The World Trade Organization (WTO) has today published a report entitled: ‘Trading with intelligence: How AI shapes and is shaped by international trade’.
The evolution of sustainability standards and regulations is therefore interesting to observe, particularly as the trajectory has not been traditional. Some may say climate change is a crisis, but as it’s been an ongoing process, it’s hard to identify a single date or event as a turning point.
Vietnam has established itself as a major trade player in Southeast Asia. In 2022, the country’s trade-to-GDP ratio reached an impressive 185%, according to the World Bank collection of development… read more →
Read the Bahasa Indonesia version here With 64 million MSMEs, spanning from agriculture to essential services, these businesses constitute 60.5% of Indonesian GDP and employ 97.0% of the workforce. However, their… read more →
Life is different in CEE than it was two decades ago. Over this time, the economies in the region have been characterised by impressive growth, continuous convergence with Western Europe,… read more →
Listen to this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Podbean, Podtail, ListenNotes, TuneIn Inefficiencies inherent in paper-based trade documentation have long posed obstacles to businesses. However, the enactment of the ETDA in September 2023, designed to address… read more →
The publication is based on a roundtable discussion hosted by TFG during the International Trade and Forfaiting Association’s (ITFA) 50th Annual Conference in Limassol, Cyprus. The ‘$2.5 trillion global trade… read more →
As regulatory frameworks like Basel IV are implemented and SMEs increasingly seek access to global trade finance, insurers recognise the need to innovate in how they underwrite risks and diversify their portfolios.
Risk distribution is another vital strategy in closing the trade finance gap and the originate-to-distribute (OTD) model has gained traction in recent years, offering a solution that enables banks to… read more →
Digitalisation, long viewed as the catalyst for revolutionising trade finance, is one of the most promising avenues to enhance access to financing, particularly for SMEs. The trade finance sector has… read more →
