Shadowy Trade Policy White House press spokesman John Kirby prefaced President Biden’s trip to Northern Ireland this week by saying, “He’s going to talk about trade and economic prosperity in Northern Ireland and all the opportunities that opens up between ... the United States and the UK.” Yet President Biden kept his meeting with UK Prime Minster Rishi Sunak very brief, and he ignored press questions about a free trade agreement. Meanwhile, a survey of business leaders by Inside U.S. Trade reflected a large amount of uncertainty about the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) negotiations. The Administration has focused on its relationship with organized labor while keeping its distance from indust...
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...
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.