chapter 2 us trade in processed foods the united states is among world leaders both exports and imports of firms sector buy sell a near trillion dollar worldwide market appeal brand names influence multinational abroad leading role played by telecommunications systems help assure this section looks at patterns trends that developed during 1990 1994 beginning with few definitions describing then comes usda ers data set used report to analyze finally considers numbers what traded how much it whom relatively little research has been undertaken on paper dayton henderson provides most detailed look international their analysis nations over 25 year period 1962 87 5 intervals were passed through