New Trade Agenda Members of Congress are upset that President Biden has followed his predecessor’s approach of largely bypassing the legislature when it comes to trade. To reassert their jurisdictional primacy on the topic, there is rare bilateral agreement to work on trade legislation that will mor explicitly define Executive Branch obligations on a wide range of topics from negotiating objectives to closing loopholes being exploited by China and others. At the same time, the pro-business New Democrat Coalition has created a trade task force that will look for ways to expand U.S. trade. The question is whether President Biden would veto instructions from Congress that could tie his hands on trade? Let Them Eat Pasta Meat consumpti...
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.