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It's not just what we do. It's what we do differently.
CASE STUDIES – By geography
International
- For a leading environmental NGO, we provided strategic counseling on how to navigate its issue through the WTO and key member governments.
- For a global fast-moving consumer goods company, we supported and advised the company's global advocacy efforts during multiple rounds of international negotiations on a treaty affecting trade in its products.
- For a global consumer goods company, we advised on how to use WTO processes to advocate for changes in a discriminatory regulatory and tax regimes.
Asia
- Understand new markets
- For several major financial services companies, we helped to secure licenses to operate in key Asian markets, such as China and Vietnam.
- Access new markets
- For one of the world's leading information computer technology companies, we helped position its products and services for government contracts in select Asian markets.
- Navigate and shape policies/regulations
- For the life sciences industry, we created and launched what is now the premier policy forum for advancing innovation in the Asia-Pacific region, bringing together academia, business, and government.
- Solve international doing-business problems
- For a leading manufacturer whose trade secrets were misappropriated in a foreign market, we energized our contacts in the foreign and U.S. governments and used the opportunity of ongoing bilateral negotiations to bring the issue to a swift and preferred commercial outcome.
- Deliver trade-related cost savings
- For a large manufacturer we helped optimize the client's manufacturing capacity in Asia in terms of both cost and delivery times by analyzing how the company could leverage provisions of free trade agreements negotiated by China, Japan, Korea, Thailand and Malaysia.
Latin America / Central America / Caribbean
- Understand new markets
- For several companies we have conducted in-depth political risk assessments of Latin American countries to inform strategic business decisions.
- Navigate and shape policies/regulations
- For a U.S. industry facing trade retaliation in Brazil, we organized a campaign to counter that threat.
- Solve international doing-business problems
- For a large U.S. company, we outlined its policy options when the company faced litigation in a Latin America country.
- Deliver trade-related cost savings
- For several companies we identified opportunities to lower tariffs and executed successful advocacy campaigns to reduce those tariffs, resulting in million of dollars in savings ( Brazil, Colombia, Barbados, CARICOM).
Europe
- Understand new markets
- For a global consumer goods company, we conducted analyses of trade, tax, and other regulations governing the company’s products in multiple Eastern European markets, enabling the client to forecast regulatory and tax risks to its business.
- Navigate and shape policies/regulations
- For a global consumer goods company, we designed a strategy to seek changes in EU regulations that lacked a scientific basis.
- For a global consumer goods company, we developed a strategy for obtaining improved market access for a key input into the U.S. and EU markets.
Middle East / Africa
- Understand new markets
- For a large consumer products company, we investigated key regulatory requirements in several Middle Eastern markets.
- Navigate and shape policies/regulations in a market, a region, or internationally
- For a large U.S. importer, we advised on structuring qualified industrial zones in the region, enabling our client to increase investment in the region.
- Solve international doing-business problems
- For a large company, we successfully countered import restrictions in a key Middle Eastern market.
- Deliver trade-related cost savings
- For a global consumer goods company, we analyzed the prospects of reducing tariff costs through existing and ongoing free trade agreement negotiations in the Arab League (21 countries in the Middle East) and recommended how individual country WTO accession processes could be leveraged to address polices and regulations affecting its business.
United States
- For a leading auto manufacturer seeking to enter the U.S. market, we analyzed the domestic political environment affecting the automotive sector and assessed the political risks associated with the company's U.S. strategy.
Highlights
Case Studies
Issues and Industries We Work With
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