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USMCA Reckoning; Make My Brown Eyes Green; Not Such Free Traders

USMCA Reckoning USTR Robert Lighthizer and his Canadian and Mexican counterparts are meeting today to discuss the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Lighthizer will likely give a brief on the final demands by Democrats before allowing Congressional consideration of the trade pact. Key will be the labor rights enforcement provisions demanded to be imposed on Mexico. Organized labor has played hardball, once demanding that shipments of goods crossing the border be seized if produced with substandard labor requirements. The question is whether the latest bottom line is low enough for Mexico City to abide. Make my Brown Eyes Green China claims fidelity to the Paris Agreement on climate change and yet, according to the Global Energy Monitor, Beiji...

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Market Commentary: Grains Consolidate while Soymeal Runs Higher and Cattle Firm

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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 “How To”...

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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.

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