by WCIT | Feb 19, 2016 | WCIT Blog
What does WCIT do to celebrate the reauthorization of the Export-Import (EXIM) Bank? Eat sausages and drink craft beer of course! This week we partied at Hilliard’s Brewery with dozens of local businesses who utilize the EXIM Bank’s programs for a very special reason:...
by WCIT | Feb 4, 2016 | WCIT Blog
Today, February 4, is an exciting day for those of us who care about Washington state’s global competitiveness; today is the day that officials from all twelve countries that are part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership will meet in New Zealand to officially sign the...
by WCIT | Aug 18, 2015 | WCIT Blog
Your trade stories matter. If there was one take-away lesson from WCIT’s Summer Luncheon earlier this month, that was it. U.S. Representative DelBene and a panel of DC trade policy experts discussed an array of trade policy topics, from failure of Congress to...
by WCIT | Jun 25, 2015 | WCIT Blog
It’s finally here, the moment we’ve been waiting for the past three years – yesterday Congress passed Trade Promotion Authority! Do you hear the fireworks shooting from the WCIT office? It’s not been easy to get here today, and there have been nail-biting twists and...
by WCIT | Apr 10, 2015 | WCIT Blog
One week ago, the Seattle City Council voted before a rowdily cheering crowd to oppose Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) and express concerns about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). With a 9-0 vote, the councilmembers put the City on record against President Obama’s...
by WCIT | Apr 2, 2015 | WCIT Blog
Editor’s Note: This post was co-written by Ashley Dutta, Policy & Communication Director at WCIT, and Stefanie Holland, Director of International Policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and was posted on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Blog. Members of the...
