Foot-and-mouth disease and trade restrictions: Latin American access to Pacific Rim beef markets

Owing to their eradication of foot-and-mouth disease Argentina and Uruguay have recently been granted access to the fresh beef markets of the United S tates and Canada. This raises the prospect of Latin American suppliers gain ing access to other Pacific Rim markets, and of increasing the integration of the Pacific and non-Pacific beef markets. A two-commodity spatial equili brium model is constructed for the base year 1995. Projections are then mad e for the year 2001 under various policy and other scenarios. In some insta nces, major changes in trade patterns may result.