Infrastructure Vitality is a Choice
The surprise shutdown of America's largest fuel pipeline warns us about the importance of infrastructure—and what happens when we neglect it.
In the last few d...
Trade
The Chaos Created When Infrastructure Gets Stuck
I know what it's like to get a big piece of machinery unstuck: We have had to use a track hoe to pull a combine from a muddy field, and I've seen up close how a...
New Leadership to Make the WTO Relevant Again
Maybe you've noticed her headgear.
In Nigeria, we call it a "gele," and it's an important part of how a woman presents herself.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala wears her ...
Science-based, Free-flowing Trade Benefits the World
The COVID-19 pandemic has built new barriers to business, travel, and even family gatherings. Never in living history has society been so shut down. Fortunately...
Farmers Want to Support the Next US Trade Representative
The confirmation hearings for President Biden's top trade diplomat probably won't begin until next month, but Katherine Tai already is giving us a glimpse of wh...
African Continental Free Trade Area: The Right Move for Africa
Africa is a big and diverse continent, but now the 1.2 billion of us who live here are united under a free-trade agreement that went into formal effect on Janua...
Tom Vilsack's Encore Performance at USDA Can Be Good for American Farmers
Call it an encore performance: Tom Vilsack will return to the United States Department of Agriculture.
President-elect Joe Biden announced last week that Vilsa...
Leadership Required from the US President
Joe Biden has promised to be "a president for all Americans."
This obviously includes farmers, who are often lumped together politically but in fact are a diver...
Resilient Agriculture
COVID-19 has left a lasting impact. For farmers in Zimbabwe and across Africa, the business of food production and distribution never has seemed more difficult....
Resilient Agriculture Requires Trade Barriers be Removed
The average person in Uganda eats 660 pounds of bananas each year.
That's a lot of bananas: It's at least 50 percent more than the weight of a full-grown male ...