The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) is developing a comprehensive international convention to standardise negotiable cargo documents across multiple transportation modes, potentially transforming international trade documentation practices.… read more →
The study reveals a significant acceleration in the adoption of digital trade documentation, with 49% of surveyed businesses now using eBLs either exclusively or in combination with traditional paper bills.… read more →
At the 2024 Trade Finance Investor Day conference in London, Deepesh Patel, Editorial Director at Trade Finance Global (TFG), sat down with Richard Wulff, Executive Director of the International Credit… read more →
Nowadays, we take shipping and container shipping’s rich history and significance in global trade for granted. The most counterintuitive learning for me at Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN) was that… read more →
. At the inaugural Trade Finance Conference of Parties (TF COP) in Washington, DC, ITFA unveiled the Washington Declaration, a proposal calling on the United Nations (UN) to recognise the… read more →
Over a dozen export credit agencies and three multilateral financial institutions are attending the forum in Shanghai. This year’s theme, ‘Regional Cooperation in Asia and Global Economic Integration,’ comes as… read more →
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 →
The Joint Declaration on Baku Climate Coalition for SMEs Green Transition should help small businesses fully engage in the shift to sustainable business models ahead of COP30 in Brazil next… 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 →
The collaboration aims to marry supply chain financing with PBX’s digital ecosystem. PBX, a business-to-business digital transaction management platform, serves some of the largest buyers in the fast-moving consumer goods… read more →