by WCIT | Jul 24, 2014 | WCIT Blog
Editor’s note: This is a guest blog post by WCIT’s policy & communications intern, Ishani Ummat. Ishani is currently studying international business, finance and global health at the University of Washington, and we are thrilled to have her working...
by WCIT | Jun 23, 2014 | WCIT Blog, WCIT Policy Priorities
One of the questions that I sometimes hear when traveling around the state of Washington is “What does 50 tons of Washington cherries look like?” I was never sure why people asked me this, since I’m a trade policy person, not a giant pile of fruit expert, but those...
by WCIT | Jun 6, 2014 | WCIT Blog, WCIT Policy Priorities
HMT, Ex-Im, TPA 40% of WA jobs Depend on trade! By the time we finished all our meetings with the Washington congressional delegation on our recent WCIT D.C. Fly-In, our pitch on the most pressing trade policy priorities for Washington state began feeling much like a...
by WCIT | Apr 3, 2014 | Free Trade Agreements, WCIT Blog, WCIT Policy Priorities
Editor’s Note: WCIT is pleased to welcome our next guest blogger, Michael Messina, Sr. International Trade Consultant for Desh International Law, to the State of Trade blog. WCIT’s guest blogger series features posts by experts on diverse international trade policy...
by WCIT | Mar 26, 2014 | Washington Trade Policy News Round-up, WCIT Blog
Editor’s Note: WCIT is pleased to feature a series of guest blog posts on our State of Trade Blog. Guest bloggers are experts from diverse industries who will be writing on various topics relating to international trade policies and their impact on Washington state....
by WCIT | Mar 21, 2014 | Free Trade Agreements, WCIT Blog
Mmmm, French fries and cherries. What do these two things have in common, besides being delicious of course? They are examples of Washington state exports to South Korea that have grown over the past two years thanks to the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS)....
