Trade Negotiation Weekly U.S. House Ways & Means Subcommittee Chairman Early Blumenauer (D-Oregon) says one of his priorities is WTO reform and this week WTO Director General Roberto Azevêdo will be in Washington to discuss reform of the multilateral system. Also arriving will be Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, reportedly to kickoff negotiation of a bilateral trade deal. Separately, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is receiving criticism for considering reducing technical import barriers to American farm products in exchange for Washington ending its punitive tariffs on European foods. Ultimately, the goal is to remove Mr. Trump’s threat to squeeze German automobile manufacturing with tariffs. Sup...
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.