TPA Fight President Obama has finally told Congress that he wants the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) that will enable an expedited and amendment-limiting process for approving trade agreements. In typical fashion, Congressional Democrats and Republicans are fighting over the details of a TPA. Democrats want obligations such as enforceability, in any trade agreement, that participating nations will abide by requirements in Multilateral Environmental Agreements and the International Labor Organization. Republicans are holding back support for Trade Adjustment Assistance to workers as their point of leverage. However, trouble lies ahead for the administration on where the two parties agree – addressing currency manipulation. Currency Ma...
What You Need to Know Today: U.S. weather is getting more attention this week as conditions vary greatly across the western, central, and eastern corn belts, with the different regions battling dryness and too much rain simultaneously. The ProFarmer Crop Tour began today in Indiana and Nebrask...
Key Takeaways: Argentina is on pace for a record corn crop and record exports in the current marketing year, with abundant supplies likely to keep the country highly competitive in global export markets. Argentina’s record exportable surplus is allowing it to offer highly competitive pri...
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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.