The global shortfall in supply of trade finance has remained steady at US$2.5tn, according to the latest edition of a closely watched benchmark survey. The value of the trade finance gap is estimated in a biennial survey by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which this year included more than 110 lenders, believed to represent… The post Trade finance gap stabilises at US$2.5tn appeared first on Global Trade Review (GTR).| Global Trade Review (GTR)
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) has warned that global goods trade is now expected to shrink this year, driven by plummeting import and export figures from North America in the wake of the US’ tariff overhaul. The WTO had initially forecast a continued steady expansion of trade in 2025 and 2026, but following the announcement…| Global Trade Review (GTR)
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has warned that uncertainty over tariffs and trade restrictions threatens to undermine recent growth in global goods trade. Merchandise trade grew through the first three quarters of 2024, after a year-long slump during the previous 12 months. The WTO’s latest trade barometer, which forecasts short-term trends based on ...| Global Trade Review (GTR)
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has appointed Emmanuelle Ganne as chief of its newly established digital trade and frontier technologies section. The section will act as a hub of expertise, co-ordinating efforts across the WTO to address the transformative impact of digitalisation and emerging technologies on global trade. Its mission includes policy support, capacity building ...| Global Trade Review (GTR)
London-based trade finance provider Newable Commerce has acquired £70mn in export finance funding for UK SMEs.| Global Trade Review (GTR)
This HillNote describes the WTO’s dispute-settlement process and discusses the Appellate Body’s current status. Because the Appellate Body is currently not functioning, it also examines the implications of appealing “into the void” and identifies certain other dispute-settlement options that some WTO members are using.| HillNotes