Rationalizing More MFP China has flexibility to delay the volume of its Phase One agreement purchasing under a force majeure provision of the agreement. The Trump Administration appears to be acquiescing to the reality of a Chinese economy unable to meet its normal commitments at this time due to the coronavirus outbreak. This leniency will likely hold provided Beijing does not turn around and instead buy a bunch of agricultural products from Australia and South America. Notably, U.S. farmers may not be very upset about the delay. They have just received the third and supposedly “final” installment of the Market Facilitation Payments (MFP) intended to compensate them for the trade war with China. Farm lobbyists in Washington ha...
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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.