In Chinese, the saying fifty steps laughs at one hundred steps is equivalent to the English version of the pot calling the kettle black. That should be the reaction to Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan’s comments at this week’s Bloomberg New Economy Forum. Wang said that, “Countries must rise above exclusive blocs and reject the zero-sum mentality.” This is right after China joined the exclusive trading block called the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. He also pronounced that, “We should build an open world economy that works for all. We must firmly safeguard the multilateral trading system under the WTO and unequivocally reject unilateralism and protectionism.” Yet it is China that ranks 115...
If the media headlines and Trump critics are to be believed, President Trump is headed to Beijing this Thursday in a weakened position. China is in control, it has the upper hand, and expectations are very low. These are the same critics that argue against overly simplistic zero-sum analyses in...
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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.