Freeports are a special kind of air, rail, or seaport, where normal tax and customs rules don’t apply, says John Lucy, director of Liverpool City Region Freeport
India and the UAE have signed a major new trade and investment pact that will eventually remove all tariffs on all goods from both nations. The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement… read more →
Among last week’s top stories, global trade hits record high of $28.5tn in 2021, but will flatline in 2022, says new UNCTAD report
Twenty years ago Asia had a 12% share of the global factoring market. Today that share is 25%.
In this article, FCI’s Lin Hui looks at factoring’s two decades of steady growth in Asia, and where the industry goes from here…
A new report has found that the total value of world trade hit a record high in 2021, but is expected to flatline into a sluggish 2022. The Global Trade… read more →
In this article, James A. Fok, author and former HKEX executive, considers how a US Fed rate hike could affect the dollar, relations with China, and social stability
In light of COP26, and with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala providing the WTO with a fresh direction, the world of trade is increasingly recognising that trade and environmental action cannot operate in silos
Nominations for the Trade Finance Global International Trade Awards 2022, in cooperation with BAFT, the leading international transaction banking association, are now open.
With the COVID-19 pandemic now behind us, several key themes have emerged that will challenge the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the trade finance industry in 2022
In this article, Sean Edwards, chairman of ITFA, offers some admittedly unreliable predictions for the year ahead in trade finance
This article is the first in our Winter 2021-22 edition of our quarterly magazine, Trade Finance Talks
