While China has a full bag of tricks to limit its exposure to imports when it wants to, Beijing is quicker to come into compliance with adverse WTO decisions than the democracies it trades with. China’s Compliance Record While China has a full bag of tricks to limit its exposure to imports when it wants to, Beijing is quicker to come into compliance with adverse WTO decisions than the democracies it trades with. After losing a challenge to its Demonstration Bases-Common Service Platform subsidies in a WTO dispute case, Beijing did not spend extra years fruitlessly litigating appeal nor try and foist a pretend resolution and bring the situation to the brink of retaliation – it agreed to completely end the illegal export subsidies. This mak...
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Infrastructure investment due diligence
On behalf of a Canadian oilseed processer WPI's team provided market analysis, econometric modeling and financial due diligence in support of a $24 million-dollar investment in a Ukrainian crush plant. Consistent with WPI's findings, local production to supply the plant and the facility's output have expanded exponentially since the investment. WPI has conducted parallel work on behalf of U.S., South American and European clients, both private and public, in the agri-food space.