Issue 02 | Mind the gap
With Issue 02: Mind the Gap, we’re zeroing in on gaps: liquidity access, policy frameworks, correspondent banking, payments infrastructure, tariff coverage, and geopolitics.
Born from a desire to cut through the dense and the dull, TTP highlights the hidden flows, vulnerabilities, and intersections that underpin global trade and finance.
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Contents
Defence finance is getting serious
Geopolitical upheavals and a surge in military spending have pushed defence finance from the taboo backwaters to priority status for
The return of mercantilist thinking? How an old worldview shaped global trade, and why it still matters
At first glance, mercantilism, the prevalent economic theory of the 16th to 18th century, might seem like a relic of
Reconnecting Mongolia: The return of USD correspondent banking and what it means for trade
Mongolia’s Golomt Bank restored vital USD clearing via BNY in 2024, slashing costs and delays, boosting trade finance, and reconnecting to global markets.
When David pays more: vulnerable economies bear the brunt of America’s tariff offensive, says UNCTAD report
Washington’s sweeping tariff offensive threatens to decimate the world’s most fragile economies. A report from the United Nations Conference on
A maritime blackout due to Trump tariffs: Unprecedented halt of Chinese vessels at California ports
The maritime landscape of the United States West Coast has entered uncharted territory with zero cargo vessels leaving China for California’s top busiest ports last week, a scenario unseen since the pandemic’s early days.
Trade war, sluggish growth outlook across regions, leading to “Uncertain Times”, says the EBRD report
The EBRD’s Regional Economic Prospects report has just landed—and it’s sounding the alarm across emerging Europe, Central Asia, the Mediterranean and beyond.