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Liberation Day Minus One; States Rights, National Losses; The Hammer and USDA

Liberation Day Minus One The Trump team is said to be weighing 20 percent across the board tariffs, reducing the share of U.S. funding of the WTO, and critic James Carville says the Administration has collapsed in less than three months. Morgan Stanley calls all the stated goals for tariffs as the “impossible trinity.” It cannot concurrently generate massive revenues, cause other countries to reset their policies in better favor of America, and cause the reshoring of industry. How can its impact be vastly negative only for the U.S., which has one of the world’s lowest trade dependency (trade/GDP) ranks? The world is unfair. The Europeans and Canadians are free loaders on defense. China's SOE's are a superpower. Every natio...

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WPI’s team was retained by the governing board of a U.S. industry organization to review a decision, reached by vote, to invest significant assets into the development and management of an export trading company. WPI’s team conducted a formal review of this decision and concluded that the current level of market saturation would limit the benefits of the investment. Based on WPI’s analysis and recommended actions, the board subsequently reversed its decision and undertook a strategic planning effort to identify more impactful investments. On behalf of numerous clients, WPI has not only assisted in identifying strategic paths but also advised their implementation.

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