Overview
2012 Conference: Emerging Issues in Global Animal Product
Trade
Theme: Assessing the Effects of Free Trade
Agreements on Global Meat, Poultry, and Dairy Trade
Sponsored by: Economic Research Service, Farm
Foundation, NFP, the Larry Combest Endowed Chair for Agricultural
Competitiveness, and the S-1043 Regional Research Group
Location and date:
Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
355 E ST SW, Washington, DC
September 27-28, 2012
Registration for this event is now closed.
Trade agreements are important to expanding U.S. meat, poultry,
and dairy exports. The passage of U.S. free trade agreements with
South Korea, Colombia, and Panama represents substantial and
immediate growth opportunities for U.S. animal products. The
presently negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership could also lead to
an expansion of U.S. meat, poultry, and dairy exports. The primary
objective of the conferences is to provide a forum where
researchers, industry experts, market participants, and
policymakers can meet to increase their knowledge of free trade
agreements and their importance in eliminating barriers to global
animal product trade.
The two-day conference will feature invited and selected
presentations. Guest speakers will include researchers, analysts,
and policymakers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA),
the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, USDA's Foreign
Agricultural Service, and other Government agencies, international
organizations, academia, and representatives from producer and
export groups such as the U.S. Meat Export Federation, USA Poultry
& Egg Export Council, American Meat Institute, National Pork
Producers Council, and the U.S. Dairy Export Council.