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Trade = Jobs
for workers, farmers, and communities.
Policy
Understand the most critical issues defining today’s’ trade landscape.
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Meet our diverse membership of Northwest manufacturers, farmers, retailers, service providers, and non-profits.
NEWS
See the latest WCIT announcements, statements, reports, opinions and articles on the intersection of trade and the Northwest.
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Northwest Trade Dashboard
WCIT provides its Northwest Trade Dashboard to provide a comprehensive view of the region’s international trade data – showing its impact on the economy and jobs and helping see trends develop. The dashboard covers quarterly data on:
- The volume of international trade by Congressional district
- Top exports
- Volume at all of the ports with exports*
- Top countries for imports and exports
- The number of jobs related to international trade
- The total imports and exports
- And more.
Latest Publications and News
The Importance of Importing, Part 2
One of the first posts on the State of Trade blog was (cleverly) titled "The Import-ance of Import-ing." It highlighted the fact that - for Washington state - imports are a major generator of jobs related to international trade and key to the international...
What I Learned At the Port of Savannah
Last week, I traveled as part of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce's Intercity Study Mission to Atlanta and Savannah. As nice as the visit to Atlanta was, the trip for me was all about Savannah...in particular, the Port of Savannah. You know the Port of...
Mr. WCIT Goes to Washington
My job as the President of WCIT is to fly to DC and meet with our Congressional delegation (at least that's part of my job...that and writing clever posts on the State of Trade blog, of course). So why, you might ask, am I going to write a blog post about the fact...
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