Biden Trade Policy The Biden Administration’s approach to trade policy continues to be plodding and cautious. After meeting with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, it was announced that TIFA negotiations would be restarted. However, the Prime Minister thinks that the U.S. belongs in the CPTPP and cautioned that the IPEF (still ill-defined) must “be meaningful.” Then there is the separate IPEF negotiations with Taiwan. Taipei was excluded from the IPEF with 14 other countries because it might upset Beijing, whereas somehow an IPEF agreement directly between the U.S. and Taiwan does not? Then there is the obligatory references to trade being worker-centric, good for the environment, the climate and gender eq...
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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.