# Potential WTO Implications of USDA’s Proposed Response to Trade-Retaliation - EveryCRSReport.com

> A CRS Insight examines whether USDA's $12 billion trade-retaliation assistance, announced July 24, 2018, would comply with WTO domestic support commitments. It describes the three program parts: direct payments, government purchases of surplus food, and trade promotion.

- Date: 2018-07-27 · published 2018-07-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64015-potential-wto-implications-of-usda-s-proposed-response-to-trade-retaliation
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Possible WTO challenges could affect the durability of the aid, which supports farm income and therefore US supply decisions. The analysis itself has limited direct price impact.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2018-09-12 | [Farm Policy: USDA’s 2018 Trade Aid Package - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62893-farm-policy-usda-s-2018-trade-aid-package-everycrsreport-com.md) | -0.8% | +5.2% |
| SOY | 2019-08-12 | [Farm Policy: USDA’s 2019 Trade Aid Package - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57590-farm-policy-usda-s-2019-trade-aid-package-everycrsreport-com.md) | -0.7% | -3.3% |
| SOY | 2019-01-29 | [China’s Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Agricultural Products - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60961-china-s-retaliatory-tariffs-on-u-s-agricultural-products-everycrsreport-com.md) | -0.5% | -2.1% |
| SOY | 2017-04-25 | [Farm Bill Primer: Trade and Export Promotion Programs - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71479-farm-bill-primer-trade-and-export-promotion-programs-everycrsreport-com.md) | -0.2% | -0.5% |
| SOY | 2020-10-05 | [U.S. Farm Policy: Revenue Support Program Outlays, 2014-2020 - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50628-u-s-farm-policy-revenue-support-program-outlays-2014-2020-everycrsreport-com.md) | +4.4% | +3.5% |
| CORN | 2019-08-12 | [Farm Policy: USDA’s 2019 Trade Aid Package - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57590-farm-policy-usda-s-2019-trade-aid-package-everycrsreport-com.md) | -6.0% | -8.6% |
| CORN | 2018-09-12 | [Farm Policy: USDA’s 2018 Trade Aid Package - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62893-farm-policy-usda-s-2018-trade-aid-package-everycrsreport-com.md) | -2.5% | -0.1% |
| CORN | 2017-04-25 | [Farm Bill Primer: Trade and Export Promotion Programs - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71479-farm-bill-primer-trade-and-export-promotion-programs-everycrsreport-com.md) | +2.1% | +4.1% |

## Sources

- everycrsreport.com: https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/IN10940.html

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