WCIT advocates for trade policies that increases the Northwest's international competitiveness & benefit our workers & employers.
Seattle, Washington
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No state exports more of the plywood, aluminum bar and steel bar hit by Canada’s retaliation than Oregon. $199M of Oregon exports face counter-tariffs, and $306M of imports face 50% U.S. duties. wcit.org/section-338-oregon/
Oregon's goods exports to Canada & Mexico just fell from $9B to $6.5B in a single year. WCIT's message is clear: renew the USMCA, preserve the tariff carveouts, and do no harm to the supply chains behind 170,000 Oregon jobs.
wcit.org/importance-us-mexic…
These are troubling allegations of S. Korea's discriminatory treatment of U.S. tech cos., including an unprecedented campaign against @CoupangInc after a 2025 low-level data breach. WCIT urges Korea to engage constructively and quickly to resolve this. cnbc.com/2026/07/01/coupang-…
More than half of U.S. wheat exports go through the Columbia-Snake River system of ports.
Check out our report to learn about ag and seafood trade in Washington state and how it can increase to create even more jobs and economic impact: wcit.org/washington-state-ag… @WAWheatGrowers
We released our first report for 2023, Farming for the Future: Capitalizing on Washington State’s Agriculture and Seafood Export Opportunities. You can read the full report on our website: wcit.org/washington-state-ag… #washingtonstate #agriculture #seafoodindustry
#Washington state saw #exports tick up in the Q2 of 2022. Businesses in WA exported $16 billion worth of goods in Q2–slightly higher (+3%) than in Q1 2022 and a 28% increase compared to Q2 2021. Here are the top 10 export countries for Q2.wcit.org/trade-dashboard/
The @USTradeRep45 announced that the U.S. is requesting new dispute settlement consultations with Canada regarding Canada’s dairy tariff-rate quota allocation measures.
Read the full announcement and consultation request here: ustr.gov/about-us/policy-off…
#dairy #freetrade
Our Q2 2022 WA State Trade Dashboard is avail. Here is one stat - Top 5 Exports from Washington State. See the full dashboard, including the changes vs. Q1 and year/year comparisons here: wcit.org/trade-dashboard/. #trade #WashingtonState
ALT A pie chart of the top 5 exports from Washington State in Q2 2022., 1) Transportation equipment, 5,331M; Agricultural Products, $3,832M; Food and Kindred Products $1,133M; Computer and Electronics Products $1,035M; Machinery $616M
WCIT President, Lori Otto Punke, writes in the @SpokesmanReview about a @wto proposal that would further weaken global intellectual property protections and hurt Washington State workers.
spokesman.com/stories/2022/d…
Strong IP protections made Covid vaccines possible. Without robust protections, companies would not have invested the billions of dollars needed to create these
lifesaving products. WTO should not expand/extend IP waivers. Read the WCIT letter. wcit.org/wp-content/uploads/…
WTO is considering expanding the vaccine waiver which will do nothing to boost global public health, but will punish the U.S. scientists, businesses, and workers who brought these medical breakthroughs to patients around the world. Read the WCIT letter: wcit.org/wp-content/uploads/…
Interesting development on the trade front this week...administration refrains from imposing national security tariffs on China, Japan, EU politi.co/3qRIOjf via @politico
Good news on averting a rail strike. Already faced with supply-chain challenges, a strike would have intensified congestion on our ports, strained our transportation system harming exporters and businesses relying on imports. seattletimes.com/business/bi… via @seattletimes
Flows of imports and exports could be impacted by potential rail strike. seattletimes.com/business/ho… via @seattletimes
Here is a fairly straight-forward recap of last week's Indo-Pacific Economic Framework ministerial summit that took place in Los Angeles business-standard.com/articl…
Ministers gather in Los Angeles this week to discuss the Indo-Pacific Economic framework.
U.S., Indo-Pacific countries launch new-generation trade talks shunning tariff cuts msn.com/en-us/money/markets/…
Interesting historic perspective of the evolution of trade and the level of international engagement over the years from @paulkrugman. nytimes.com/2022/09/06/opini…
