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Peer-reviewed publications, working papers, and policy writing

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Food Policy · AEPP · Agribusiness

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USTR · state legislature

Policy Briefs

17 invited talks

Media Stories

20 outlets

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AEPPSupply chain disruptions and containerized agricultural exports from California ports34AgribusinessU.S. agricultural exports and the 2022 Mississippi River drought19ARE UpdateContainergeddon and California Agriculture11Working PaperGlobal shipping container disruptions and U.S. agricultural exports8ChoicesU.S. agricultural trade challenges amid climate and geopolitical disruptions6NDSU Trade MonitorSoybean basis hits record low amid zero new-crop sales to China3NDSU Trade MonitorChina could bypass U.S. soybeans in 2025/26 and IEEPA tariffs raise input costs3AEPPGlobal container shipping disruptions, pop-up ports, and U.S. agricultural exports3AgribusinessThe impact of maritime shipping disruptions on U.S. tree nut exports and inventories3NDSU Trade MonitorIEEPA tariff escalation: What it means for U.S. food and ag-input imports3Farmdoc DailyRipple effects of shipping lane disruptions on U.S. agriculture3NDSU Trade MonitorIEEPA fertilizer tariffs: Revenue, relief, and pass-through2Working PaperGlobal container trade disruptions and U.S. agricultural exports2Food PolicyPublic perspectives on food date labeling2IRLETradition or tragedy: Arranged marriages and domestic violence2Education SciencesMachine learning-assisted systematic review: A case study in learning analytics1ChoicesRetaliatory tariffs and container shipping disruptions — California's almond industry1WEFA portrait of firms that trade in meat products1Systematic ReviewsMachine learning-assisted abstract screening on learning analytics1Intl J Edu DevParental educational pairings and child physical abuse: Evidence from China1J. Rural StudiesThe call of kinship: How clan culture shapes rural residents' commitment to hometown development in China1Applied EconomicsWork environment and intimate partner violence against women: Evidence from China0NDSU Trade MonitorHow IEEPA tariffs shaped U.S. biofuel feedstock imports in 20250JTEPThe 2021 container shipping crisis and its consequences for US agricultural exports0Asian Econ LettersTrade implications of ending China's zero-Covid policy0PLOS OneBridging language and data: Transforming agricultural curricula for data analytics through linguistic insights0AEPPSupply chain disruptions and containerized agricultural exports from California ports34AgribusinessU.S. agricultural exports and the 2022 Mississippi River drought19ARE UpdateContainergeddon and California Agriculture11Working PaperGlobal shipping container disruptions and U.S. agricultural exports8ChoicesU.S. agricultural trade challenges amid climate and geopolitical disruptions6NDSU Trade MonitorSoybean basis hits record low amid zero new-crop sales to China3NDSU Trade MonitorChina could bypass U.S. soybeans in 2025/26 and IEEPA tariffs raise input costs3AEPPGlobal container shipping disruptions, pop-up ports, and U.S. agricultural exports3AgribusinessThe impact of maritime shipping disruptions on U.S. tree nut exports and inventories3NDSU Trade MonitorIEEPA tariff escalation: What it means for U.S. food and ag-input imports3Farmdoc DailyRipple effects of shipping lane disruptions on U.S. agriculture3NDSU Trade MonitorIEEPA fertilizer tariffs: Revenue, relief, and pass-through2Working PaperGlobal container trade disruptions and U.S. agricultural exports2Food PolicyPublic perspectives on food date labeling2IRLETradition or tragedy: Arranged marriages and domestic violence2Education SciencesMachine learning-assisted systematic review: A case study in learning analytics1ChoicesRetaliatory tariffs and container shipping disruptions — California's almond industry1WEFA portrait of firms that trade in meat products1Systematic ReviewsMachine learning-assisted abstract screening on learning analytics1Intl J Edu DevParental educational pairings and child physical abuse: Evidence from China1J. Rural StudiesThe call of kinship: How clan culture shapes rural residents' commitment to hometown development in China1Applied EconomicsWork environment and intimate partner violence against women: Evidence from China0NDSU Trade MonitorHow IEEPA tariffs shaped U.S. biofuel feedstock imports in 20250JTEPThe 2021 container shipping crisis and its consequences for US agricultural exports0Asian Econ LettersTrade implications of ending China's zero-Covid policy0PLOS OneBridging language and data: Transforming agricultural curricula for data analytics through linguistic insights0

