From former US President Donald Trump’s trade war with China to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s controversial visit to Taiwan in August, ties between the US and China have been delicate in recent years.

To the untrained eye, trade finance can seem like an intimidating assortment of industry terms and acronyms that were designed to be confusing. Those in the industry know that confusion… read more →

The Berne Union released its latest Business Confidence Survey this week amid mounting geopolitical uncertainty. This latest rendition of the quarterly report shows that demand for export credit insurance is… read more →

With commodities like food and energy resources scarcening in the face of climate change and the Ukraine-Russia conflict, all eyes are turning towards Africa as a possible solution.

Dock workers at the UK’s largest container port have gone on strike for the first time in 30 years. About 1,900 members of the Unite union at Felixstowe in Suffolk… read more →

Lloyds bank announced that they reached a key milestone in digitising trade by completing the UK’s first digital promissory note purchase.  The transaction was completed using Enigio’s trace:original technology, in… read more →

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG: The acceleration towards green and renewable energy through cutting ties with Russian gas

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 →

The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict has created ripples throughout many channels of the trade finance industry, not least the agricultural sector.  In response, China has turned toward Brazil in a bid… read more →

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting Croatia’s transition to renewable energy by helping finance the construction of two new wind farms.   The bank is extending a… read more →