Members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) announced new procurement deals and reaffirmed their commitment to removing barriers to defence trade during the 2026 NATO Summit, which concluded on… read more →
Critical mineral supply chains are globally concentrated. China’s dominant position in the mining, processing, refining, and manufacturing stages of several critical raw material value chains has long been recognised, and… read more →
Aluminium is considered a critical mineral, and not for its use in kitchen foil. The metal is vital for the global transfer of goods, power transmission, and energy storage. But… read more →
Today, 30 June, the Bank of England and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a paper outlining a joint regulatory framework for UK stablecoins. This follows a House of… read more →
On Tuesday, 16 June, the European Parliament approved a belated trade agreement with the US, cutting all tariffs on US industrial exports and certain agricultural goods. The main proposal of… read more →
On Monday, 8 June, British mining company Total Graphite announced that it has changed its feasibility study for a graphite mining project in Montepuez, Mozambique, to ensure it can support… read more →
A new chapter in American commercial law begins today, 3 June, with Article 12 of New York’s Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) set to reshape how negotiable instruments move. Leveraging technology… read more →
Geopolitical shocks are now feeding through to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) faster than ever before. As operating across global supply chains, customer bases, and supplier networks becomes the norm… read more →
Seven central banks and over 40 commercial banks have participated in a successful prototype of Project Agorá, an initiative to test the feasibility of a multi-currency shared programmable platform. A… read more →
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 →
