Trade Finance Global (TFG)

🌙 Eid Mubarak from Trade Finance Global! ✨ Over the month of Ramadan, Muslims around the world fasted from dawn to dusk. Eid ends the month of Ramadan, and is an occasion to come together with loved ones and celebrate gratitude. Wishing a joyful and blessed Eid to all those who celebrate!

📰In case you missed last week’s news on #tradefinance, here’s your Monday coffee briefing from TFG to catch-up ☕ 🔷 PODCAST | Thriving amidst turbulence: The role of bespoke insurance 🔷 Heathrow Airport closure raises concerns about supply chain resilience 🔷 Sanctions in practice: How the trade industry is adapting to global restrictions 🔷 China organises meetings with foreign executives and world leaders in preparation for Trump tariffs 🔷 Fragmentation and uncertainty are biggest risks to global trade, says OECD - OCDE 🔷 India pushes ahead with free trade agreements with UK and New Zealand 📖 Read the full trade briefing by following the link in the comments section below ⬇️

🤱 Pump up the Jam: Stories about pumping for #IWD2025 ♀️ The latest #TRADEFINANCETALKS Magazine Issue 25 features Marilyn Blattner-Hoyle, Global Head of Trade Finance, Trade Credit & Working Capital Solutions at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and Priyamvada Singh, General Manager, Co-Head of Global Trade Finance, Americas, and Global Head of Supply Chain Finance at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group. Together, they discussed breastfeeding while being active in the workforce. 🍼 Breastfeeding is a sensitive topic for any mother, and family, with a little one. For those who do decide to pump breastmilk, particularly at work, many stories hone in on how difficult a process it can be yet there are happy pumping stories out there. These stories inspire all of us to take action around enabling pumping at work and in life. 📖 Read the article and the magazine, links in the comments section below ⬇️ #womenintrade #tradefinancetalks #AccelerateAction #IWD2025

🇨🇳 China organises meetings with foreign executives and world leaders in preparation for Trump tariffs 🗣️ Chinese ministers, policymakers, and leaders including Premier Xi Jinping have been meeting a range of high-profile executives and foreign leaders during the past week to discuss international collaboration and supply chain resilience. 📜 This comes in anticipation of a flurry of tariffs expected to be released by the US on 2 April. As both companies and countries scramble to plan a response to the tariffs, China may be looking for a way to increase its own resilience and take up some of the US’s declining dominance in global trade. ➡️ The French and Chinese foreign ministers met in Beijing yesterday to discuss deepening cooperation between the two countries, with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi vowing to “uphold multilateralism [and] oppose unilateralism” in clear opposition to Trump. 📖 Read the news with the link in the comments! #tariff #supplychain #globaltrade

🤝 Enabling inclusion by bridging trade finance gaps at ADB ➡️ The latest #TRADEFINANCETALKS Magazine Issue 25 features Ankita Pandey, Relationship Manager, Asian Development Bank (ADB), She talks about bridging trade finance gaps at Asian Development Bank 📊 A significant aspect of ADB’s trade finance initiatives involves research and data-driven advocacy. The bank’s Trade Finance Gaps, Growth, and Jobs Survey, published biannually, remains the only global analysis dedicated to quantifying the shortfall in available financing. 🚺 She also speaks about development banks and partner institutions providing financial literacy training and encouraging banks to integrate more women into trade finance roles. 📖 Read the article and the magazine, links in the comments section below ⬇️ #tradefinance #womenintrade #tradefinancetalks

✈️ Heathrow Airport closure raises concerns about supply chain resilience ➡️ On the way to work on Friday 21 March, most Londoners would have experienced severe delays to the Elizabeth Line, while approximately 200 holiday-goers and -comers would have found their trips diverted. This was the result of a power cut, caused by a fire at an electrical substation, which closed Heathrow Airport for 200 hours. 🚫 This closure has instigated concern surrounding supply chain resilience and risk management, particularly on overdependence on single transit points. 📖 Read the news with the link in the comments!

🚺 The role of women in Africa’s trade and finance ➡️ The latest #TRADEFINANCETALKS Magazine Issue 25 features Gwen Mwaba, Managing Director, Trade and Supply Chain Finance of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). She talks about the challenges and opportunities faced by women in trade, particularly in emerging markets like Africa. ♀️ Women, particularly those in emerging markets, often face unique struggles that hinder their ability to participate fully in the global economy, such as limited access to education, outdated legal systems, and restrictive inheritance laws. 📖 Read the article and the magazine, links in the comments section below ⬇️ #tradefinance #womenintrade #tradefinancetalks

▶️ VIDEO | The role of women in Africa’s trade and finance 🤝 Institutions have begun focusing on the economic inclusion of women through targeted programs. Liquidity solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) provide a lifeline. When credit becomes accessible, business owners can expand operations, hire more workers, and bolster their communities in the process. 🎙️ To learn more about gender issues in trade, treasury, and payments, Trade Finance Global (TFG) spoke with Gwen Mwaba, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)’s Managing Director of Trade Finance and Correspondent Banking, at the annual Women in Trade Treasury and Payments event in London. 🗣️ Mwaba said, “There are a number of unique challenges that are very specific to a continent like Africa. Some of those include things like a lack of access to education for young girls. Boys still tend to be favoured, and many families would rather pay for the male child to go to school than the female children.” 📺 Watch the full video, link in the comments section below ⬇️ #TRADEFINANCETALKS #WITTP2025 #africantrade #womenintrade