Resources

Trade sanctions are among the many tactics resorted to by the international community in order to compel a state to comply with its human rights obligation. 

This article was co-authored by:

– Arun Prakash, strategy officer for trade and commodity finance at IFC
– Dennis Ochieng, economist at IFC
– Shanshan Li, consultant at IFC

The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) and Power Bank (PB) have signed a cooperation agreement to collaborate in the financing of energy solutions across the MENA… read more →

Minister for Exports, Graham Stuart MP, announces new agreement to support construction of a major new transport hub outside of Warsaw. Representatives from the UK and Poland today signed an… read more →

The Government has announced the UK’s new MFN tariff regime, the UK Global Tariff (UKGT) The Government has this morning (19 May) announced the UK’s new MFN tariff regime, the UK… read more →

TFG heard from EXX Africa’s Keri Leicher, on the economic, political and health crisis in Africa caused by Covid-19 pandemic. Keri spoke of Africa’s high level of debt and silent attacks affecting the continent’s security.

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and World Health Organization (WHO) have launched a worldwide survey to report the challenges faced by the private sector from COVID-19. In response to… read more →

(Geneva) – The International Trade Centre has launched a new dashboard to monitor temporary trade measures adopted by governments responding to the global COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, ITC has announced… read more →

TFG spoke to Mitigram’s CEO Milena Torciano, who just raised a Series B round of financing, worth 100SEK ($10.7m USD) from Sampo, on their ambition to become the Bloomberg of trade and digitise trade flows.

ABSA’s Doreen Fick examines the current state of the African trade and receivables market, highlighting key tools and initiatives.

Shortly after joining as a member of ITFA in 2019, Trade Finance Global (TFG) heard from 6 interesting fintech startups in the trade and receivables ecosystem, participating in the ITFA Fintech Discovery Day in Helsinki.

In recent years, the trade finance landscape has seen immense change, driven by a multitude of factors, including policy, consumers, technology and protectionism. A few years ago we were debating… read more →

The Republic of South Africa is considering strict restrictions on the transport of raw materials in order to boost domestic value-adding operations. The Republic of South Africa, ranked 61 by… read more →

The Association of Banks in Israel with an unusual request to the Supervisor of Banks – “The continuation of the current conduct exposes us to lawsuits on several fronts, and… read more →

Access to finance is essential for SMEs because it allows them to expand, thrive and ultimately create jobs. Thankfully, various alternative funding options provide SMEs with a choice when it comes to overcoming financial… read more →