Department for International Trade (DIT) launches new mentorship programme to help UK farmers and food producers boost their exports.
ITPP 2021 is launching later this month. The ITPP is the only opportunity for the future leaders of trade finance to assert themselves and develop professional skills, understanding and reputation.
Your morning coffee briefing from TFG. G7 strikes historic agreement on taxing multinationals, WTO launches a Gender Research Hub to promote cooperation on trade and gender issues and Brexit shrank UK service exports by £110bn, highlighting the extensive consequences of Britain’s decision to break away from the EU.
Graham Stuart, International Trade Minister, visited the world’s largest offshore construction grouting specialists FoundOcean in Livingstone, Scotland, to announce a major new export contract won by the firm effectively creating… read more →
Surecomp® announced today that it embraces and is fully equipped to support the G7 move towards digitisation, allowing companies to electronically transfer trade documents for increased efficiency and cost savings.… read more →
In a panel moderated by Christine McWilliams at TXF’s Global Commodity Finance Virtual 2021, which TFG partnered with, this impact was discussed at great depth, looking at how to navigate commodity trade finance in a post-COVID world.
The temporary Trade Credit Reinsurance (TCR), created by the government and the Association of British Insurers (ABI), allowed over half a million businesses to stay afloat, provided certainty to firms across the UK and safeguarded jobs, is now set to come an end on the 30th of June.
According to the latest WTO Goods Trade Barometer released on 28 May, global merchandise trade is showing signs of continued recovery in 2021 following a significant drop in 2020 as… read more →
Your morning coffee briefing from TFG. Goods barometer is nearly 10 points above the baseline value of 100 for the index and up 21.6 points year-on-year, reflecting the strength of the current recovery from COVID-19 crisis. ICC launches, ICC Trade Now, a suite of digital products and services to tackle the global trade finance gap. EU set to unveil digital wallet for post-Covid life
TFG spoke to CargoX about their Blockchain Documentary Transfer (BDT) programme, Advanced Cargo Information and Single Windows
