From Russia, With Love (of Tariffs)
My wife didn’t think this blog post title made sense…since it’s really about how Russia doesn’t love tariffs and is willing to lower them to join the World Trade Organization. But you get the idea, plus it’s a James Bond reference (my second on this blog to date), so it’s …
Read MorePaying for the Competition to Compete with You
Every so often, an industry will decide that some of its stakeholders will need to pay more than their fair share for the greater good. The Seattle Times was very familiar with that concept, until it finally got rid of its Joint Operating Agreement with the Seattle P-I. The New …
Read MoreWhat’s the Relationship Between Immigration and International Trade?
No, seriously, I mean it. This isn’t one of those “why is a raven like a writing desk?” questions (Alice in Wonderland reference, btw). I think this is a potentially interesting and vital question at the intersection of two major national policy debates: 1) how do we structure our nation’s …
Read MoreGreat Post on International Tourism as a Trade Issue
Sometimes my blog titles are so clever and witty that you don’t know what the post is about until you start reading it. “You Down with TPP? (Yeah, You Know Me!)” might be one example of that. But this post title is pretty straight up. This is a great post …
Read MoreYou Down with TPP? (Yeah, You Know Me!)
Every industry has its set of confusing and obscure acronyms. In the world of economic development, we often talk about STEM degrees (science, technology, engineering and math), which are the key to job creation in Washington’s economy (especially now). In baseball, we’ve got BABIP and VORP: “batting average for balls …
Read MoreEverything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Affordable Footwear Act, But Were Afraid to Ask
As I write this series of blog posts on WCIT’s policy priorities, one of the nice things is being able to draw inspiration from current news. You don’t want to read State of Trade for obscure factoids…no, you want that same ripped-from-the-headlines feel that you get from watching an episode …
Read MoreExport-Import Bank: Not James Bond’s Credit Union, But Still Cool
Working in international trade is, in many ways, the same as being an international man of mystery. As one of the many, many examples of this truth, famed move spy James Bond’s cover story was that he worked “in the export-import business.” (His fake company was called Universal Exports, for …
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