This paper is based on a study reviewing environmental regulations affecting the hog industry in
The United States, several European Union (EU) countries (Belgium, Denmark, Holland),
Poland, and Taiwan (see appendix attached for review). The study further assesses the
competitiveness of the hog industry in these countries, focusing on the key determinants of
competitiveness including the impact of environmental regulations. In the next section, we
summarize findings on environmental regulations in these countries, including an environmental
stringency ranking, and then we draw implications for their competitiveness in hog production
and trade in hog products. In the appendix, we review each countrya