Tai’s Easy Day Katherine Tai’s nomination hearing before the Senate Finance Committee today was all polite ceremony. Her thoughtful and respectful approach easily winning an eventual lopsided confirmation vote. She was not asked about trade deficits or pressed into any corners. Committee members concurrently praised her predecessor, Robert Lighthizer, while criticizing Trump trade policy. Yet, Trump trade policy continues with lots of tariffs and no TPP. The one common denominator was the need to be aggressive on China. Europhiles on the Potomac Washington’s recovery from Trump is moving faster than its recovery from COVID. There are nearly 70 different think tanks in the city and more than a few have been holding...
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.