Supply chain disruptions and containerized agricultural exports from California ports

AEPP · 2023

34cites

Most Cited

Supply chain disruptions and containerized agricultural exports from California ports

AEPP · 2023

U.S. agricultural exports and the 2022 Mississippi River drought

Agribusiness · 2025

Containergeddon and California Agriculture

ARE Update · 2021

Global shipping container disruptions and U.S. agricultural exports

Working Paper · 2022

U.S. agricultural trade challenges amid climate and geopolitical disruptions

Choices · 2024

Soybean basis hits record low amid zero new-crop sales to China

NDSU Trade Monitor · 2025

China could bypass U.S. soybeans in 2025/26 and IEEPA tariffs raise input costs

NDSU Trade Monitor · 2025

Global container shipping disruptions, pop-up ports, and U.S. agricultural exports

AEPP · 2024

Coauthor Network

8 institutions

Sandro Steinbach

Supply Chain · Trade

NDSU

10 papers

Colin A. Carter

Container Shipping · Ag Exports

UC Davis

3 papers

Weidong Tian

Domestic Violence · Social Issues

SWUFE

5 papers

Zhiyong Dai

Social Issues · Rural Development

SWUFE

2 papers

Zhihong Xu

ML · Systematic Reviews

Texas A&M

3 papers

Shawn Arita

Trade Monitor · Tariffs

NDSU/ARPC

7 papers

Peng Lu

Food Policy · Text Mining

UGA

1 papers

Heidi Schweizer

Meat Trade · Firm Analysis

NC State

1 papers

Raghav Goyal

Climate · Trade Disruptions

LSU

2 papers

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sort26/26

In progress

U.S. agricultural export losses from China's 2025/26 retaliatory tariffs ↗

Submitted, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Xiting Zhuang*, Shawn Arita, & Sandro Steinbach

Systematic mapping of threats to U.S. beef production

Revise & resubmit, Translational Animal Science

Zhihong Xu*, Shuai Ma, Anjorin Ezekiel Adeyemi, Jaehyun Ahn, Ashlynn Kogut, Xiting Zhuang, Guadalupe Ceja, Matt Baker, Kent Toyonaga, Tian Chen, Fahmida Husain Choudhury, & Abdul Saboor Rahmany

Changing tariff incidence during the 2025 China–U.S. tariff episode

Under review, Economics Letters

Xiting Zhuang*, Carlos Zurita, & Sandro Steinbach

The gift of equality: Legal recognition of same-sex unions and elder abuse

In progress

Weidong Tian & Xiting Zhuang*

Temperature, allowance, and air pollution: Evidence from regression discontinuity design

In progress

Xiting Zhuang*

Bread and bruises: The Great Chinese Famine and domestic violence

In progress

Weidong Tian & Xiting Zhuang*

Global supply chain and domestic cost shocks

In progress

Sandro Steinbach & Xiting Zhuang*

Global trade effects of tightening environmental trade policies in China

In progress

Sandro Steinbach & Xiting Zhuang*

2026

Tradition or tragedy: Arranged marriages and domestic violence ↗

International Review of Law and Economics, 87, 106343

Weidong Tian, Dongli Cao, & Xiting Zhuang*

DOI

The call of kinship: How clan culture shapes rural residents' commitment to hometown development in China ↗

