by WCIT | Jul 1, 2011 | WCIT Blog
It’s time, dear readers, to reach the final chapter of my “ABC’s of WCIT” series of posts. We started by defining what an international trade issue is, and then followed up with an explanation of why Washington state residents should care about...
by WCIT | Jun 30, 2011 | Freight Mobility, WCIT Blog
One thing that’s true about me is that I love listening to sports radio. It’s tough for a young, hip guy in Seattle to admit listening to anything other than NPR and KEXP, but I toggle back and forth between 950 KJR and 710 ESPN nonstop. In addition to...
by WCIT | Jun 29, 2011 | Free Trade Agreements, WCIT Blog
As they say, sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. Sure, one of my top priorities upon being hired as WCIT president was the pending free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea. But, I figured that I’d need at least a week to get...
by WCIT | Jun 27, 2011 | Washington Trade Policy News Round-up, WCIT Blog
Those of you who used to read my old blog, Prosperity Blog, know that one of my favorite things to do is to link to news articles that reinforce a point that I’ve been blogging about. That way, I look prescient and/or self-obsessed in your eyes, and at least one...
by WCIT | Jun 27, 2011 | WCIT Blog
If the last post was entitled “To Paraphrase Mark Twain,” then this one should probably make a reference to Frankenstein, George Romero or Lazarus…some clever play on rising from the dead. But that’s exactly what WCIT has done over the course...
by WCIT | Jun 24, 2011 | WCIT Blog
Rumors of WCIT’s demise are greatly exaggerated. That is, you might have noticed the article in the Puget Sound Business Journal about shrinking funding for international trade activities in Washington state. And I quote: The region’s trade-related nonprofits...
