Things That Go In Boxes
One of my favorite trade-related stories is the continuing development of “what else can we do with shipping containers.” We’re seeing stories about shipping containers used as commercial buildings, Starbucks coffee shops and even a grocery store opened by a WCIT board member’s wife! The latest addition to this story is the …
Read MoreWind Tax Credit “Not Dead Yet”
The above was the title of this Politico article on the prospects for Congressional renewal of the Wind Energy Production Tax Credit. But every time I hear the phrase “not dead yet” I think of the beginning of Monty Python and the Holy Grail where the dead body collector comes …
Read MoreThoughts on the US. Department of Trade (and a new WCIT contest!)
Lots of news coverage and reaction today on President Obama’s proposal to merge six agencies into a new “United States Department of Trade” – the U.S. Department of Commerce’s core business and trade functions, the Small Business Administration, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the Export-Import Bank, the Overseas …
Read MoreState of Trade’s Top Ten for 2011
As 2011 slowly makes its way to conclusion, it’s always a great time to look back and reflect on highs and lows for the year that was. And here at the State of Trade blog, we especially like to look back on the highs because, hey, there were so many …
Read MoreTrade Helps You Drink Coffee…Literally
There’s many reasons that trade matters to Washington state. The jobs, the economic impact, the access to new markets for local businesses and the access to products from around the world for local residents – like coffee. Coffee? Of course, you say. We know that coffee beans aren’t grown in …
Read MoreTrade Policy News Round-Up: LA Regional Export Council
I don’t know if you can call a month-old article “news”, but give me a break…I’ve been a little busy putting on the hugely successful Washington Trade Conference! So I’m going to give myself an extended statute of limitations to talk about this “recent” press release announcing the creation of …
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