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Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG:

  • Canada’s Minister Ng: Building ecosystems to support women-owned businesses
  • ICC DSI: 7 key trade documents for digitisation
  • Global Maritime Forum – Four insights for sustainable shipping
  • Five steps to help financial inclusion in trade, World Trade Board launches new roadmap
  • ADB pushes for digital trade through regional outreach program
  • Largest trade deal since Brexit: UK joins free trade bloc in Indo-Pacific
  • BBVA launches free ‘Global Trade Finance’ portal: helping companies streamline import-export operations
  • EBRD’s green investment project approved by InvestEU

Canada’s Minister Ng: Building ecosystems to support women-owned businesses

TFG spoke to the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development to discuss the Canadian government’s role in international trade and supporting women in the workplace. Read more →

ICC DSI: 7 key trade documents for digitisation

The 52-page ICC DSI report identifies and defines the key data elements held within each of the seven identified key trade documents: namely, the certificate of origin, customs declaration, packing list, bill of lading, commercial invoice, warehouse receipt, and insurance certificate. Read more →

Global Maritime Forum – Four insights for sustainable shipping

A new insight brief series from the Global Maritime Forum identifies four actions that maritime and shipping industries can take now to support shipping’s transition to a sustainable and resilient zero-emission future. Read more →

Five steps to help financial inclusion in trade, World Trade Board launches new roadmap

Today, the World Trade Board, pioneered by Finastra, has launched the “Financial Inclusion in Trade” roadmap for MSMEs and asks for industry feedback and collaboration. Read more →

ADB pushes for digital trade through regional outreach program

The Asian Development Bank (ADB), through its Trade and Supply Chain Finance Program (TSCFP), has initiated a series of discussions with government agencies in several of its developing member countries. Read more →

Largest trade deal since Brexit: UK joins free trade bloc in Indo-Pacific

The UK is set to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), an expansive free trade area of 11 countries spanning the Indo-Pacific. Read more →

BBVA launches free ‘Global Trade Finance’ portal: helping companies streamline import-export operations

Global Trade Finance can be found on the BBVA Pivot website – the bank’s series of solutions to optimise multinational companies’ treasury. Read more →

EBRD’s green investment project approved by InvestEU

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will mobilise more than €1.1 billion in financing through direct investments or financial intermediaries to help the European Union (EU) countries improve their sustainability and minimise their environmental impact. Read more