The UN’s World Food Programme has warned that the failure to open Black Sea ports is a declaration of war on global food insecurity and will lead to famine, destabilisation of nations, and mass migration by necessity.
TFG interviewed Steven Beck, head of trade and supply chain finance at Asian Development Bank (ADB), to discuss how the trade and supply chain finance landscape has changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Russia-Ukraine conflict is having a debilitating effect on the cost of staple foods. Wheat and corn prices are skyrocketing, pushing already precarious regions such as the Middle East and Africa, to the brink.
FCI and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have launched a new factoring initiative in Georgia and Armenia. The partnership will see Georgia and Armenia using a unique… read more →
Freeports are a special kind of air, rail, or seaport, where normal tax and customs rules don’t apply, says John Lucy, director of Liverpool City Region Freeport
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has boosted its support for Indonesia’s dairy industry after becoming a new anchor investor in a leading production firm. Yesterday, at the Indonesia Stock Exchange… read more →
Department for International Trade (DIT) launches new mentorship programme to help UK farmers and food producers boost their exports.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has quadrupled its support for food systems development in the past decade from $409 million in 2010 to $1.2 billion in 2020 to help close… read more →
International Trade Secretary Liz Truss has announced a new food and drink export campaign to boost post-Brexit trade.
The UK has today secured a free trade agreement with Japan, which is the UK’s first major trade deal as an independent trading nation. The UK has secured a free… read more →
The European Investment Bank (EIB), the lending arm of the European Union, and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Africa’s foremost multilateral trade finance institution, are directing EUR 300m of financing… read more →
The UK’s International Trade Secretary Liz Truss and India’s Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal agreed to explore opportunities for expanding and deepening our trade relationship. This… read more →
TFG heard from Andreas Tesch of Atradius on the status of credit insurance market in Asia and the key initiatives taken in response to Covid-19’s impact on Asian trade.
Murabaha financing agreement delivers critical support for thousands of farmers exporting food commodities across the continent as COVID-19 impacts global food commodity prices. (Jeddah, KSA, 30 June 2020). The International Islamic Trade Finance… read more →
Package of measures designed to turbo charge UK food and drink as the world recovers from coronavirus The plan will provide unprecedented help for SMEs and allow them to capitalise… read more →