A phrase filled with dark humor about Brazil in the 1990’s was, Brazil é o pais do futuro e sempre será - Brazil is the country of the future and always will be. However, it eventually broke out from its underperforming stage. The Brazilian economy is now six times larger and parts of its agricultural sector are growing double digits each year. Sub-Saharan Africa suffers from the same image Brazil had back in the 1990’s but it likewise is set to dramatically emerge. While major economies in Asia are facing a decline in their working age population, Sub-Saharan Africa has a current average age of 19.5 years and is forecast to have 910 million workers by 2035. That will be well above the number of workers in g...
A federal appeals court paused a USITC ruling against President Trump’s use of Section 122 to impose 10-percent global tariffs. A bipartisan group of 80 House members asked USTR to investigate specialty crop imports from Mexico for unfair trade practices. India notified the WT...
From WPI Consulting
Infrastructure investment due diligence
On behalf of a Canadian oilseed processer WPI's team provided market analysis, econometric modeling and financial due diligence in support of a $24 million-dollar investment in a Ukrainian crush plant. Consistent with WPI's findings, local production to supply the plant and the facility's output have expanded exponentially since the investment. WPI has conducted parallel work on behalf of U.S., South American and European clients, both private and public, in the agri-food space.