As Iain Martin of the Times said, “To deny the downsides of Brexit on trade with the EU is to deny reality.”
The decision to secede from the world’s largest single market area was bound to have some short-term economic consequences, but the UK may be experiencing more than a short-term decline.
UK Export Finance (UKEF) backs a £116.5 million loan that will help UK businesses prevent avoidable disasters in Senegal. UKEF and the Senegalese government have reached an agreement aimed at… read more →
Ever since China opened its doors to trade with the world nearly twenty years ago, it’s been touted as the next global economic superpower.
Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG: RELEASED: Trade Finance Talks – Supply chain disruption: the new global food crisis
After five days of ‘marathon talks,’ some hard negotiating and plenty of encouragement from Director-General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at MC12, WTO members have managed to secure a historic package of trade deals for member states.
TFG has partnered with The Economist Impact Events’ 2nd Annual Global Trade Week. During Wednesday’s panel session “How can digital trade agreements help?” panellists explored the use of digital trade agreements and how their evolution can help to promote the free flow of data, improve human welfare, and inspire trust.
TFG has partnered with The Economist Impact Events’ 2nd Annual Global Trade Week. During the fireside chat ‘What is the outlook for the inflationary environment?’ The Economist spoke with Gary Cohn, vice chairman of IBM, to discuss his thoughts on the causes of inflation, and what policy changes are needed to tackle it.
The latest issue of TFG’s Trade Finance Talks, ‘Supply chain disruption: the new global food crisis’ is out now!
The number of ‘green’ Swiss banks has doubled in the past year, outpacing their UK counterparts in the race to corner a piece of the lucrative ‘green’ market and meet… read more →
A new breed of bank employing the latest tech promises to unlock trade finance for UK SMEs “within minutes”. Neotrade, a Manchester-based trade finance bank focused on servicing small and… read more →
