Siding with the Elephants Newly installed WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala may come from a developing country but she knows her organization’s bills get paid by its rich members. In her opening remarks as the WTO’s leader, she called self-designation to obtain special and differential treatment “divisive” and suggested it should be voluntarily withdrawn like it was by Singapore, South Korea, and Brazil. (Note that the commitment by South Korea and Brazil applied to future WTO commitments). She also sided with the agenda in Washington and Brussels for greater transparency and notification, plus dealing with state-owned enterprises. In short, she was practically silent on the demands by G-90 countries, includi...
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...
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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.