# Harvesting Another Trade War: Ad Hoc Farm Subsidies and Our WTO Commitments - R Street Institute

> An R Street Institute paper by Clark Packard argues that US ad hoc farm subsidies tied to the Trump-era trade wars may conflict with US commitments under WTO rules. It frames the payments as a source of renewed trade tension.

- Date: 2021-10-18 · published 2021-10-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44522-harvesting-another-trade-war-ad-hoc-farm-subsidies-and-our-wto-commitments-r
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Possible WTO challenges to US farm support could raise the risk of retaliatory tariffs on US farm exports, which would weigh on soybean and feed grain demand. The impact on prices is speculative at this stage.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2019-10-04 | [U.S. Farm Support: Compliance with WTO Commitments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56548-u-s-farm-support-compliance-with-wto-commitments.md) | +1.3% | +0.5% |
| SOY | 2019-11-01 | [U.S. Farm Support: Compliance with WTO Commitments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56551-u-s-farm-support-compliance-with-wto-commitments.md) | +0.9% | -4.4% |
| SOY | 2019-01-28 | [Farm subsidies to leap on $9.8 billion in trade aid \| 2019-01-28 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61080-farm-subsidies-to-leap-on-9-8-billion-in-trade-aid-2019-01-28-agri-pulse-agri.md) | -0.8% | -1.5% |
| SOY | 2019-06-16 | [Senate Agriculture Committee Trade Hearing- USMCA, China, and MFP Payments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58573-senate-agriculture-committee-trade-hearing-usmca-china-and-mfp-payments.md) | +0.7% | +0.6% |
| SOY | 2026-06-04 | [Committee To Shape Farm Trade  \| Legis1](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18759-committee-to-shape-farm-trade-legis1.md) | -2.7% | -1.9% |
| CORN | 2019-11-01 | [U.S. Farm Support: Compliance with WTO Commitments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56551-u-s-farm-support-compliance-with-wto-commitments.md) | +0.4% | +0.3% |
| CORN | 2019-10-04 | [U.S. Farm Support: Compliance with WTO Commitments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56548-u-s-farm-support-compliance-with-wto-commitments.md) | +0.3% | +0.2% |
| CORN | 2019-06-16 | [Senate Agriculture Committee Trade Hearing- USMCA, China, and MFP Payments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58573-senate-agriculture-committee-trade-hearing-usmca-china-and-mfp-payments.md) | -0.8% | -0.8% |

## Sources

- rstreet.org: https://www.rstreet.org/research/harvesting-another-trade-war-ad-hoc-farm-subsidies-and-our-wto-commitments/

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