EU negotiators are reportedly anxious to close a free trade agreement with Japan. Meanwhile, a report by the Congressional Research Service identifies the pros, cons and negotiating objectives for agriculture in a NAFTA modernization effort. Fast, Slow, Stop EU negotiators are reportedly anxious to close a free trade agreement with Japan. They are camped out in Tokyo until a deal is done, but slowing completion is Japan’s resistance to importing more cheese and unwillingness by Brussels to import more automobiles. Meanwhile, Greenpeace leaked some of the trade negotiating documents and claimed the deal would ruin the environment. Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström correctly notes that Greenpeace has never seen a trade deal it likes and...
What You Need to Know Today: There has already been a strong run of flash soybean sales announcements in recent weeks, but more than 1.4 MMT reported this morning is an exceptionally large single-day total with major implications for the market. If the sales to China and unknown destinations w...
On Friday, at 6:57 AM, President Donald Trump announced, via a social media post, a 90-day window during which up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef could be imported outside of tariff-rate quotas—a move aimed at bringing down costs for American consumers. This is the secon...
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Infrastructure investment due diligence
On behalf of a Canadian oilseed processer WPI's team provided market analysis, econometric modeling and financial due diligence in support of a $24 million-dollar investment in a Ukrainian crush plant. Consistent with WPI's findings, local production to supply the plant and the facility's output have expanded exponentially since the investment. WPI has conducted parallel work on behalf of U.S., South American and European clients, both private and public, in the agri-food space.