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Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG: China trade sector poised for decline, UK appoints new trade commissioner to Africa…

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG:
2022 WTO conference extended to try and end deadlock

LIBF’s Alex Gray discusses how trade finance education has evolved since the pandemic.

During the Queen’s Speech on 10 May 2022, Prince Charles, standing in for the Queen, announced that the Electronic Trade Documents Bill among the list of legislation that the Government intends to pursue in the upcoming parliamentary session.

Your morning coffee briefing from TFG: UK manufacturer secures £2 million export contract

Deepesh Patel (DP), Editor, Trade Finance Global interviewed Bob Wigley (BW), Chair of UK Finance, to discuss SME lending, our relationship with technology, and the impact of the pandemic ahead of City Week 2022.

A new report from the British Business Bank (BBB) has found that SME lending in the UK returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2021, writes TFG’s Marcus Lankford.

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG: World’s first: ICC and WTO launch standards toolkit for paperless trade

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

Among our top stories: Going nuclear – SWIFT ban to hamper Russian trade

After record-high gas prices and extreme price volatility in Q4 2021, European policymakers are now warming to the idea of a procurement rethink

In this article, UKEF’s Richard Simon Lewis looks back on COP26, and looks forward to a green revolution in which UK exports play a leading role

In this article, the Bank of England’s Alastair Hughes talks about LIBOR cessation and risk-free rate alternatives

Trade Finance Global (TFG) is delighted to announce that it has joined the Trade Finance Distribution (TFD) Initiative as a non-bank originator

If you are a UK business that is importing or exporting goods post-Brexit, then you will need to be familiar with UK customs declarations