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Forex Contradictions; Good Consortiums; Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!

Forex Contradictions President Donald Trump may not understand the complexities of currency valuations, but he knows their importance. His concurrent chastising of foreign governments for manipulating those values while making threats against the dollars’ worth not-withstanding. China has its own conflicts. President Xi Jinping reportedly believes the renminbi should be stronger due to the superiority of his country’s economy, but demurs to the cost of a strong yuan to exports. Currency traders scratch their heads. All governments are trying to currently free-ride their way out of COVID-recessions. “Command and control” China lacks transparency and jails dissidents (see Ren Zhiqiang); while western democracies lack...

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FOB Prices and Freight Rates App (Updated 4 March)

WPI Grain Prices and Freight Rate App Note: you can also visit the app directly by clicking here. Supplemental Information The section below offers a concise view of the options available in the current version of the WPI FOB Price and Freight Rate app, along with a short “How To”...

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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.

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