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 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)....
by WCIT | Feb 3, 2014 | Free Trade Agreements, The Importance of International Trade, WCIT Blog, WCIT Policy Priorities
Back in DC, the night of the State of the Union is sort of like “Wonk Super Bowl.” There are viewing parties, after parties and all sort of pre- and post-analysis. In this analogy, Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers’ post-speech response is sort of like Michael...
by WCIT | Jan 24, 2014 | Free Trade Agreements, WCIT Blog, WCIT Policy Priorities
If I had a dollar for every time Congress did exactly what WCIT told them to do… Well, I’m not sure that I’d have all that much money, but I’d be at least $1 richer after this month’s introduction in the House and Senate of the Trade Priorities Act of 2014 (the bill...
by WCIT | Nov 21, 2013 | Free Trade Agreements, Freight Mobility, The Importance of International Trade, Washington Trade Policy Conference, WCIT Blog, WCIT Policy Priorities
Or to clarify the title of this blog post, the Washington Trade Conference is definitely over. It took place on Monday, although we here at WCIT are only now coming down from our post-event high (and recovering from post-event exhaustion!). We were overjoyed with the...
by WCIT | Oct 4, 2013 | Free Trade Agreements, WCIT Blog, WCIT Policy Priorities
My boss, WCIT President Eric Schinfeld, was in DC this week…coincidentally (?) at the exact same time that the federal government shut down. I’m not assigning blame or anything, but strange that he arrives and Congress immediately stops working. I mean, I know he...
