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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Cornell economist: Bailouts won’t shield farmers from impacts of trade war

April 1, 2025

Chris Barrett, professor of public policy and economics at Cornell University, says even with the supposed bailouts, farmers can expect a number of headaches.

Economics and Business
Foreign Policy

USAID closure: The ‘only winners’ are China and Russia

February 3, 2025

Tech mogul Elon Musk announced that he and President Donald Trump are in the process of shutting down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), a move that would cause global calamity says Cornell University professor Chris Barrett. 

Law and Policy

EU should step in to shore up Ukrainian grain exports

April 18, 2023

Christopher Barrett is an agricultural and development economist whose research centers on food insecurity and global food markets. He says the import bans would only provide only short-term support for those nations’ farmers, while inflicting considerable harm on Ukraine.

Economics and Business
International
Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

Somalia faces ‘four horsemen of the food emergency apocalypse’

September 6, 2022

The United Nations warns parts of Somalia will be hit by famine between October and December as a drought worsens and global food prices surge.

Health, Nutrition & Medicine
International
International Reach

Russia's Ukraine invasion hikes food prices, spreads global hunger

March 11, 2022

Christopher Barrett comments on how the war in Ukraine is applying pressure on the global food system and threatening to spark a global food crisis.

Food & Agriculture
Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
International

Cornell experts on war in Ukraine, global ripple effects

September 21, 2022

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been met with severe economic sanctions from Europe and the United States that will have ripple effects throughout the global economy. These Cornell University experts are available to discuss the conflict and its implications.

International
Law, Government & Public Policy
Economics and Business

Nestle’s carbon cutting investment to have big impact on food system

December 3, 2020

Chris Barrett, an economist and expert on global food systems, comments on Neste's plans to invest 3.2 billion Swiss francs ($3.58 billion) over five years to limit its climate impact.

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Cornell experts on coronavirus - International impact

May 12, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has become a global crisis that impacts countries around the world in different, yet often similarly devastating ways. Cornell experts can discuss how the infection is having an impact on health systems - as well as on politics - of countries in Asia, Africa and South America.


Protectionist food aid shipping rules waste money, cost lives

October 17, 2017

Economist Chris Barrett say current cargo and procurement requirement greatly increase the price and slow the delivery of aid and diminish its impact on disaster-affected populations.

Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

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