India put the final nail in the coffin of the WTO's Doha Round with its upending of the Bali agreement from last year. This has left plurilateral preferential trade agreements as the only avenues available.China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed to "upgrade" their relationship to a free trade agreement. Meanwhile, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) members meeting in Beijing in November are expected to announce initiation of a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP). This is in addition to, or in competition with, the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. In fact, the new announcements likely put pressure on TPP negotiators.Still, there are some strange bedfellows in all of th...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
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...
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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.