Congressional Power Shuffle Congressman Bill Pascrell (D-New Jersey) is likely to take over the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee’s Subcommittee on Trade. This means he will be pivotal in the consideration of all matters related to U.S. trade policy. It is thus important to understand his viewpoints, and following is a summary: Pro-Trade: In office since 1996, he voted each time for presidential trade negotiating authority (TPA) as well for every free-trade agreement. Anti-Subsidy: He voted against farm bills, the sugar program, the Market Access Program, import protections for olive oil, etc. Pro-China: He voted for permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) with China and against tougher countervailing duty policy on non-market e...
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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.