The United States Meat Export Federation (USMEF) implemented a new-product promotion program to increase exports of U.S. beef to Guatemala in response to the implementation of the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). Consumer responsiveness and the effectiveness of...

Food safety scares affect consumption behavior, and increasingly food safety and animal life issues are impacting in­ ternational agricultural trade. This study examines how Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) discoveries in other countries importing U.S. swine meat have impacted U.S. swine meat...

A censored Nonlinear QUAIDS model was applied to estimate Mexican meat demand parameters using annual household survey data for six years from 1992 to 2004. Results suggest that in Mexico and throughout the analyzed period, beef and pork meat were luxury items while chicken was a normal good....

The objective of this research is to investigate the potentials trade of dairy products between origin countries including selected EU countries and the U.S. on one hand, and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, on the other hand. Results showed that when destination country’s real...