THE TRADE PARTNERSHIP and TRADE PARTNERSHIP WORLDWIDE, LLC, provide substantive support to corporations, trade associations, governments and law firms evaluating the economic effects of legislation or proposed or actual public policies on trade in specific products and on trade flows generally. The firm’s research capabilities enable clients with overburdened schedules to participate fully and thoughtfully in the policy formation process, whether that process takes place in the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, or Asia, or at international institutions such as the World Trade Organization.

To assist in its U.S. trade policy support efforts, THE TRADE PARTNERSHIP maintains an extensive database of U.S. state-specific information that enables it to provide clients with detailed assessments of how a particular trade policy or practice is likely to affect a given state. This information is enormously useful to clients who attempt to explain the likely impacts on "the folks back home" of a change in U.S. trade policy or practice.

Recently, for example, THE TRADE PARTNERSHIP has:

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Compiled detailed data on the industries represented by trade associations, often by state and congressional district. The data are used in lobbying efforts (to show the importance of the industry to the public) or to respond to inquiries from the media, and are provided to association members who find it useful in their assessments of the industry and their company’s place in it.
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Prepared monthly newsletters on trade issues of particular importance to companies and the trade associations of which they may be members. The articles describe not only the status of a trade issue, but also its relevance to the industry and its likely impact on sourcing and pricing. The newsletters permit company executives to stay up-to-date on issues of key concern to them, enabling them to completely brief other company officials on a timely basis and formulate company sourcing strategies with an informed view to changes likely to emanate from Washington.
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Prepared written and oral testimony and talking points for clients to deliver at Congressional hearings and hearings held by the U.S. International Trade Commission.

TRADE PARTNERSHIP WORLDWIDE, LLC recent activities include:

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Preparing special studies regarding the impact of U.S. steel tariffs on American steel-consuming industries. Consuming Industries Trade Action Coalition members used these studies to support testimony they provided to Congress and the Administration.

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Participating in antidumping litigation in the European Union.
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Analyzing the ongoing Doha Development Agenda round of World Trade Organization negotiations for various governments and international organizations.

THE TRADE PARTNERSHIP also runs coalitions. We provide the administrative means by which groups of like-minded companies and trade associations can coordinate their efforts to provide meaningful input to the trade policy formulation process.

Most notably, THE TRADE PARTNERSHIP runs the Coalition for GSP.

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