USMCA GMO Corn Panelists The U.S. and Mexico have agreed on the three jurists that will decide on Washington’s complaint about AMLO’s GMO corn ban. Hugo Perezcano Díaz is a former general counsel for international trade in Mexico’s Ministry of Economy. His work on investor-state dispute settlement cases may create some suspicions among American corn interests, but he is a defender of that approach to cross-border investments. He is also now deputy director of International Economic Law at CIGI, which produces peer-reviewed research in Canada. Christian Häberli has spent decades at the World Trade Institute in Switzerland where he has worked on scientific research including food safety. Jean Kalicki is an indep...
WPI Grain Prices and Freight Rate App Note: you can also visit the app directly by clicking here. Supplemental Information The section below offers a concise view of the options available in the current version of the WPI FOB Price and Freight Rate app, along with a short “...
What You Need to Know Today: Iran says its definition of the Strait of Hormuz is now a “vast operation area” that stretches from Jask to Siri Island. The White House said President Trump did not sign a suspension of the TRQs on beef imports but is “finalizing potential...
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Forecasting developments in production agriculture
On behalf of a private U.S. agricultural technology provider, WPI’s team generated an econometric model to forecast the movement of concentrated corn production north and west from the traditional U.S. Corn Belt. WPI’s model has subsequently provided quantitative support to a multi-million-dollar investment into short-season corn variety development. WPI’s methodology included a series of interviews with regional grain elevators and seed consultants. Emphasizing outreach and communication with stakeholders who possess intimate sectoral knowledge – on-the-ground insights – is a regular component of WPI’s methodologies, made possible by WPI’s ever-growing network of industry contacts.