EU’s Approach to TrumpAs Europe’s economy founders under a tax and regulate approach, and its security becomes increasingly threatened by appeasement and inadequate defense spending, its leaders talk ready to get tough with Donald Trump. Some suggest preempting Trump tariffs by negotiating an economic security pact, but if past is prologue, Europe will not come close to U.S. demands. With last week’s signing of a trade agreement with Mercosur, Brussels is willing to sign free trade agreements, but not with the U.S. Meanwhile, Elon Musk is whispering in Trump’s ear about the EU’s efforts to lay low America’s big tech companies via the Digital Services Act and the antirust campaign by EU Vice-President Margrethe Vestager. Instead of foll...
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.