Agriculture Exception U.S. House Republicans are set to pass legislation today clamping down on border crossings but it required a last minute concession to the agriculture sector. The bill requires employers to use a government electronic verification system (E-Verify) before hiring to ensure that prospective employees have a legal right to work in the U.S. Since the majority of laborers in agriculture are undocumented, the bill was set to decimate the industry. Republican leaders capitulated and extended the time period for agriculture to comply and included language that Homeland Security must take into account how its enforcement impacts the sector. Sino Games USTR Katherine Tai is scheduled to meet her Chinese counterpart, Wan...
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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.