U.S. pig farmers produce the safest, highest quality pork product in the world, but getting it into the hands of consumers around the globe has proven difficult due to renegotiating trade deals, tariff tit-for-tats and other trade deals falling apart.

The tide is starting to turn as a deal with Japan has been completed, Phase 1 of a deal with China is being worked out and the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement awaits ratification from the Canadian parliament.

Maria Zieba, National Pork Producers Council director of international affairs, explains how we got through 2019, and what this year holds for the pork industry, specifically in the arena of exports. In this video from the Wisconsin Corn-Soy-Pork Expo, she also highlights some other countries that are on the U.S. pork export radar.