Journal of Rural Studies, 124, 104191

Zhiyong Dai, Weidong Tian, Minglin Wang, & Xiting Zhuang*

Bridging language and data: Transforming agricultural curricula for data analytics through linguistic insights ↗

PLOS One, 21(5), e0348935

Zhihong Xu*, Jaehyun Ahn, Shuai Ma, Anjorin Ezekiel Adeyemi, Fahmida Husain Choudhury, Xiting Zhuang, Rafael Landaverde, & Gary J. Wingenbach

Public perspectives on food date labeling: Implications for waste reduction and food safety policy ↗

Food Policy, 140, 103055

Peng Lu, Lulu Mao, Xiting Zhuang, Zhihong Xu, & Shuai Ma

DOI

Machine learning-assisted abstract screening on learning analytics: A step-by-step tutorial ↗

Systematic Reviews, 15, 103

Zhihong Xu, Shuai Ma, Xiting Zhuang, Anjorin Ezekiel Adeyemi, & Ashlynn Kogut

DOI

2025

Parental educational pairings and child physical abuse: Evidence from China ↗

International Journal of Educational Development

Weidong Tian, Zhiyong Dai, Dongli Cao, & Xiting Zhuang*

DOI

Work environment and intimate partner violence against women: Evidence from China ↗

Applied Economics

Weidong Tian, Dongli Cao, & Xiting Zhuang*

DOI

Machine learning-assisted systematic review: A case study in learning analytics ↗

Education Sciences, 15(11), 1488

Zhihong Xu, Xiting Zhuang, & Shuai Ma

DOI

The 2021 container shipping crisis and its consequences for US agricultural exports ↗

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 59(2), 110–136

Colin A. Carter, Sandro Steinbach, & Xiting Zhuang

DOI

Trade implications of ending China's zero-Covid policy ↗

Asian Economics Letters, 6(3), 11–22

Sandro Steinbach & Xiting Zhuang

DOI

2024

Global container shipping disruptions, pop-up ports, and U.S. agricultural exports ↗

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 46(2), 553–571

Sandro Steinbach & Xiting Zhuang

DOI

U.S. agricultural trade challenges amid climate and geopolitical disruptions ↗

Choices, 39(3), 1–7

Raghav Goyal, Sandro Steinbach, Yasin Yildirim, & Xiting Zhuang

2023

The impact of maritime shipping disruptions on U.S. tree nut exports and inventories ↗

Agribusiness, 39(3), 904–911

Sandro Steinbach & Xiting Zhuang

DOI

U.S. agricultural exports and the 2022 Mississippi River drought ↗

Agribusiness, 41(1), 289–303

Sandro Steinbach & Xiting Zhuang

DOI

Supply chain disruptions and containerized agricultural exports from California ports ↗

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 45(2), 1051–1071

Colin A. Carter, Sandro Steinbach, & Xiting Zhuang

DOI

Retaliatory tariffs and container shipping disruptions cause considerable trade damages to California's almond industry ↗

Choices, 38(2)

Sandro Steinbach & Xiting Zhuang

2022

A portrait of firms that trade in meat products ↗

Western Economics Forum, 20(2), 6–18

Heidi Schweizer, Sandro Steinbach, & Xiting Zhuang

DOI

2016

Urbanization process and carbon emission in China based on semi-parametric spatial lags model

Logistics Engineering and Management

Xiting Zhuang*

Trade Disruptions & Tariff Policy

10 papers

Container shortages, port congestion, low water on the Mississippi, and the 2025 tariff escalation, measured as trade costs falling on U.S. agricultural exporters.

