As geopolitical shocks and trade disruption push resilience to the top of the board agenda, many manufacturers are turning to near-shoring and regionalisation to safeguard their operations. However, physical proximity… read more →
Indonesia has launched a new regulatory regime, placing some of the country’s most important commodities under centralised state control. The policy, announced by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in late May,… read more →
Four key pressures shape global trade today: geopolitical fragmentation, unpredictable tariffs, supply-chain realignment, and tighter regulations. Businesses suffer not from a lack of demand but from a shortage of timely,… 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 2017 adoption of the Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (MLETR) by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) has provided a legislative template for the use… 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 →
If you do business with China, sooner or later, you’ll come across the codes 9610 and 0110. At first glance, they may seem like minor customs categories, but in practice,… read more →
On Wednesday, 20 May, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer finalised a free trade agreement with six Gulf countries, projected to expand the British economy by £3.7 billion annually. However, the… read more →
