War’s Declining Options WPI is not the only observer that President Trump blinked when he postponed his threatened imposition of additional tariffs, and President Xi Jinping obviously senses it as a point of weakness to exploit. This was evidenced by Beijing’s refusal to concede any goodwill concessions in return as well as the lack of a scheduled resumption in bilateral negotiations. Treasury’s data informed Mr. Trump over last weekend that he needed to back off on his tariff threat amid the primary goal of avoiding a recession going into 2020. The economy could stabilize, but what if there is a recession anyway? Mr. Trump is predictable in some ways and unpredictable in others, and so the following are theoretical scen...
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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.