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 →
The credit and political risk landscape has, in the past year, been driven by significant fluctuations in geopolitics and trade, whether in tariff wars or actual wars, while technological developments… 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 →
South-East Asia is a critical region for the global economy. With a GDP of $6.36 trillion, Indonesia alone is the world’s sixth-largest economy, surpassing Brazil, France, and the UK. As… read more →
It’s only in the last few years that environmental issues truly moved from specialist conferences and policy papers into supermarkets, boardrooms, and the headlines. The renewed attention makes it a… read more →
Listen to this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Podbean, Podtail, ListenNotes, TuneIn The exclusion of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) from finance isn’t driven by mere moral neglect, but by systemic infrastructural constraints – amplified… read more →
The Nordic region is widely recognised as a global leader in sustainability, known for its commitment to emission-free industries, advancing circular economy initiatives, and an almost clean power system. Their… read more →
African lenders catering to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face a paradox in accessing sustainable trade finance capital. To tap green bond markets or secure development finance institutions’ (DFI) facilities,… read more →
On 1 January 2026, the European Union’s (EU) Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) came into force, a measure described as putting a fair price on carbon and encouraging cleaner industrial… read more →
On Tuesday, 27 January, India and the European Union (EU) signed a pivotal free trade deal that will cut up to €4 billion in tariffs on EU exports and eliminate… read more →
