The impact of the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement means that TTIP and TPP will have to result in impressive trade policy improvements for the U.S. or else passage in Congress will be more difficult, if not impossible. TTIP, TPP Block TPA There is no reason for Congress to rush into the political pitfalls of passing Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) as there is little chance that the large Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreements will be completed anytime soon. This is evidenced by the current dynamics of the two trade negotiations. Meetings this week in Brussels have reportedly featured the Americans demanding regulatory reform in Europe, setting unfettered access for U.S...
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...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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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.