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Economic competitiveness vs. green competitiveness of agriculture in the European Union countries

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Kasztelan

2022

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Research background: Many scientists have researched the economic competitiveness of agriculture. At the same time, considerably less attention is paid to the so-called green competitiveness. Considering a global trend searching for solutions to reduce the environmental impact of the agricultural sector, it seems reasonable to explore the overlap between economic competitiveness and green competitiveness. Purpose of the article: This study aims to answer the following questions: What is the level of economic and green competitiveness of agriculture in respective countries? What is the level of the comprehensive competitiveness of agriculture in EU member states? Do the economic competitiveness outcomes of respective countries coincide with their green competitiveness rankings? Methods: Taxonomic methods were applied to design synthetic indices of economic, green and comprehensive competitiveness of 27 member states of the European Union, based on multi-criteria sets of specific indicators from 2018. Findings & value added: The results of analyses imply that, in general, the level of green competitiveness of agriculture is higher than the level of its economic competitiveness in EU member states. Simultaneously, the developed rankings show that respective countries' economic and green competitiveness are not linked. In other words, economic competitiveness outcomes do not match green competitiveness outcomes for EU agriculture. This work is a genuine contribution to studies on the methods for measuring and evaluating the competitiveness of agriculture as it designs separate synthetic measures for economic and green competitiveness and confronts both types of competitiveness in EU member states. The research findings for the first time provide clear answers to questions about the mutual relationship between economic and green competitiveness in agriculture. Furthermore, an added value of this study is that it introduces and attempts to define the notion of green competitiveness.

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Economic competitiveness vs. green competitiveness of agriculture in the European Union countries

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Kasztelan

2022

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“…[25], Kita and Poczta [50], Ishchukova and Smutka [51], Rytko [26], Carraresi and Banterle [38], Juchniewicz and Lukiewska [39], Bojnec and Fertő [30,40], Cimpoies [52], Kita [33,34], Wijnands and Verhoog [53], Smutka et al [54], Szczepaniak [27,31], Ortikov et al [55], Verter et al [56], Zdrahal et al [57] and Pawlak [19,35,58,59]. All those studies refer to the competitive position of the agri-food sector of individual countries or groups of countries either on the world market or in specific bilateral relations.…”

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“…Other studies referred to bilateral relations of the EU countries and the US. For instance, Pawlak [19] assessed the competitive position of the EU agri-food sector on the US market in 2010-2020. It results from that research that the comparative advantages gained by the EU in trade with the USA were sources of an advantageous export specialization.…”

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“…Although negotiations on the establishment of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) were unsuccessful, opportunities for enhanced mutual economic relations and strengthening of the international competitive position of these economies were considered to be associated with establishment of close institutional cooperation and the EU-USA free trade area. It needs to be remembered that these economies face growing pressure from the emerging economies, including BRICS, gaining in geopolitical importance and economic strength [15][16][17][18][19]. It results from the studies by Francois et al [20] and Bureau et al [21] that the establishment of the free trade area between the EU and the US would boost their mutual trade, giving both economies an opportunity to increase their market shares and strengthen their international competitive position.…”

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Does Poland’s agri-food industry gain comparative advantage in trade with non-EU countries? Evidence from the transatlantic market

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Smutka

2022

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Accession of Poland to the European Single Market generated trade creation and diversion effects, which in turn resulted in a high degree of concentration of the Polish foreign trade in agri-food products with other EU countries. On the one hand, a high share of export to the markets of countries with a stable market economy is a confirmation of the Polish agri-food sector's capacity to compete on the foreign markets. On the other hand, when considering limited capability to increase food demand in the EU it provides grounds for the assumption that further export expansion to a considerable extent will depend on the potential expansion of sale to non-EU markets. In this context significant issues include diversification of target markets and search for prospective markets outside the EU, while they also determine directions of an advantageous export specialization. In the period up to 2021 the USA was the fourth non-EU export partner of Poland in the agri-food sector after the United Kingdom, Ukraine and Russia. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the level of comparative advantages of the Polish agri-food sector on the EU and US markets in 2004-2021 using Widodo's products mapping technique. The study used statistical data from the ComExt database of the European Statistical Office (Eurostat). The conducted studies showed Polish export specializations in the transatlantic trade, as confirmed by high comparative advantages, as well as a positive and steadily improving trade balances for food preparations, including meat, cereal, fruit and vegetable, as well as confectionery preparations, and less processed animal origin products (meat and offal as well as dairy produce). Poland had a disadvantageous competitive position in trade of products complementary in relation to domestic production, which import was necessary. In view of the comparative cost theory the directions of the realized export specialization were rational and should be maintained. While in trade with the other EU countries the competitive position of the Polish agri-food sector was weakened, it was strengthened on the US market. In view of the considerable EU market saturation the improved competitive capacity in the non-EU markets is a positive development, which is a promising finding particularly in the long-term perspective.

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“…The existing literature on agricultural trade has focused on the following three aspects. Firstly, many scholars studied the agricultural trade patterns of individual countries [9][10][11]. On the one hand, some scholars analyzed the changes in agricultural product trade before and after the occurrence of particular events in specific countries.…”

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The Influence of Country Risks on the International Agricultural Trade Patterns Based on Network Analysis and Panel Data Method

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The pattern of international agricultural trade is undergoing profound changes. The influence of country risks on the international agricultural trade pattern is prominent. In this paper, we comprehensively analyze the international agricultural trade patterns and explore the influence of country risks on them. Specifically, we first construct an international agricultural trade network (IATN) based on complex network theory. Second, we analyze each country’s diversity of import sources and the position of countries in the IATN using the Herfindahl–Hirschman Index (HHI) and network indicators, such as in-degree, out-degree, weighted in-degree, weighted out-degree, and betweenness centrality. Third, this paper explores the influence of different types of country risks, including economic risk and political risk, on international agricultural trade patterns using the panel regression method. The results show that countries played different roles and occupied different positions in the international agricultural trade pattern; notably, the United States occupied a core position, while Japan and Mexico had insufficient diversity in import sources. Moreover, based on the panel regression method, we find that political risks have a positive impact on the agricultural trade pattern, while an unstable economic environment could inhibit the agricultural trade pattern in various countries. This study could provide references for countries to implement agricultural trade policies regarding country risks to ensure stable agricultural trade relations and national food security.

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Competitiveness of the EU Agri-Food Sector on the US Market: Worth Reviving Transatlantic Trade?

Cited by 15 publications

References 56 publications

Economic competitiveness vs. green competitiveness of agriculture in the European Union countries

Economic competitiveness vs. green competitiveness of agriculture in the European Union countries

Does Poland’s agri-food industry gain comparative advantage in trade with non-EU countries? Evidence from the transatlantic market

The Influence of Country Risks on the International Agricultural Trade Patterns Based on Network Analysis and Panel Data Method

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