The workshop, which focused on integrating the trade settlement system and strengthening compliance measures to reduce transaction costs and processing delays, forms part of Afreximbank’s approach to addressing trade settlement… read more →

When it comes to environmental policy, the mantra to “reduce, reuse, recycle” is by now etched into the popular consciousness. But in practice, recycling has become the main way people… read more →

“After months of starts and stops, threats and retreats, Liberation Day is upon us.” When we wrote our tariff roundup almost four months ago to the day, we had little… read more →

A lawsuit by a group of five small business owners against the Trump administration will be heard by a major US court on Thursday, in what could be a major… read more →

In exchange, the US will face “zero tariff” on its exports to the EU and over £1 trillion in investments, said President Trump on Sunday. The deal had been long… read more →

Greenhouse gases, a range of compounds that trap heat in the air and are responsible for global warming, are produced by human activities that involve burning coal, oil, and gas,… read more →

In what US President Donald Trump has described as “perhaps the largest Deal ever made”, this marks a deescalation from the previously agreed 25% rate – but higher than the… read more →

The acquisition, in which the American investment giant would purchase a controlling stake in 43 ports around the world, has been months in the making: it was first announced in… read more →

The draft convention, approved on Monday, 14 July, during UNCITRAL’s 58th session, addresses a legal gap that has hampered international commerce. Until now, only maritime transport has benefited from widely… read more →

The test transaction showcased the exchange of digital original documents between a German exporter and Chinese counterparts, utilising technology from Swedish company Enigio and Chinese trade platform TradeGo. The eBL… read more →