Leverage at all Cost Activists have asked the Biden Administration to end the use of economic sanctions against other countries, saying they amount to a collective punishment of civilians. They acknowledge that it is not going away. In fact, all governments use every tool of leverage they can or must to achieve their foreign policy goals. Trade policy expert Deborah Elms notes how Donald Trump expanded the arsenal by hard wiring trade into the equation of the tools available as a weapon in the American foreign policy arsenal. The Biden Administration retained use of this weapon and the next administration regardless of political party will do the same. NZ Joins Modern Era New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will change his...
There was heavy volume exiting soybeans, which dragged down the broader market today. The lack of a specific Chinese buying commitment for soybeans undermined speculators who had placed bets on state-directed trade. But even the Chinese do not totally ignore market fundamentals. They may still...
On Tuesday, 12 May, WPI reported on an Executive Order being prepared by the Trump Administration to suspend tariff rate quotas (TRQs) on beef from all exporters for 200 days as a means of addressing high beef prices in the United States. After considerable pushback from cattle producer groups,...
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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.