Contrasting TTIP Views: Not only are the U.S. and EU far from agreement on a trade pact, but politicians and pundits also are far from agreement on its prospects and impacts. Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny met with President Obama today and preceded the session by saying negotiation of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) could be completed by the end of 2014. The Peterson Institute says that a successful agreement would force a break in the logjam of the Doha negotiations. Former World Bank Director for International Trade Uri Dadush says that expectations around the TTIP are dangerously high, that the negotiations could last beyond Mr. Obama's presidency, and, if successful, likely would deal a final blow to the Do...
Yesterday, Alberta held a referendum on whether to begin the process toward independence from Canada. With more than one million votes counted as of early Tuesday morning, around 77 percent supported remaining in Canada, and 23 percent voted to start the process of separation, according to unof...
What You Need to Know Today: Harvest pressure in the U.S. sent corn and soybeans lower as supplies increased and there were signs USDA’s upward revisions to yields in the October WASDE could be close to right. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine escalated over the weekend, with Ukrai...
Developer's Note 24 August 2026: WPI recently completed an exercise that updated the codebase for this app and solved some of the discrepancies between our five-year average calculation and USDA's. There are a few lingering cases where early (late) starts (finishes) to the crop cycle resu...
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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.