Lake Geneva Switzerland officially notified the WTO today that it will formally agree to the agreement on fisheries subsidies. WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala immediately pronounced that Switzerland’s acceptance will spur “real momentum” toward widespread adoption. The fisheries agreement addresses ocean sustainability. Switzerland is a land-locked mountainous country. By widespread, Okonjo-Iweala must mean she is now expecting adoption by Austria, the Central African Republic, Paraguay, Laos and other land-locked nations. Farm Bill/China Respondents to WPI’s poll about the 2023 Farm Bill indicates a large number of people (see below) are skeptical that a fractured Congress can agree to anything other tha...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
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...
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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.