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...
by WCIT | Aug 13, 2013 | Free Trade Agreements, Washington Trade Policy Conference, WCIT Blog, WCIT Policy Priorities
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...
by WCIT | Apr 2, 2013 | Free Trade Agreements, The Importance of International Trade, WCIT Blog, WCIT Policy Priorities
Last month brought the news that Japan is officially seeking membership in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) regional free trade negotiations. While many people at the national level immediately began pondering what this means for the TPP, your friendly bloggers...
by WCIT | Feb 14, 2013 | Free Trade Agreements, WCIT Blog, WCIT Policy Priorities
Let’s start off with one of the most important facts of this entire blog post. According to the AP Style Guide, the acronym for the United States is “U.S.” with periods; the acronym for the European Union is “EU” with no period. Not sure why there are no periods in EU...
by WCIT | Feb 13, 2013 | Free Trade Agreements, The Importance of International Trade, WCIT Blog
Last night’s State of the Union featured two paragraphs on international trade. Let’s not get into a discussion of whether that’s too little or too much for a speech that’s about economic opportunity and job growth, especially for a state like...
