There are seven legislative days left before the fiscal year ends on 30 September, and on at least one of those days (23 September) the session is not scheduled to start until after 6:30 pm. This is the window for Congress to pass a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the federal government open while completing a more detailed budget blueprint that meets the broad, bi-partisan outline agreed to back on 2 August. The CR is now expected, according to our sources, to be voted on in the House on Friday. Late last week, it was tentatively scheduled to move through the House Rules Committee today at 5 PM; that’s the panel that determines what amendments are, or are not, in order on the floor, and to be in the legislative hopper for a vote...
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.