The 2021 container shipping crisis and its consequences for US agricultural exports

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 59(2), 110–136 · 2025

Journal article

Trade implications of ending China's zero-Covid policy

Asian Economics Letters, 6(3), 11–22 · 2025

Journal article

Global container shipping disruptions, pop-up ports, and U.S. agricultural exports

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 46(2), 553–571 · 2024

Journal article

The impact of maritime shipping disruptions on U.S. tree nut exports and inventories

Agribusiness, 39(3), 904–911 · 2023

Journal article

Supply chain disruptions and containerized agricultural exports from California ports

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 45(2), 1051–1071 · 2023

Journal article

Retaliatory tariffs and container shipping disruptions cause considerable trade damages to California's almond industry

Choices, 38(2) · 2023

Journal article

A portrait of firms that trade in meat products

Western Economics Forum, 20(2), 6–18 · 2022

Journal article

U.S. agricultural export losses from China's 2025/26 retaliatory tariffs

Submitted, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Working paper

Changing tariff incidence during the 2025 China–U.S. tariff episode

Under review, Economics Letters

Working paper

Global supply chain and domestic cost shocks

In progress

Working paper

Machine Learning & AI

5 papers

Text classification, LLM evaluation, and NLP applied to evidence synthesis and to agricultural curricula.

Bridging language and data: Transforming agricultural curricula for data analytics through linguistic insights

PLOS One, 21(5), e0348935 · 2026

Journal article

Public perspectives on food date labeling: Implications for waste reduction and food safety policy

Food Policy, 140, 103055 · 2026

Journal article

Machine learning-assisted abstract screening on learning analytics: A step-by-step tutorial

Systematic Reviews, 15, 103 · 2026

Journal article

Machine learning-assisted systematic review: A case study in learning analytics

Education Sciences, 15(11), 1488 · 2025

Journal article

Systematic mapping of threats to U.S. beef production

Revise & resubmit, Translational Animal Science

Working paper

Environment & Trade

5 papers

Environmental standards and the waste import ban in China, emissions, and climate shocks to export routing.

U.S. agricultural trade challenges amid climate and geopolitical disruptions

Choices, 39(3), 1–7 · 2024

Journal article

U.S. agricultural exports and the 2022 Mississippi River drought

Agribusiness, 41(1), 289–303 · 2023

Journal article

Urbanization process and carbon emission in China based on semi-parametric spatial lags model

Logistics Engineering and Management · 2016

Journal article

Temperature, allowance, and air pollution: Evidence from regression discontinuity design

In progress

Working paper

Global trade effects of tightening environmental trade policies in China

In progress

Working paper

Policy Writing & Impact

Real-time analysis of trade disruptions and tariff policy for producers, industry, and policymakers — 18 briefs across 5 outlets.

NDSU Agricultural Trade Monitor· 10 briefs

A one-year retrospective assessment of China's 2025/26 retaliatory tariffs on U.S. agricultural exports ↗

Shawn Arita, Sandro Steinbach, & Xiting Zhuang

2026

How IEEPA tariffs shaped U.S. biofuel feedstock imports in 2025 ↗

Shawn Arita, Matthew Gammans, Jiyeon Kim, Sandro Steinbach, & Xiting Zhuang

2026

IEEPA fertilizer tariffs: Revenue, relief, and pass-through ↗

Shawn Arita, Ruchira Chakravorty, Jiyeon Kim, Wint Lwin, Sandro Steinbach, Ming Wang, & Xiting Zhuang

2026

Supreme Court, food and input tariff relief, and market access opportunities through recent trade deals ↗

Shawn Arita, Matthew Gammans, Jiyeon Kim, Wint Lwin, Sandro Steinbach, Ming Wang, & Xiting Zhuang

2025

Implications of new U.S.-China deal, soybean commitments, port fee suspension, and SE Asia deals ↗

Shawn Arita, Jiyeon Kim, Wint Lwin, Sandro Steinbach, Ming Wang, & Xiting Zhuang

2025

China could bypass U.S. soybeans in 2025/26 and IEEPA tariffs raise input costs ↗

