by Colleen Boetel | Jun 6, 2022 | News, WCIT Blog
We don’t need to abandon IP rights to address the vaccine gap By Lori Otto Punke, President, Washington Council on International Trade Covid-19 is one of the greatest health challenges in history. In addressing it, the breadth and scale of vaccinations distributed...
by Colleen Boetel | Apr 27, 2022 | WCIT Blog
The Numbers and Issues Defining Trade Lori Otto Punke, President, Washington Council on International Trade This month’s release of our 2022 Trade Policy Agenda as well as our new WCIT Quarterly Trade Dashboard provides the latest relevant information on the trends...
by Colleen Boetel | Dec 15, 2021 | WCIT Blog
This summer and fall has seen a surge in port traffic, forcing shipping delays and upended retail distribution channels and manufacturing supply chains. News coverage has been replete with stories of shipping bottlenecks and images of hundreds of container vessels...
by WCIT | Feb 5, 2020 | WCIT Blog
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has been one of the fastest-growing airports in the country over the last decade, and the airport has been undergoing major infrastructure upgrades to accommodate the related massive increase in passenger volumes. WCIT members...
by WCIT | May 30, 2018 | WCIT Blog
Washington has always been a leader in international trade. From our geographic position as the “Gateway to Asia” to the Washington businesses who equate trade with opportunity to the efforts of our Congressional delegations past and present, our state takes its role...
by WCIT | May 2, 2018 | WCIT Blog
President Trump recently indicated that the United States might consider rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Rejoining the TPP is a no-brainer for Washington state. Here’s why. The TPP would remove more than 18,000 tariffs across member countries,...
