GTR looks back on a steady, if unremarkable year for trade and trade finance by rounding up our most-read stories of the last 12 months.| Global Trade Review (GTR)
Soaring demand for critical minerals could prove transformative for commodity-exporting nations, but action is needed to plug a US$225bn mining investment gap, improve access to finance and overcome sustainability concerns, international bodies warn. The transition to renewable energy is causing “surging” demand for certain metals. Lithium demand is projected to increase by more than 1,500% ...| Global Trade Review (GTR)
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has established a €110mn guarantee facility aimed at boosting war risk insurance for cargo and transport companies in Ukraine. As part of the facility, launched alongside broker Aon today, the EBRD will seek to encourage international reinsurers to return to the Ukrainian market by covering their losses ...| Global Trade Review (GTR)
Danish renewable energy developer Ørsted has secured a financing facility backed by a club of export credit agencies (ECAs) to fund an offshore wind project in Taiwan. The Changhua 4 wind farm, which is already under construction, will have 583 megawatts of capacity once completed and sit alongside three other wind farms, two of which ...| Global Trade Review (GTR)
As the world’s largest development finance institution focused on the private sector in lower-income economies, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is uniquely placed to help commercial banks bring trade finance facilities to some of the world’s most challenging markets. Nathalie Louat has spent nearly two decades at IFC, and today acts as its director of ...| Global Trade Review (GTR)