Process-based trade rules are a slippery slope since perceptions of efficacy can vary greatly. Since global fisheries are being depleted at a rapid rate, the WTO has spent many years fruitlessly pursuing an agreement to eliminate subsidies for certain forms of fishing, albeit with exemptions for developing countries. Fish meal contributes to over-fishing by allowing by-catch to serve as further economic inventive for indiscriminate haul-in. Certain species of farmed fish will not tolerate vegetable-based protein and require fish meal but almost half the fish meal production goes to animal feed and even fertilizer. Since amino acid structures can be adapted to most livestock and a substantial amount of fish farming, fish meal is unnec...
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.