by WCIT | Aug 18, 2011 | WCIT Blog, WCIT Policy Priorities
No, seriously, I mean it. This isn’t one of those “why is a raven like a writing desk?” questions (Alice in Wonderland reference, btw). I think this is a potentially interesting and vital question at the intersection of two major national policy...
by WCIT | Aug 16, 2011 | Free Trade Agreements, Trade Email of the Week, WCIT Blog
Back in my days writing for the Prosperity Blog on Puget Sound economic development issues, I had a weekly featured called REDEW: the Random Economic Development Email of the Week. Whatever the most interesting economic development related email I received that week,...
by WCIT | Aug 11, 2011 | The Importance of International Trade, WCIT Blog, WCIT Policy Priorities
Sometimes my blog titles are so clever and witty that you don’t know what the post is about until you start reading it. “You Down with TPP? (Yeah, You Know Me!)” might be one example of that. But this post title is pretty straight up. This is a great...
by WCIT | Aug 11, 2011 | WCIT Blog
In my first month and a half on the job as president of the Washington Council on International Trade, I’ve had the opportunity to talk to a lot of folks about a) trade policy and b) the role of WCIT. On the former, the answers have been broad, as this list of...
by WCIT | Aug 10, 2011 | Trade Data, WCIT Blog
State of Trade isn’t often a venue for basic trade data. Sure, WCIT uses a lot of data in its analysis of various trade policies, but there’s plenty of other repositories of trade data for you to check out. And, if you can’t find it, feel free to...
by WCIT | Aug 9, 2011 | Free Trade Agreements, WCIT Blog, WCIT Policy Priorities
Every industry has its set of confusing and obscure acronyms. In the world of economic development, we often talk about STEM degrees (science, technology, engineering and math), which are the key to job creation in Washington’s economy (especially now). In...
