by WCIT | Nov 19, 2014 | WCIT Blog
Do you ever have a week when it feels like the world’s events are all around you? WCIT President Eric Schinfeld feels like that every day, but for the rest of us, it’s rare that every news item relates directly to what we’re working on. For those of us working in...
by WCIT | Sep 22, 2014 | WCIT Blog, WCIT Policy Priorities
If you’ve been following the trade news this summer, you’ve probably witnessed the political wrestling match surrounding the Export-Import Bank, the national export credit agency. Reauthorizing the Ex-Im Bank before its September 30 expiration has been one of WCIT’s...
by WCIT | Aug 18, 2014 | WCIT Blog
Has anyone ever asked you, “If you could have dinner (or lunch) with anyone in the world, who would it be?” It’s always kind of a fun exercise to daydream about meeting rock stars, actors, role models, inventors, CEOs, etc. Who would you pick? Well, WCIT had our wish...
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...
