Friend-shoring or moving supply chains closer to being between like-minded nations doesn’t seem like an agriculture issue but it could become one. That is because the sector is increasingly being treated like a strategic asset, and it faces differentiated production standards as regulations begin to mimic industrial approaches for sustainability. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack said this week that agriculture should be a part of CFIUS, which would impose geopolitical level restrictions on the sector. In the increasingly bipolar world, Japan, the U.S., and the EU are the most like-minded in the West-based grouping of nations. They comprise 42 percent of global GDP. With about 15 percent of global GDP, China is the lead of the competing blo...
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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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.