U.S. agricultural exports support output, employment, income, and purchasing power in both the farm and nonfarm sectors. Despite a reduction in U.S. agricultural exports to China, total U.S. agricultural exports (to all countries) rose by 1.0 percent to $139.6 billion in calendar year 2018. ERS estimates that in 2018 each dollar of agricultural exports stimulated another $1.17 in business activity. Thus, the $139.6 billion of agricultural exports in 2018 produced an additional $162.9 billion in economic activity, for a total economic output of $302.5 billion. Every $1 billion of U.S. agricultural exports in 2018 required approximately 7,500 full-time, civilian jobs throughout the economy. Agricultural exports in 2018 required 1,048,000 such jobs, including 691,000 jobs in the nonfarm sector. Throughout this webpage, the word “jobs” is used to refer to full-time, civilian jobs.
Introduction Trade has always been important to U.S. farm and rural economies, from early colonial days when tobacco and cotton were the most important export commodities to today’s diverse range of exports across multiple product categories, with grains, oilseeds, and animal products among the most prominent. Even though farming today accounts for less than 1 percent of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), U.S. agricultural trade still contributes to U.S. economic activity in sectors other than farming, with impacts felt worldwide. Trade agreements, in tandem with increased productivity and higher incomes, have expanded agricultural trade with developed and developing countries and, in turn, have created growth opportunities for U.S. agriculture. Trade agreements that lower trade barriers to agricultural trade potentially create demand for U.S. agricultural commodities in foreign markets. This demand would be satisfied with purchasing power partly acquired by the ability of foreign nations to increase sales of other products to the U.S. market.
In 2018, the U.S. dollar depreciated by 1.8 percent in real terms—weighted by U.S. agricultural exports—relative to the currencies of its trading partners, making U.S. products somewhat more competitive in foreign markets. At the same time, however, slower growth in world real GDP constrained foreign demand for U.S. agricultural exports. World real GDP growth in 2018 was an estimated 2.93 percent, slightly below the the 3.09 percent expansion achieved in 2017. Economic growth rates in Asia, the Middle East, European Union (EU-28, which includes the United Kingdom, which exited the EU in January 2020), Mexico, and Canada were all lower than in 2017.
The United States trades with numerous countries across the globe, but its agricultural trade is concentrated among a handful of countries. On the export side, 60 percent of U.S. agricultural exports in 2018 were destined for six trade partners: Canada, Mexico, the EU-28, Japan, China, and South Korea. In this ranking, China dropped from second to fifth place between 2017 and 2018, largely due to trade restrictions, including a general effort on the part of China to seek out suppliers other than the United States and the retaliatory tariffs imposed by China on selected U.S. agricultural
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The climate regions of the central and south america can be divided into four distinct regions which are tropical, arid, dry and cold climatic zones.
Explanation:
The tropical climate zones of the region produce both rain forests and the tree-dotted grasslands known as savannas. Rain forests are abundant in Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. Savannas are found in South America. Central America has an overall humid, tropical climate with distinct dry and rainy seasons throughout the region.
However, the weather can vary from country to country, and some countries have multiple climate zones. Central America is the isthmus that connects North America to South America. An isthmus is 'a narrow strip of land surrounded by sea which connects two larger landmasses'. South America can be divided into four major climatic regions—tropical, temperate, arid, and cold. Savanna grassy lands inn south america experiences high temperature but receives wet precipitation.
I am an italian immigrant in hopes of finding a better life in America. I fled from Italy because of the struggles of living in impoverished land and the violence that grew rapidly in my area. I have just arrived 2 days ago after a long and dreadful voyage. As soon as I arrived I was interrogated by 2 man who look like they're some sort if officers then i was taken to this area where I was checked to see if i was infected with anything. Luckily they said i was good to go and after 10 hours of anxiously waiting I was able to make it to NYC. I am not used to the bustling city life that was seen and I was lost for hours and when I tried to ask fire help with some new English words I picked up they ignored me. I met this 1 guy who said he'd help for money so I gave him the money I brought with me and he said he would get a cab for us and he just left me stranded there for hours! Maybe he's still trying to find me a cabi? As it was getting dark and the streets were filled with a bunch of scary looking people, I met 2 italian women who took me in to live with them in this tiny poor apartment with 2 other Italian families, it's damp, dark, and cold in here and my bed is just a wooden plank with a sheet which sucks and I very much prefer the house I lived in back in Italy. Yesterday, one of the ladies I was living with was able to get me a job as a construction worker/house maids (Work based on gender due to strict gender roles). It's hard work and the people I work for are very rude and hostile towards me and I dont know why- maybe I did something wrong or offended them in some way? I get payed very little but it's a start and as of now I'm saving up in hopes of being able to bring my siblings over here so they can join me and pursue a better life for generations to come!
