RESEARCH, PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

Research Areas:
            The Center serves as a leading regional center which conducts research in economic development, and international markets and trade. Specific research areas include:

1. Implications of trade liberalization and the application of international trade law.
2. Adjustment to international trade competition resulting from changes in technology and/or consumer preferences.
3. Trade and biosecurity.
4. Economic Development
5. International Trade Policy Research
6. Applied International Marketing Research
7. Emerging Markets

 Current Projects:

1. Advancing the International Trade Center to service U.S. access to China pork market
2. Globalizing Educational Experience: A Collaborative Student and Faculty Exchange, Problem Centered Research and Teaching Approach. A USDA/CSREES International Science Education Competitive Grants Program
3. Integration of GPS and GIS for the Enhancement of Bioenvironmental Engineering and Other Related Programs. A USDA/CSREES Capacity Building Grant Program
4. Edible and Medicinal Mushroom Production and Marketing in Community Business Development
5. Impact of Trade Agreements and Domestic Policies on Southern Agriculture

Current Research Papers:

1. China’s WTO Accession and US Pork: A General Equilibrium Analysis
   http://intlagmktg.tamu.edu/NOP7Yeboah.pdf
   http://intlagmktg.tamu.edu/NO7Yeboah%20Boadu%20Thompson.ppt
2. Dominican Republic- Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): What is at Stake for North Carolina Agriculture?
3. A General Equilibrium Model of Trade Liberalization: North Carolina Hog Pollution
4. BSE and the US Economy: Adjustments in a Specific Factors Model
5. Rising Fuel Prices and the Potential of Input Substitution in US Corn Production (.ppt)
6. BSE and the US Economy: Input-Output Model Perspective