President Biden and the four top Congressional leaders - House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California), Minority Leader Hakeem Jefferies(D-New York), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York), and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) – are scheduled to be meeting today at the time of this report to negotiate on a debt ceiling and potential budget bill; the last meeting was with McCarthy and President Biden on 1 February. Today’s meeting of the principals was preceded by senior staff level meetings last Friday. At the time, the Treasury Department estimated the federal government would no longer be able to maintain extraordinary measures to avoid borrowing and cover debt payments by 5 June; the Congressional...
The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) enters its mandated six-year review on 1 July. The original intent of the review is outlined in Article 34.7, which obligates members to: Provide recommendations and decide on appropriate actions. Extend the USMCA for another 16 years and meet aga...
Key Market Insights Geopolitical Limbo: Geopolitical risk remained a key driver across global commodity markets today. President Trump stated that the Iran memorandum of understanding is not yet final and warned that military action could resume if negotiations fail. Both sides continue w...
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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.