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Just as China’s trade sector recovers from a fresh wave of COVID-19 lockdowns, the world’s largest exporter now faces a slimmer order book amidst weakening global sentiment and increased belt-tightening measures linked to inflation.

The WTO Director-General has extended the WTO Ministerial Conference by a day in a bid to secure some form of agreement around trade deals. With a potential food security crisis looming for developed countries, can an eleventh hour agreement be reached?

The latest issue of TFG’s Trade Finance Talks, ‘Trade on a knife’s edge’, is out now!

The metaverse could spell a watershed moment in human economic history. It will reinforce the concept of global human culture, set rules for worldwide continuous automated trading 24/7, and forever alter our understanding of trade markets.

In this article, Trade Data Monitor’s Chief Economic Analyst John W. Miller talks about how the Russian war in Ukraine will change global trade.

China shares a strong interest with the West in the cessation of hostilities in Ukraine, and should be proactively engaged in helping to find a resolution. Most importantly, these tragic events should serve as a salutary lesson to Chinese and American leaders of the perils of allowing geopolitical tensions to metastasise, writes author and former HKEX exec James A. Fok.

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG, bringing you the biggest trade finance stories from the last seven days

In our latest podcast, TFG’s Deepesh Patel spoke with John Miller, chief economic analyst at Trade Data Monitor (TDM), about the surprising resilience of global trade over the last two years

Despite net zero targets agreed to at COP26, global demand for coal is hotter than ever. TFG’s Lewis Evans investigates why…

The race is on to lead the world in electric vehicle (EV) production. Will China dominate, or will the EU and Japan forge ahead?

Several public and private banks and financial institutions have imposed trade and commodity finance restrictions on Russia amid the escalating conflict in Ukraine

The US and its Western allies have ramped up harsh economic sanctions against Russia, as it continues to attack Ukraine

In this article, Ed Lam and Pamela Mar offer a roadmap to a digital future for supply chains and trade finance, with a focus on Asian SMEs

In this article, the Bank of China’s John Omoti takes us on a tour of supply chain finance: its ancient past and its digital future

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only intergovernmental organisation that regulates and facilitates the rules of trade between nations