Neo-Progs to WTO Rescue The WTO is broken with members unable to find consensus on anything. Agriculture negotiations are said to be in “disarray” with “facilitators having little institutional knowledge for conducting the negotiations.” Efforts to discipline fisheries that are otherwise raping the oceans have dragged on unsuccessfully for two decades. A panel today at the annual Washington International Trade Association conference had the solution. Entitled the “Neo-Progressive Trade Agenda” and reflecting the ascendancy of neo-progs in last November’s elections, panelists called for a new WTO model; one that focuses on ending trade’s adverse impacts such as racial and economic inequality a...
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Forecasting developments in production agriculture
On behalf of a private U.S. agricultural technology provider, WPI’s team generated an econometric model to forecast the movement of concentrated corn production north and west from the traditional U.S. Corn Belt. WPI’s model has subsequently provided quantitative support to a multi-million-dollar investment into short-season corn variety development. WPI’s methodology included a series of interviews with regional grain elevators and seed consultants. Emphasizing outreach and communication with stakeholders who possess intimate sectoral knowledge – on-the-ground insights – is a regular component of WPI’s methodologies, made possible by WPI’s ever-growing network of industry contacts.