IPEF Missing Link The Biden Administration’s Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) is a set of laudable goals, but it lacks the traditional grease by which agreements on weighty matters come to fruition. The grease is economic benefit, be it via increased access to the large American market, or some other economic enhancement. Countries do not ordinarily grant unilateral concessions, especially not to larger competitors like the U.S. Even when goals such as clean energy, fair and resilient trade, or supply chain resiliency are shared, the concern of most IPEF participants is that the U.S. wants something, and there needs to be an exchange of concessions. But for any substantive exchange, the U.S. Congress must be involved but...
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Forecasting developments in production agriculture
On behalf of a private U.S. agricultural technology provider, WPI’s team generated an econometric model to forecast the movement of concentrated corn production north and west from the traditional U.S. Corn Belt. WPI’s model has subsequently provided quantitative support to a multi-million-dollar investment into short-season corn variety development. WPI’s methodology included a series of interviews with regional grain elevators and seed consultants. Emphasizing outreach and communication with stakeholders who possess intimate sectoral knowledge – on-the-ground insights – is a regular component of WPI’s methodologies, made possible by WPI’s ever-growing network of industry contacts.