KEY CONTACTS AND INTERNET SITES

KEY CONTACTS

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Foreign Agricultural Service
14th and Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250 U.S.A.
Key telephone numbers:
Foreign Agricultural Service (202) 720-7115
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (202) 720-2511
Economic Research Service (202) 219-0515
http://www.fas.usda.gov/
WTO Briefing Room
http://www.econ.ag.gov/briefing/wto/

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Office of Agricultural Affairs
600 17th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20508 U.S.A.
Telephone: (202) 395-6127
http://www.ustr.gov/

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
200 C Street S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20204 U.S.A.
Telephone: (202) 205-4943
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html

U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20520 U.S.A.
Key telephone numbers:
Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs (202) 647-7575
Office of Agricultural and Textile Trade Affairs (202) 647-3090
http://www.state.gov/www/issues/economic/index.html

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
The World Bank
1818 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20433 U.S.A.
Telephone: (202) 473-8951
E-mail: [email protected]
http://www.cgiar.org/

International Food Policy Research Institute
2033 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006 U.S.A.
Telephone: (202) 862-5600
E-mail: [email protected]
http://www.cgiar.org/ifpri/2index.HTM

KEY INTERNET SITES

USDA: Reports of the Economic Research Service,
National Agricultural Statistics Service, and
World Agricultural Outlook Board:
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/
The National Agricultural Library:
http://www.nalusda.gov/

The Cairns Group
http://www.dfat.gov.au/trade/negotiations/cairns_group/index.html

The European Union
http://europa.eu.int/pol/agr/index_en.htm
The Common Agricultural Policy:
http://europa.eu.int/en/eupol/newcapen.htm

International Fund for Agricultural Development
http://www.ifad.org/

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
http://www.oecd.org/agr/

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/

World Trade Organization
WTO Agricultural Issues:
http://www.wto.org/wto/goods/agintro.htm
http://www.wto.org/wto/goods/sps.htm
http://www.wto.org/wto/legal/ursum_wp.htm#aAgreement

The Convention on Biological Diversity
http://www.biodiv.org

Agricultural Economics Virtual Library
http://www.aeco.ttu.edu/aecovl/index.htm

American Agricultural Economics Association
http://www.aaea.org

Economic Perspectives
USIA Electronic Journal, Vol. 4, No. 2, May 1999