The post-war liberal trading system isn’t simply fraying. It is being deliberately replaced, and Brussels is doing the replacing. In globalisation’s previous chapter, the prevailing logic was that trade should… read more →
Chinese battery manufacturer Eve Energy agreed to supply Indian energy company Godawari with batteries to meet the rising demand for renewable energy storage. The deal, announced on Tuesday, 12 May,… read more →
South Asia and South-East Asia have long been viewed as fertile ground for fintech innovation. Mobile payments, real-time settlement systems, digital identity, and alternative credit models emerged here not by… read more →
Today, 27 April, India and New Zealand have signed a free trade agreement (FTA), which is likely to come into force later this year. 95% of New Zealand’s exports to… read more →
Global enterprise technology company Aurionpro has launched Fintra: an AI-native trade finance platform in which AI agents progressively earn autonomy, rather than being pre-embedded in the system. Global trade finance… read more →
Clothes “What you don’t know is that that sweater is not just blue, it’s not turquoise, it’s not lapis, it’s actually cerulean.” Miranda Priestly’s impassioned speech on the complexity of… read more →
Alfred Hitchcock’s 1959 North by Northwest is a film about mistaken identity, spy networks, and hanging off Mount Rushmore. But at its core, it’s about a man hurtling towards destinations… read more →
Bhutan, a landlocked Himalayan kingdom of just over 800,000 people, is also the world’s first carbon-negative country, with one of the most ambitious crypto-mining extravaganzas ever seen. In 2023, Bhutan’s… 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 →
On Wednesday, 15 April, Angolan financial institution Banco Yetu revealed that it has selected Surecomp’s corporate engagement platform RIVO™ to aid Angola’s expected trade growth. With over 2.5 billion barrels… read more →
