The UK is set to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), an expansive free trade area of 11 countries spanning the Indo-Pacific. The new agreement follows… read more →

The Asian Development Bank (ADB), through its Trade and Supply Chain Finance Program (TSCFP), has initiated a series of discussions with government agencies in several of its developing member countries… read more →

As we have seen over the past few years, progress is not linear. In almost every aspect of life, two steps forward are often accompanied by one step back.

Global Trade Finance can be found on the BBVA Pivot website – the bank’s series of solutions to optimise multinational companies’ treasury. Therefore, they can now also incorporate BBVA’s experience… read more →

Defying negative economic conditions and global market volatility, global trade still reached an all-time record of $32 trillion in 2022. However, growth turned negative in the second half of the… read more →

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will mobilise more than €1.1 billion in financing through direct investments or financial intermediaries to help the European Union (EU) countries where… read more →

UK Export Finance (UKEF) today announces it has appointed its first International Export Finance Executive (IEFE) for South Korea. With £4 billion of funding on offer to buyers, provided they… read more →

Today, the World Trade Board, pioneered by Finastra, has launched the “Financial Inclusion in Trade” roadmap for MSMEs and asks for industry feedback and collaboration. The Financial Inclusion in Trade… read more →

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG, 27th March 2023

Fairtrade, the globally recognised label for social justice, and the International Trade Centre (ITC), the joint agency of the World Trade Organization and the United Nations, recently announced an expanded partnership aimed at… read more →