African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced the launch of a specialised training programme aimed at enabling African businesses to capitalise on opportunities created by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has launched an Expert Panel on Project Cargox  to strengthen Hong Kong’s digital trade finance ecosystem, leveraging cargo data through the Commercial Data Interchange… read more →

Let’s face it — all good things must come to an end. In an era of automation, many familiar roles, products, and services have ridden off into the sunset. The… read more →

After years of simmering trade tensions, the United States-China trade policy entered a new and tumultuous phase in 2025. 

In response to the growing uncertainty in global trade policy, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has released a new guidance note, Using the Incoterms® 2020 Rules to Manage Tariff Risk in International Trade.

Newly released data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has added much-needed clarity to the global picture of seaborne trade.

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 framework that once held global trade together no longer fits the reality it’s supposed to support. The assumptions that underpinned multilateralism have thinned. Policy shifts once considered unthinkable now… read more →

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.