Upgraded ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement comes into effect
The upgraded ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA), which as ratified in Feburary, entered into force on Monday. The agreement, […]
Guatemala’s digital maritime platform for port logistics
In April 2024, Guatemala introduced a Maritime Single Window (VUMAR) at Santo Tomás de Castilla and Puerto Quetzal to modernise its port clearance procedures. Early results indicate significant time and cost savings in the year since it was implemented.
Marsh McLennan webinar explores how trade policy is reshaping global business
To explore the potential impacts of the changing trade landscape and how businesses can protect operations against volatility, a panel of geopolitical and finance experts from across Marsh McLennan’s business groups came together to discuss in a webinar titled, “Navigating geopolitical risk and uncertainty: The impact of changing trade policies”.
The Day After: Global trade in freefall
The framework that once held global trade together no longer fits the reality it’s supposed to support. The assumptions that
Armenia’s growth set to cool in 2025 as external boosts recede, ABD predicts
Armenia’s economy is projected to grow 5% in 2025, according to the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) latest Asian Development Outlook.
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Tariff tensions drive record uptake of foreign trade zones in US
Trump’s tariffs are prompting importers to reassess their supply chain strategies, with a record number turning to foreign trade zones (FTZs) and bonded warehouses as a means of managing rising costs and operational uncertainty.
Standard Chartered launches whitepaper on ISO 20022 transition
Standard Chartered, a bank, has today released a new whitepaper exploring the adoption of ISO 20022 XML to support corporates
The digital revolution in trade: How tradetech is transforming global trade
Digital technologies are changing the way we live, work, and trade. As WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala often says, the future of trade is digital, and it must be inclusive.
MDBs: Advancing development through trade
Trade has become well-established and recognised among practitioners and policymakers as an effective way to support and advance international development and poverty reduction. Multilateral institutions, including multilateral development banks (MDBs), have embraced this perspective, and most leading MDBs today put significant priority on the nexus between trade and development.
Safe to go back in the water…?
Is it possible to engage in the commodity trade finance market without getting your backside bitten off by the sharp-toothed