International Trade

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG: Key to digitalisation – reducing the trade finance gap without creating unfair biases

Female-owned export companies are being unfairly excluded from receiving trade finance loans, and more needs to be done to remove gender bias from the decision-making process, according to experts at this year’s World Trade Symposium.

This article is co-authored by Marcus Lankford and Mark Abrams. In December 2021, Bloomberg reported that several banks including BNP Paribas SA, Societe Generale SA, and ABN Amro have restricted financing commodity transactions following defaults linked to the pandemic and multiple frauds.

Everything you need to know about the Queen’s speech and it’s implications on trade.

Energy security has been heavily discussed in recent weeks, with the narrative changing almost daily.
This article will review the state of the market and provide an overview of everything you need to know about oil and gas in Europe.

Stablecoins are a class of cryptocurrency that seeks to provide stability for its users by maintaining its value by pegging it to that of a reserve asset, usually one of the current significant fiat currencies such as the dollar. 

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG: Winners of International Trade Awards 2022 in cooperation with BAFT announced

Over three-quarters of merchandise exports by the least-developed countries (LDCs) are primary goods.
This places them at a disadvantage in international trade since manufactured goods have a higher value than primary goods.

The latest issue of TFG’s Trade Finance Talks, ‘Trade on a knife’s edge’, is out now!

Trade Finance Global announces the winners of the 2022 International Trade Awards in cooperation with BAFT in Washington, DC.

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.

An African economic problem deserves an Afro-centric solution: namely, an economic integration tool known as the African Continental Free Trade Agreement or AfCFTA.

The Secretary General of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), Guy Platten, admits there’s still work to be done to decarbonise the commercial shipping sector.

Your morning coffee briefing from TFG – Gas from the past: political history haunts energy supply chains amid Russian sanctions

On Wednesday, the Russian gas exporter and bank Gazprom suspended gas flows to Poland and Bulgaria as the firm did not receive payment from the countries in roubles.