TPP Re-enactment Society USTR says the next and fourth round of negotiations on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) will be held in Busan, South Korea during 9-15 July. Responding to critics of the Biden Administration’s relatively modest trade negotiating goals focused less on increased goods trade and more on social policy, Ambassador Katherine Tai said, “Would you like us to do less?” But Alan Beattie of the Financial Times had a more artful and apt description of the IPEF. He said, “Biden's Indo-Pacific Economic Framework isn’t a trade agreement so much as a TPP re-enactment society: some impressive-looking battles with realistic replica weapons but no one getting hurt." Exporting Emissions...
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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.