The judgment clarifies the high bar to be cleared for fraud in trade finance in a case reminiscent of Trafigura’s win last month, when the London High Court similarly ruled… read more →

“After months of starts and stops, threats and retreats, Liberation Day is upon us.” When we wrote our tariff roundup almost four months ago to the day, we had little… read more →

A lawsuit by a group of five small business owners against the Trump administration will be heard by a major US court on Thursday, in what could be a major… read more →

The facility aims to improve Korean shipping companies’ export capabilities, thereby enhancing competitiveness among mid-sized maritime operators in the country’s shipping sector. Under the arrangement, K-SURE will help cover time… read more →

The deal had been long in the making, with the EU seeking a 10% baseline tariff rate – the same the UK settled on in a trade deal last month,… read more →

In what US President Donald Trump has described as “perhaps the largest Deal ever made”, this marks a deescalation from the previously agreed 25% rate – but higher than the… read more →

UK trade has grown by 3% over the past year, mostly pushed by a 4% rise in imports and increased trade with countries outside of the European Union (EU), according… read more →

The acquisition, in which the American investment giant would purchase a controlling stake in 43 ports around the world, has been months in the making: it was first announced in… read more →

NPCI International Payments Limited, the overseas arm of India’s National Payments Corporation, has detailed its progress in expanding UPI acceptance throughout the UAE, marking a strategic deepening of financial ties… read more →

The Minneapolis-based bank is the first American lender to execute a transaction using WaveBL, a blockchain platform that enables encrypted document transfers between trading partners and their financial institutions.  “Our… read more →