WCIT

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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.
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Latest Publications and News

IP Should Not Be Used Freely

One of the major issues that the Washington Council on International Trade cares about is IPR - intellectual property rights. Whether in stand alone federal legislation on software piracy or codified into trade policy like the Information Technology Agreement (ITA),...

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Trade 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...

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2011 Trade Conference a Success!

I tried to think of a clever title for this blog post celebrating Monday's fantastic and SOLD OUT Washington Trade Conference, but I'm so out of practice. My last few posts have all been Trade Conference advertisements like the uncleverly -but accurately - titled...

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Interested in International Trade? Are you an employee of a WCIT member? 

Either way, you can sign up to receive our WCIT trade news and resources. If your company/organization is a WCIT member, you will be automatically added to our member-only communications, such as our biweekly Must Reads trade news recap. 

If you are interested in membership, please visit our Membership page