Electoral Defeats May Cause Argentine Peronists to Revisit Export Restrictions Midterm congressional primary elections were held on Sunday in Argentina. The results saw the left of center Front for All group of Peronists headed by President Alberta Fernandez capture 30 percent of the vote while the center-right Together for Change coalition captured 38 percent. The Together for Change coalition won the key Buenos Aires province that normally votes for the leftist Peronists. Midterm elections will be held in November. Those elections will determine the makeup for the lower Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. If the primary election results carry over to the November midterm elections, the party of President Fernandez would lose control of...
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.