GOOD MORNING, Quiet markets are subject to quick bounces and breaks. Yesterday, what was a quiet atmosphere suddenly turned higher as trade war news headlines splashed again, this time not from the US, but from China. The South China Morning Post reported that China is expected to buy more US agricultural goods in hopes of delaying a series of tariffs that will take effect in October and December, as well as ease the supply ban against Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies. The fact that China made the statement they will purchase more US beans, betting that it’s a good faith statement to open doors on meat exports as well, got the attention of the algo traders who were quick to buy something. Today, China announced it wil...
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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.