Despite expectations for a slight increase in the trade deficit, it narrowed to $63.2 billion, a decrease from the revised figure of $64.5 billion in October, according to the United States Commerce Department.
Standard Chartered, a leading international bank specialising in cross-border finance, has arranged €533 million of financing, with the support of the African Development Bank (AfDB), for the Ministry of Finance and Budget of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire.
Over the past years, international trade has been challenged by various factors. According to the 2023 Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation Global Report, while global merchandise trade volumes in 2021 displayed a strong recovery from the contraction suffered in 2020 due to COVID-19, trade growth slowed down in 2022.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has today unveiled a green and sustainability-linked loan (SLL) of €300 million to Iberdrola.
Deutsche Bank today announced the US$3.5bn issuance of TRAFIN 2023-1, the fifth iteration of its trade finance significant risk transfer synthetic securitisation
40% of Britons want to exercise more in 2024, according to Forbes. For many, this means going to the gym, which has almost as many acronyms as trade and supply chain finance.
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development recently published the World Investment Report 2023 stating that foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to Africa reached the level of $45 billion in 2022, demonstrating Africa’s attractiveness as a destination for investment.
As we bid farewell to 2023, it’s time to reflect on the dynamic landscape of global trade and finance. At Trade Finance Global (TFG), the past year has been marked… read more →
To start off the year 2024, we wanted to set out the top seven trade trends we’ll be watching through the coming year.
At TFG, we took the time to reflect back on the happenings across trade, treasury, and payments in 2023. After sifting through our news archives and speaking with industry experts, we devised this list of 9 key events and themes that shaped trade, treasury, and payments in 2023.
