| Abstract: | The final implementation of the Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling Law has caused some U.S. packing plants and finishing operations to discontinue using Canadian live hogs and feeder pigs in their operations, thereby reducing trade. Using a system of simultaneous equations representing U.S. import demand and U.S. price, this thesis has estimated the reduction in trade and any possible price effects in both live hogs and feeder pigs associated with the implementation of the final rule of Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling in the United States. It has been found that the implementation of the Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling Law reduced the trade of live hogs between the United States and Canada by 37.8 percent, with the trade of feeder pigs reduced by 24.1 percent. It also has been found that the implementation of the Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling Law has had no effect on the price of both live hogs and feeder pigs in the U.S. market. |
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