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ERS Conference Center

Emerging Issues in Global Meat Trade

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Workshop on Emerging Issues in Global Meat Trade

September 18-19, 2008

Waugh Auditorium
Economic Research Service, USDA
1800 M Street NW
(near DuPont Circle)
Washington, DC (Directions)

The workshop will highlight pertinent issues in the U.S. livestock and meat sectors, focusing specifically on international trade implications. Specific topics include the potential market and trade impacts of cloning, the influence of animal diseases and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) restrictions on trade flows, global meat supply and demand issues, feed grain suppliers in the global meat complex, and country-of-origin labeling (COOL).

Sponsored by Economic Research Service and Farm Foundation

 

For more information, contact: Keithly Jones, Kenneth Mathews, or Michael McConnell

Web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov

Updated date: September 8, 2008