The WTO and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on 13 January jointly launched a new dataset covering bilateral services trade of over 200 economies from 2005 to… read more →
Investigating the use of distributed ledger technology to expedite the digitization of trade finance, the BAFT Innovation Council established the DLPC working group in 2016. It was tasked with producing… read more →
We are excited to be partnering with TXF at the upcoming TXF CPRI: Trade, Commodity & Export Finance Virtual 2021.
The UK’s exporters could face a Brexit bill worth as much as £25bn in lost revenues in 2021, according to a new report by Euler Hermes.
The UK-EU Free Trade Agreement was reached just days before the UK’s departure from the Single Market and Customs Union. The deal provides for zero tariffs and sero quotas, providing a basis for a more positive future cooperation, in comparison to trading on WTO terms.
City Bank has become the first Bangladeshi bank to execute a cross-border Letter of Credit (LC) transaction under a Shariah-based financing arrangement executed using blockchain technology.
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) together with its partners the African Development Bank (AfDB) and FCI announce the creation of a special purpose Grant authorized and funded by the AfDB’s… read more →
Pilot projects are using the new framework to calculate the costs of illicit trade and business practices in Afghanistan, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Nigeria, Panama, and Peru. UNCTAD and the United… read more →
Los Angeles and London – 6 January 2021. Kharon, the research, and data analytics company focused on security threats and other controversies that impact global commerce and finance, and Accuity,… read more →
Announced: latest confirmed speakers for the UK-Japan Free Trade Summit: A Shared Political, Economic and Financial Vision for Mutual Benefit (20 January).
