date:Jun 11, 2014
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks with Japan fully on board. That would take away the gate price and open a whole new market segment of lower-valued pork products to US producers. Ending Chinas continuous gamesmanship and protection of its domestic industry would spur growth there even beyond the Smithfield-Shuanghui stimulus.
Finally, an agreement with the EU would be good but I dont expect much from it. As Ive said many times, the Europeans are professional protectionists -- Major Leaguer