TiSA and Services Exports – Sleeping Giant for Washington State Economy
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 issues impacting Washington state’s international competitiveness. We hear a great deal about …
Read MoreKORUS Turns Two!
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). Saturday, March 15, marked the two-year …
Read MoreWe’re Happy the President Mentioned Trade in the SOTU…But There’s Much More to be Done
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 Strahan’s breakdown of Russell Wilson’s …
Read MoreCongress Listened to WCIT When Drafting the TPA Bill
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 …
Read MoreThe Washington Trade Conference May Be Over, But Advocacy on Top Trade Policy Issues Is Just Gearing Up
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 incredible speakers and panelists, the …
Read MoreWhat’s Going on with TPP and TTIP? (A Government Shutdown Special Report)
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 likes to have people’s undivided attention, …
Read MoreIt’s Just Lunch (About Trade Policy)
Last week represented about as “middle of summer” as you can get. The sun was shining and many people were on vacation, so the last thing you’d want to do is put on a major work event. So, of course, WCIT chose to host its annual Summer Trade Luncheon. (That seems …
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