WCIT Blog
Thoughts on the US. Department of Trade (and a new WCIT contest!)
Lots of news coverage and reaction today on President Obama's proposal to merge six agencies into a new "United States Department of Trade" - the U.S. Department of Commerce’s core business and trade functions, the Small Business Administration, the Office of the U.S....
State of Trade’s Top Ten for 2011
As 2011 slowly makes its way to conclusion, it's always a great time to look back and reflect on highs and lows for the year that was. And here at the State of Trade blog, we especially like to look back on the highs because, hey, there were so many of them! Of...
Trade Helps You Drink Coffee…Literally
There's many reasons that trade matters to Washington state. The jobs, the economic impact, the access to new markets for local businesses and the access to products from around the world for local residents - like coffee. Coffee? Of course, you say. We know that...
TPP: Y’all Come?
"TPP is not something that one gets invited to. It’s something that one aspires to.” That was the quote from Michael Froman, President Obama's deputy national security adviser for international economic affairs, in reaction to China's assertion that it would want to...
IP Should Not Be Used Freely
One of the major issues that the Washington Council on International Trade cares about is IPR - intellectual property rights. Whether in stand alone federal legislation on software piracy or codified into trade policy like the Information Technology Agreement (ITA),...
Trade Policy News Round-Up: LA Regional Export Council
I don't know if you can call a month-old article "news", but give me a break...I've been a little busy putting on the hugely successful Washington Trade Conference! So I'm going to give myself an extended statute of limitations to talk about this "recent" press...
2011 Trade Conference a Success!
I tried to think of a clever title for this blog post celebrating Monday's fantastic and SOLD OUT Washington Trade Conference, but I'm so out of practice. My last few posts have all been Trade Conference advertisements like the uncleverly -but accurately - titled...
JUST ANNOUNCED: Rep. Larsen & “Next Steps for Free Trade” panel at the Washington Trade Conference
With two weeks left until the Washington Trade Conference on November 21, I’ve already given you five great reasons to register, told you about the port competitiveness panel, announced the participation of the Canadian trade minister and shared our news about the...
JUST ANNOUNCED: Participants for the Washington Trade Conference’s Finance, Tourism & Global Health Panel
I hate to do two blog posts in one week about the Washington Trade Conference on November 21 (after Monday’s Canadian Trade Minister announcement), but I couldn’t wait any longer to reveal the participants for our panel discussion on “Improving Washington’s Trade...