Shawn Arita, Jiyeon Kim, Wint Lwin, Sandro Steinbach, Ming Wang, & Xiting Zhuang

2025

Soybean basis hits record low amid zero new-crop sales to China ↗

Shawn Arita, Jiyeon Kim, Wint Lwin, Sandro Steinbach, & Xiting Zhuang

2025

IEEPA tariff escalation: What it means for U.S. food and ag-input imports ↗

Shawn Arita, Jiyeon Kim, Wint Lwin, Sandro Steinbach, Ming Wang, & Xiting Zhuang

2025

China's import declines reflect broader demand weakness ↗

Shawn Arita, Sandro Steinbach, Ming Wang, & Xiting Zhuang

2025

NDSU Agricultural Trade Monitor 2025-06 ↗

Shawn Arita, Sandro Steinbach, & Xiting Zhuang

2025

Southern Ag Today· 5 briefs

Panama Canal traffic delays threaten Southern Ag global supply chains ↗

Sunghun Lim, Sandro Steinbach, & Xiting Zhuang

2024

Southern U.S. agriculture faces headwinds in Asia amid Red Sea shipping disruptions ↗

Raghav Goyal, Sandro Steinbach, Yasin Yildirim, & Xiting Zhuang

2024

Down the river: How the 2022 Mississippi River drought damaged Southern U.S. agricultural trade ↗

Sandro Steinbach & Xiting Zhuang

2023

International market concentration in the Southern meat trading market ↗

Heidi Schweizer, Sandro Steinbach, & Xiting Zhuang

2022

Shipping container disruptions cause considerable export losses for Southern ports ↗

Sandro Steinbach & Xiting Zhuang

2022

Farmdoc Daily· 1 brief

Ripple effects of shipping lane disruptions on U.S. agriculture ↗

Sandro Steinbach, Yasin Yildirim, & Xiting Zhuang

2024

Eversource Energy· 1 brief

Cost-benefit analysis of detection systems for protecting critical infrastructure from UAV threats in Connecticut

Sandro Steinbach & Xiting Zhuang

2021

ARE Update (UC Giannini Foundation)· 1 brief

Containergeddon and California agriculture ↗

Colin A. Carter, Sandro Steinbach, & Xiting Zhuang

2021

In the Media

News coverage of my research and coauthored reports, across 20 outlets.

Kansas ReflectorKansas farmers suffer from tariffs and closing of Strait of Hormuz, ag experts sayJuly 7, 2026China tariffs

AgronewsChina tariffs shave billions from U.S. farm exportsJune 10, 2026China tariffs

Farm and DairyThe 'beans, beef and Boeing' show sputters back to realityJune 7, 2026China tariffs

DTN Progressive FarmerReport shows ag exports to China hit lowest level since 2007May 22, 2026China tariffs

Farm Policy News (Univ. of Illinois)China's retaliatory tariffs cost US ag exporters $15 billion, study saysMay 22, 2026China tariffs

Morning Ag ClipsChina's retaliatory tariffs cost US ag exporters $15 billion, study saysMay 22, 2026China tariffs

Yahoo FinanceNew study peels back the whopping toll on American agriculture from the tariffs against ChinaMay 21, 2026China tariffs

AGDAILYNew study: China tariffs cost U.S. ag $14.9 billion in lost exportsMay 21, 2026China tariffs

Agri-PulseChina's tariff retaliation caused almost $15 billion in lost sales, study findsMay 20, 2026China tariffs

Brownfield Ag NewsNDSU study: U.S. ag exports hit hard — China tariffs drive $15 billion in annual lossesMay 2026China tariffs

Strip-Till FarmerNDSU analysis: Fertilizer tariffs still costing farmersFebruary 4, 2026Fertilizer tariffs

Agri-PulseHigh input costs may delay farm investments despite Trump administration's focusJanuary 21, 2026Fertilizer tariffs

AgriAmericaBreaking down the January 2026 NDSU Agricultural Trade Monitor: IEEPA fertilizer tariffs, price pass-through, and market adjustmentJanuary 21, 2026Fertilizer tariffs

