Policy A TRUE PRISONER’S DILEMMA At last weekend’s G7 summit in Biarritz, France, President Trump’s public ruminating on the progress/overall success/exit strategy with respect to the trade dispute with President Xi and China revealed just how boxed in the hardliners in the two countries have become. With the U.S. set to raise tariffs again on a portion of goods from China at the start of September, China’s leadership has responded with its own list of tariffs on targeted products. At this point, the back-and-forth and who threatened what and when seemingly obfuscates the fact that the hardliners in each camp, regardless of their lack of a clear strategy, have sucked all the oxygen out of the room. Comments...
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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.