U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai is pushing back at critics of the Biden Administration’s withdrawal from decades of trade liberalization. She continued the populist rhetoric that the Administration’s position is a defense of workers, that the U.S. position reflects a global trend, and that this will be a long-term trend. As characterized by former Clinton labor secretary and stalwart trade skeptic Robert Reich, the rules have been rigged against American manufacturing workers and this is a necessary reset. Meanwhile, Republicans seeking to replace Mr. Biden are echoing this message. Former President Trump wants to impose a 10-percent tariff across the board, and his primary opponents are focused on shutting down t...
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Illuminating the value of technical research
On behalf of a commodity producer organization, WPI evaluated the outputs from a project that featured a $5 million investment into technical research over multiple years. WPI’s team captured the results of this extensive effort and synthesized them for presentation to the organization’s governing board; among the findings uncovered and presented for the first time was the development of genomic traits proven, via rigorous testing, to provide crop yield advantages of 50 percent or more to U.S. farmers in times of drought. Capturing measurable results from long-term efforts can be challenging. Educating clients on the dynamics of success measurement when quantifiable results are not readily available requires deep client-consultant collaboration and an ability to consider both near- and long-term client aspirations with market/policy dynamics – attributes that WPI brings to every consulting engagement.