by WCIT | Oct 12, 2012 | Freight Mobility, The Importance of International Trade, WCIT Blog
On the plane to DC last week, I was reading a fascinating article in the New York Times about how technology is reducing the need for longshoreman at the Ports of New York & New Jersey – for better and for worse (better because of efficiency, worse because...
by WCIT | Oct 12, 2012 | The Importance of International Trade, WCIT Blog, WCIT Policy Priorities
Last year, I made a bold prediction: that “October 12, 2011” would always be known as “October 12, 2011”. Why is that date significant? Because it’s the day that Congress passed the South Korea-US (KORUS) free trade agreement (FTA). KORUS...
by WCIT | Oct 12, 2012 | The Importance of International Trade, Trade Data, WCIT Blog, WCIT Policy Priorities
It’s a cookbook! OK, well, maybe Washington state doesn’t export that many cookbooks to the rest of the world, but you know what we do export a lot of? Services! That’s one of the most exciting findings of the new International Competitiveness...
by WCIT | Oct 5, 2012 | News, The Importance of International Trade, Trade Data, WCIT Blog
On Monday, October 2, the Washington Council on International Trade – in collaboration with the Trade Development Alliance – released the International Competitiveness Strategy for Washington State. It was covered by media across Washington: Forty percent...
by WCIT | Oct 5, 2012 | The Importance of International Trade, Trade Data, WCIT Blog
As you probably heard, the Washington Council on International Trade and the Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle released the International Competitiveness Strategy for Washington State on Tuesday. I’m tempted to say that we “gave birth” to the International...
