Hayes: Pork exports to Japan could reach $2.2 billion

Dermot Hayes, professor, was quoted in a Dec. 5, 2019, Ag News Feed story, "Japan pushes trade deal through; U.S. red meat to get improved access."

The United States is preparing for the recently signed U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement and the U.S.-Japan Digital Trade Agreement to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020.

Dermot Hayes, an economist at Iowa State University, estimates pork exports to Japan could grow from $1.6 billion in 2018 to more than $2.2 billion over the next 15 years under market access terms included in the agreement.