U.S. Africa Relations The Biden Administration started but failed to complete regional agreements like the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Prosperity (IP3) and the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity. Some House members still think U.S. relations in Asia are important and have called for a new Indo-Pacific trade strategy. President Biden also recommended an extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which expires this year. Incoming Trump Administration U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer called AGOA a non-reciprocal trade preference program and a “giveaway.” However, U.S. Senator and Agriculture Committee member Raphael Warnock (D-Georgia) described AGOA as a ‘net positive’ and warned tha...
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.