by WCIT | Nov 21, 2013 | Free Trade Agreements, Freight Mobility, The Importance of International Trade, Washington Trade Policy Conference, WCIT Blog, WCIT Policy Priorities
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...
by WCIT | Oct 22, 2013 | Freight Mobility, WCIT Blog
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...
by WCIT | Oct 4, 2013 | Free Trade Agreements, WCIT Blog, WCIT Policy Priorities
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...
by WCIT | Sep 11, 2013 | The Importance of International Trade, WCIT Blog
One of Washington’s ports has the largest cold storage facility north of L.A. It’s also the largest exporter of soybean meal on the West coast, and is one of the fastest growing automobile exporters in the country. C’mon, State of Trade loyal readers, you know your...
by WCIT | Aug 14, 2013 | WCIT Blog, WCIT Policy Priorities
What do Washington apples and Indian cricket have in common? As it turns out, quite a lot! At least now that Washington apples are the “official fruit” of the Delhi Daredevils and the Bangalore Royal Challengers. (Sort of like how the Shishkaberry is the...
by WCIT | Aug 13, 2013 | Free Trade Agreements, Washington Trade Policy Conference, WCIT Blog, WCIT Policy Priorities
Last week represented about as “middle of summer” as you can get. The sun was shining and many people were on vacation, so the last thing you’d want to do is put on a major work event. So, of course, WCIT chose to host its annual Summer Trade...
