Risky Strategy Some Congressional and Taiwanese officials are convinced that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will visit Taiwan this week. The U.S. Navy has reportedly moved assets closer to the island after Beijing warned of military retaliation. Meanwhile, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will take up legislation on Wednesday (The Taiwan Policy Act) that will further stoke Chinese animosity as it elevates Formosa’s diplomatic status and increases the U.S. commitment to military sales. Whether she lands on the island or not, there is a growing Congressional interest in picking fights with China, which is unlikely to be contained to East Asia and could last years. If recent diplomatic skirmishes are any indication, Western dem...
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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.