China and Switzerland concluded negotiations on an updated free trade agreement (FTA) on Thursday, 20 August, enabling 99.8% of Swiss exports to China (excluding gold) to enter the Chinese market… read more →
First published on the Blackstone & Gold website In a landmark decision for auditor liability, the Court of Appeal has held that auditors are not liable for a company’s trading… read more →
The digitalisation of international trade increasingly depends on the frameworks that give electronic trade documents the same legal power as their paper counterparts. Since the adoption of the United Nations… read more →
Ethiopia has established a framework for the legalisation of small-scale cross-border trade with Kenya, allowing licensed traders residing near the border to trade goods worth up to $1,000 per month… read more →
Critical mineral supply chains are globally concentrated. China’s dominant position in the mining, processing, refining, and manufacturing stages of several critical raw material value chains has long been recognised, and… read more →
Lex Greensill, a former financier who fell from grace in 2021 following a high-profile financial scandal, has been banned from directing a company in the UK for nine years. Ahead… read more →
The 2017 adoption of the Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (MLETR) by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) has provided a legislative template for the use… read more →
The global halal economy, estimated at $40 trillion, is among the fastest-growing sectors of the international economy. The sector’s compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.3% is underpinned by a… read more →
India’s recent free trade agreements (FTAs) show a clear shift in the country’s trading strategy. India is pursuing trade deals not for geopolitical signalling or for aspirational market access. Instead,… read more →
European payments innovation has never been more commercially compelling. The European fintech market is valued at nearly $100 billion in 2026, and is forecast to almost double by 2031. Embedded… read more →
