Upstaging Agriculture Just as the Trump administration has a unique penchant for bilateral trade agreements, believing they provide the U.S. with greater leverage than in plurilateral negotiations, it has struck new ground in pursuing “staged” negotiations with Japan and Europe. The agriculture component of the U.S.-Japan trade negotiations is already baked since President Trump and Prime Minister Abe agreed to limit it to the levels of prior Japanese commitments in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Japan-EU agreement. However, there is U.S.-EU disagreement as to whether agriculture should even be included in a transatlantic trade negotiation. One “solution” is USTR’s proposal to negotiate with the...
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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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.