On Sunday, 3 May, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) launched a financing facility aimed at helping Asia-Pacific (APAC) countries develop critical minerals supply chains. The ADB facility, named the Critical… read more →
Pakistan has opened six road transit routes to enable third-country goods to reach Iran, creating a new land corridor. The initiative came as 3,000 containers destined for Iran were stranded… read more →
Standard Chartered and the World Bank Group’s private-sector lending arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), have launched a $300 million risk-sharing facility aimed at expanding trade and supply chain finance… read more →
On Friday, 1 May, the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement (ITA) will come into provisional application. While supporters are praising the deal as a significant de-risking achievement by Brussels, opponents want… read more →
At least four vessels were seized by unauthorised persons off the coast of Somalia in the last week, with authorities declaring a ‘substantial’ regional threat amid a reignited wave of… read more →
The UAE has announced today, 28 April, that it has quit the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and OPEC+ oil cartel, as the global energy crisis caused by the… 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 →
On Friday, 24 April, the US Consulate General in Lagos, Nigeria, concluded a two-day event formally expanding the revitalisation of its Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102) for Nigeria, aimed at… 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 →
South Africa is boosting its fuel imports from the US, as disruption in the Strait of Hormuz strains the country’s energy supply. This comes in the lead up to South… read more →
