Lessons from Tai Everyone that knows Katherine Tai was excited for her nomination to become U.S. Trade Representative and were confident in her confirmation. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate today by a vote of 98 to 0, the only one of President Biden’s Cabinet officers to achieve unanimous support from an often bitterly divided legislature. Unlike other nominees, she had no track record of ugly partisan tweets. Instead, she built a professional reputation based on intelligence and humility. It is a lesson that should be absorbed by many others in Washington. The political system is not broken but as Secretary of State Antony Blinken observed in a Nikkei interview, it sometimes doesn’t look very pretty and that provides succ...
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.