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Our Ports Are Great; Let’s Make Them Greater!
There’s nothing the staff of WCIT loves more than a free breakfast. Ok, not entirely true. There’s nothing that the staff of WCIT loves more than a free breakfast combined with a great discussion of trade policy! And apparently dozens of people agree, because nearly...
We’re Happy the President Mentioned Trade in the SOTU…But There’s Much More to be Done
Back in DC, the night of the State of the Union is sort of like “Wonk Super Bowl.” There are viewing parties, after parties and all sort of pre- and post-analysis. In this analogy, Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers’ post-speech response is sort of like Michael...
Congress Listened to WCIT When Drafting the TPA Bill
If I had a dollar for every time Congress did exactly what WCIT told them to do… Well, I’m not sure that I’d have all that much money, but I’d be at least $1 richer after this month’s introduction in the House and Senate of the Trade Priorities Act of 2014 (the bill...
WCIT Pledges to Lose Weight, Call Our Grandparents More…and Improve Trade Policy
Did you have any New Year’s resolutions this year? Plans to improve your health, take up new hobbies, grow professionally? Here at WCIT, we’re not into self-improvement because…how can you improve on perfection! But what we are resolved to do this year better than...
State of Trade’s Top Ten for 2013
It's that most special time of year, loyal State of Trade readers...just like the "restaurant wars" episode of Top Chef every season or the Nordstrom men's sale, this is something you've been anticipating hotly and counting down the days until you see it. And finally...
WCIT 2013 Year in Review and Note of Thanks
The holiday season is a nostalgic time for a lot of us: memories of family traditions, visions of sugar plum fairies, nonstop Warm 106.9 FM on the car radio…it’s easy to get emotional. So, maybe you’ll forgive me a little extra holiday emotion when I say “Holy $@!#@,...
The Washington Trade Conference May Be Over, But Advocacy on Top Trade Policy Issues Is Just Gearing Up
Or to clarify the title of this blog post, the Washington Trade Conference is definitely over. It took place on Monday, although we here at WCIT are only now coming down from our post-event high (and recovering from post-event exhaustion!). We were overjoyed with the...
Trade is on the Move in Eastern Washington
Wednesday, October 16, was a momentous day for WCIT and the nation – WCIT co-hosted its first Eastern Washington event, and Congress voted to reopen the government. To be clear, the Eastern Washington event is the thing that was momentous to WCIT…although we’re...
What’s Going on with TPP and TTIP? (A Government Shutdown Special Report)
My boss, WCIT President Eric Schinfeld, was in DC this week…coincidentally (?) at the exact same time that the federal government shut down. I’m not assigning blame or anything, but strange that he arrives and Congress immediately stops working. I mean, I know he...