The European Union quadrupled global sanctions in 2020, according to new data from Accuity. The steep rise in financial restrictions was driven in part by state violence in Belarus. Authorities… read more →
Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG. The UK hits its first vaccine target, though new quarantine hotels expected to bring disruption. Italy swears in former ECB president Mario Draghi as its new prime minister. Sussexes expecting a second child.
Elon Musk’s frenzied announcements around this one cryptocurrency detract from the wider-reaching benefits of DLT
Trade between UK and India could double to £50 billion before the end of the decade, according to a joint report by Santander and the Indian High Commission.
India’s financial parliamentary panel has called for the ratings agencies to regulate MSMEs seeking receivables loans and factoring credit. With amendments to the country’s Factoring Regulation Act 2011 being proposed… read more →
Indian firms Tata Consultancy Services and Wockhardt are to create over 1,500 jobs in the UK.
Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG. Thousands strike in Myanmar following military coup. South Africa halt rollout of AstraZeneca vaccine over concerns about new strain. Oil prices return to pre-pandemic levels.
The impact of AfCFTA will not just be economic. The free trade agreement will bring long term social and environmental change for the continent.
TFG is delighted to announce a media partnership with the 5th World Trade Symposium, hosted by Finastra.
We heard from the CBI’s Andy Burwell, on the UK’s independent trade agenda post Brexit, focusing on the EU, Japan and ASEAN.
