by WCIT | Jan 13, 2012 | The Importance of International Trade, Washington Trade Policy News Round-up, WCIT Blog
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...
by WCIT | Dec 28, 2011 | Free Trade Agreements, Freight Mobility, The Importance of International Trade, Trade Email of the Week, Washington Trade Policy News Round-up, WCIT Blog, WCIT Policy Priorities
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...
by WCIT | Dec 9, 2011 | The Importance of International Trade, Washington Trade Policy News Round-up, WCIT Blog
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...
by WCIT | Dec 8, 2011 | Free Trade Agreements, WCIT Blog, WCIT Policy Priorities
“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...
by WCIT | Nov 30, 2011 | The Importance of International Trade, Trade Data, WCIT Blog, WCIT Policy Priorities
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...
by WCIT | Nov 30, 2011 | Washington Trade Policy News Round-up, WCIT Blog
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...
