SEA Case Study Two Southeast Asian neighbors are going to provide yet another example of which economic model works better: market capitalism or protectionism. Indonesian agricultural economist Bustanil Arifin says his country will never have food self-reliance and food sovereignty as long as there is easy access to imported products. The government has taken these arguments to heart by reintroducing barriers to trade. By contrast, next-door neighbor Malaysia has moved up to number 18 on the World Bank's Doing Business indicators, versus number 129 for Indonesia. And Malaysia is a negotiating party in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). These two countries will provide another case study to be ignored by other countries at their peril...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
A federal appeals court paused a USITC ruling against President Trump’s use of Section 122 to impose 10-percent global tariffs. A bipartisan group of 80 House members asked USTR to investigate specialty crop imports from Mexico for unfair trade practices. India notified the WT...
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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.