Chinese View of Trade Deal The trade agreement between the U.S. and China is currently sight unseen by the general public but that has not kept pundits from expressing their viewpoints. Trump critic Paul Krugman declared that the President has lost his expensive trade war. The Guardian newspaper asks whether it is the Trumpian declared “amazing deal” or a capitulation ahead of an election year. The same criticism is occurring in China but for different reasons. Announcement of the deal was made by bureaucrats and not by politicians, who seemingly do not want to be associated with it. Official commentary has been minimal, and critics note that there are seven specific commitments by China, all of which are documented and...
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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Forecasting developments in production agriculture
On behalf of a private U.S. agricultural technology provider, WPI’s team generated an econometric model to forecast the movement of concentrated corn production north and west from the traditional U.S. Corn Belt. WPI’s model has subsequently provided quantitative support to a multi-million-dollar investment into short-season corn variety development. WPI’s methodology included a series of interviews with regional grain elevators and seed consultants. Emphasizing outreach and communication with stakeholders who possess intimate sectoral knowledge – on-the-ground insights – is a regular component of WPI’s methodologies, made possible by WPI’s ever-growing network of industry contacts.