Diabolical Plan USTR issued a blistering report regarding Russia’s increasingly protectionist trade policy. It accused Moscow of employing localization measures to favor domestic products, using measures that are not science-based to block agricultural imports, and violating national treatment obligations in the IT sector. USTR Katherine Tai’s diabolical plan for achieving redress of the practices includes: “USTR will continue to work with like-minded partners [some of whom are dependent on Russia for natural gas] and use the tools of the WTO [effectively defanged] to hold Russia accountable for its behavior in the multilateral trading system.” Vladimir Putin must be shaking in his boots. Meanwhile, the U.S. i...
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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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.