Policy Deference The bilateral trade balance is a narrow way to look at the relative relationship between two countries. The government of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo is seeking to ignore its own regulations that guide the application of the General Law on Adequate and Sustainable Food. Activists argue that the law requires front-of-package labeling when goods contain GMOs or were produced using glyphosate. They accuse Sheinbaum’s government of acceding to the wishes of multinational corporations and note that U.S. law requires similar treatment of GMOs. The government is trying to avoid creating hostility from the Trump Administration. In much the same way, Japan and South Korea purchase U.S. agricultural commodit...
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.