Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has established a new sustainability-linked supply chain finance programme, structured and operated by specialist food and agri-bank Rabobank. Rabobank will provide funding to the programme, with… read more →
New research from Allianz Trade shows that reducing non-tariff barriers to trade could lower inflation by 4.5 percentage points (pp) in the EU and by 2pp in the US. Nearly… read more →
The financial belt is tightening around China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Many headlines in recent weeks highlight the mounting debt and declining activity that the “project of the century”… read more →
The two member organisations will work together to accelerate the digital transformation of container shipping for the benefit of shippers Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) and the European Shippers’ Council… read more →
Your Monday coffee briefing from TFG: New from Trade Finance Talks – SME trade finance: flying under the radar
The first ship carrying grain has left a Ukrainian port under a landmark deal with Russia. Turkish and Ukrainian officials say the ship left the southern port of Odesa early… read more →
Using freight rate data from the Freightos Baltic Index, the AI-powered ocean freight visibility solution provider Windward seeks to better understand the impact of current trends on the China-US flow of goods, port congestion in both countries, ocean freight prices, and what is driving these changes.
The last decade has seen a substantial change in global trade bank attitudes towards innovation and collaboration.
As global central banks hike rates to rein in inflation, and businesses battle with sourcing goods through choked supply chains exacerbated by the war in Ukraine and Chinese lockdowns, Africa finds itself with a growing problem–accessing US dollar liquidity.
In a bid to curb declining forex outflows, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) introduces exchange controls and limited imports. What will this mean for trade and exports? The SBP… read more →
