AMLO Wiggle Room At a meeting yesterday with USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) conceded that his announced ban on GM corn in 2024 would not have to apply to yellow corn for animal feed. Secretary Vilsack warned the Mexican leader there would be a legal challenge under USMCA and that “we must find a way forward soon.” AMLO offered to engage in a discussion on the safety of biotech products. The meeting did not resolve matters to the satisfaction of U.S. corn producers. First, a discussion about the safety of GMO’s concedes that there might be a safety issue. It is the equivalent of Ukraine agreeing to discuss Moscow’s claims on the Donbas region. Second, a...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
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Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.