The U.S. Senate passed an infrastructure investment package today, a prerequisite by the Biden Administration before Washington will again reduced barriers to trade. However, conditioning freer trade on this infrastructure package could end up being a drag on the economy. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated yesterday that “we must first make a generational investment in our own competitiveness” before any new trade deals. He cited the fact that China has been investing three times as much on infrastructure as the U.S. but like waiting for investment to trade, there is a certain shallowness to the proposition. China has three times the number of people and due to decades of Maoism, it has been scramblin...
From WPI Consulting
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.