Defining National Security: U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said the WTO “is getting itself on very, very thin ice” by ruling that Trump-era steel and aluminum tariffs violated trade rules. She said the finding “challenges the integrity of the system.” Limits to Helping Ukraine: The EU’s policy of open imports from Ukraine to support the war effort will be reconsidered this coming summer. EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski says regarding agricultural products, “For some products, this policy will have to be revised. I know the farmers’ concerns and I see the problem. It is a matter of security, but for some products, this policy will have to be revised. Imports of some agricul...
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...
From WPI Consulting
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.