Subs and Trade China has applied for membership to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a move that should require the Biden Administration to reevaluate its reluctance to join the trade agreement. Beijing made the application on the same day it joined France in decrying a joint U.S.-UK sale of nuclear submarines to Australia. It happened one day before the EU announced a new strategy for increasing European influence in the Indo-Pacific region that includes an increase in naval presence in the region. While China believes it will successfully join CPTPP, others cite the challenges Beijing will have with meeting the agreement’s requirements for transparency and state-owned enterprises. It...
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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.