Michigan Farm News (Michigan Farm Bureau)Tariff impact on inputs: 'Pass-through' fertilizer costs to farmers excessiveJanuary 2026Fertilizer tariffs

Tracy PressShipping container shortage translates to decline in agricultural exportsJanuary 17, 2022Container shipping

Inside U.S. TradeStudy: 'Containergeddon' led to $2.1 billion loss in California ag exportsJanuary 5, 2022Container shipping

UConn TodayInefficient California ports cost farmers billionsJanuary 3, 2022Container shipping

UC Agriculture & Natural Resources'Containergeddon' at ports cost California farmers $2.1 billion in exportsDecember 22, 2021Container shipping

Fruit Growers News'Containergeddon' at ports cost California farmers $2.1 billion in exportsDecember 22, 2021Container shipping

Rice Farming'Containergeddon' at ports cost California farmers $2.1 billion in exportsDecember 22, 2021Container shipping

Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics'Containergeddon' and California AgricultureDecember 20, 2021Container shipping

Cited in Policy

Regulatory filings, legislative briefings, and institutional reports that cite this research in their own reference lists.

Regulatory filingApril 15, 2026

American Soybean Association & U.S. Soybean Export Council

Comments to the U.S. Trade Representative on the Section 301 investigation ↗

Filed with USTR Ambassador Jamieson Greer. The filing's input-cost argument rests on this analysis, which supplies its effective-tariff figures and Figure 2.

Cites

IEEPA Tariff Escalation: What It Means for U.S. Food and Ag-Input Imports (NDSU Agricultural Trade Monitor, August 2025)

as “Arita, S., Kim, J., Lwin, W. Y., Steinbach, S., Wang, M., & Zhuang, X. (2025)”

Legislative brief2026

MOST Policy Initiative

Tariff Relief for Farmers (Science Note) ↗

A nonpartisan science note written for state legislators weighing tariff-relief options for farmers.

Cites

IEEPA Fertilizer Tariffs: Revenue, Relief, and Pass-Through (NDSU Agricultural Trade Monitor 2026-01)

as “Arita S, Chakravorty R, Kim J, Lwin WY, Steinbach S, et al. (2026)” — author list abbreviated

Industry analysisDecember 3, 2025

American Soybean Association

The Rising Cost Squeeze: Soybean Farmers Face a Third Year of Losses ↗

ASA's case for input-cost relief; the Monitor supplies its headline figure — agricultural input tariffs averaging 9.4%, against under 1% before IEEPA.

Cites

IEEPA Tariff Escalation: What It Means for U.S. Food and Ag-Input Imports (NDSU Agricultural Trade Monitor)

as “the North Dakota State University Agricultural Trade Monitor” — cited by publication, no author list

Legislative hearingFebruary 2, 2022

California State Assembly — Agriculture Committee & Select Committee on Ports and Goods Movement

Agricultural Export and California Ports Issues — joint informational hearing background paper ↗

Background paper for a joint hearing at the State Capitol. The paper reproduces the study's central findings — $2.1 billion and 17% down, exceeding California's 2018 trade-war losses — as its account of the export shock.

Cites

"Containergeddon" and California Agriculture (ARE Update 25(2), 2021)

as ““Containergeddon” and California Agriculture — ARE UPDATE Vol. 25, No. 2, Nov/Dec 2021” — cited by publication, no author list

Publications

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2024

2023

2022

2016

Trade Disruptions & Tariff Policy

Machine Learning & AI

Social Outcomes & Household Welfare

Environment & Trade

Policy Writing & Impact

NDSU Agricultural Trade Monitor· 10 briefs

Southern Ag Today· 5 briefs

Farmdoc Daily· 1 brief

Eversource Energy· 1 brief

ARE Update (UC Giannini Foundation)· 1 brief

In the Media

Cited in Policy