Global supply chains have been hit by a surge in Covid cases in southern Vietnam, aluminium prices are at a 10 year high as global demand surges
The UK agreed to the first partnership with ASEAN in 25 years. This partnership will lead to closer cooperation between the UK and the region on a wide range of… read more →
UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK’s export credit agency, has signed a new financing deal with offshore technology contractor First Subsea in an effort to promote Britain’s renewable energy transition.… read more →
The UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, CDC Group, has announced the close of a $30 trade finance loan to City Bank, one of Bangladesh’s top-performing private banks. Trade… read more →
The first estimates for the factoring industry worldwide in 2020 have been announced today by the FCI’s Peter Mulroy. Factoring declines were recorded in most regions except Asia Pacific.
The global economy is bouncing back in terms of confidence, orders, employment and spending, according to the latest ACCA and IMA Global Economic Conditions Survey (GECS). The survey of 1,000… read more →
After Covid-19 crippled global commerce, the World Trade Organization said March 31 that it expected the planet’s merchandise trade to increase 8% in 2021 after contracting 5.3% in 2020.
Singapore – Standard Chartered has launched a suite of sustainable trade finance solutions across Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Europe and the Americas. The Bank’s new Sustainable Trade Finance… read more →
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has quadrupled its support for food systems development in the past decade from $409 million in 2010 to $1.2 billion in 2020 to help close… read more →
A three pillar approach to achieving a more sustainable and inclusive future for global trade
