Sources in the Trump administration and the press indicate that a new trade agreement with China is nearly complete. U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators are in frequent communication as they rush to create a final document rumored to total 150 page, and an announcement that it has been completed could come at any time. Administration sources suggest that Presidents Xi and Trump will likely meet at Mar-a-Lago in Florida on 27 March to seal the deal. What will actually be covered by the agreement? There is much speculation about the details based on what has been leaked so far, but little is known regarding the specifics. The consensus is that China will “increase” its purchases of U.S. goods by a purported $1.2 trillion over a si...
From WPI Consulting
Illuminating the value of technical research
On behalf of a commodity producer organization, WPI evaluated the outputs from a project that featured a $5 million investment into technical research over multiple years. WPI’s team captured the results of this extensive effort and synthesized them for presentation to the organization’s governing board; among the findings uncovered and presented for the first time was the development of genomic traits proven, via rigorous testing, to provide crop yield advantages of 50 percent or more to U.S. farmers in times of drought. Capturing measurable results from long-term efforts can be challenging. Educating clients on the dynamics of success measurement when quantifiable results are not readily available requires deep client-consultant collaboration and an ability to consider both near- and long-term client aspirations with market/policy dynamics – attributes that WPI brings to every consulting engagement.