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In this article, the trade minister of India, Anand Sharma, believes that the United States is placing very high protectionism upon their trade due to intellectual property rights.

The U.S has placed tarriffs on sugar imports. The driving force behind this is that they want to "raise U.S. sugar market prices to a point where normally uncompetitive sugar farms will be able to compete with foreign producers." However, there is also a downside to these tarriffs as the high sugar prices due to tariffs cost the American economy $1.9 billion of deadweight loss a year.

Food, animal and plant products: how safe is safe? back to top Problem: How do you ensure that your countrys consumers are being supplied with food that is safe to eat safe by the standards you consider appropriate?

This article discusses the United States and Japan's recent negotiations for better free-trade, though the article states that it has been very underwhelming. Japan has refused to cut much in the way of tariffs. In response, the United States has refused to cut tariffs on imported car parts.

This article talks about how China plans to cut the quota of cotton imports so that the demand of cotton can increase domestically. The reason for this is to boost the demand for domestic fiber.

This article outlines the reduction of a measure of protectionism (quotas) on a commodity, in order to benefit from higher productive efficiency of the international markets. The greater access to the commodity cotton is meant to enable domestic producers of textiles to significantly increase production, a key industry in China.