Who Not When The Biden Administration has received encouragement from Capitol Hill and agriculture groups to nominate a U.S. agricultural trade negotiator for USTR and now the Congressional Research Service has added to the pressure. Its latest Focus report opines that agriculture is such a contentious issue that the lack of a U.S. chief agriculture trade negotiator could have implications at the upcoming WTO 12th Ministerial conference in November. That assertion presumes that: 1) some progress on trade negotiations can be achieved at the Ministerial, and/or 2) that anyone nominated and confirmed on behalf of the U.S. would be a constructive influence. While history suggests that progress in Geneva seems doubtful, who is picked as the agr...
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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.