Chips War China complained that Washington’s export restrictions on semiconductors and on Chinese telecommunications companies violate WTO principles. There are larger worries than that. China has just taken over the number one position as a global automobile exporter and Washington worries that the Middle Kingdom will next dump a huge volume of cheap microchips on the market. Or worse, a new estimate suggests that if China invades Taiwan and the West retaliates, the cost will be a $10 trillion hit to the global economy. That would dwarf the adverse impacts of both the war in Ukraine and in the Middle East. Domino Effect German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is admonishing his EU partners because a majority are not delivering the com...
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.