WTO Leadership Criteria Candidates to become the next leader of the WTO have begun taking turns before the body and pitching why they should be selected. Jesus Seade (Mexico) blamed a lack of WTO resources and said he would emphasize development. Abdel-Hamid Mamdouh (Egypt) blamed a lack of ideas of how to deal with Special and Differential Treatment, and the Appellate Body. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala (Nigeria) advised rebuilding trust, ensuring disciplines on transparency and notifications, and ending export restrictions on food and medicine. There is a wide chasm in the WTO to bridge. The easiest approach for candidates is to talk about development. Most members are self-described developing countries and they are desperate to hang on to their...
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.