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August 12, 2020 Customs, the BOM and Ro-Ro - What Next for the UK?
The Coronavirus Pandemic has quite rightly been the key focus for governments around the world in recent months, but that doesn’t mean the UK’s exit from the European Union has taken a backseat.
Seems like quite a while ago now, but as of February 1st this year, the UK Brexited the EU, and we are in the transition phase until the end of 2020. But when clocks chime midnight at the New Year, the way exporters and importers trade with the EU will change significantly. There are implications for customs and declarations, changes at the ports, documentation, and various checks.
The information provided is often quite overwhelming, so in this podcast, we are catching up with an expert in these areas – Institute of Export & International Trade’s Kevin Shakespeare.
19 min
August 04, 2020 Separating cat pics from invoice scans - the role of artificial intelligence in global trade
Among the oldest areas of financial services, trade finance always held a central position within international trade, with 80 to 90% of transactions being financed by some form of credit, guarantee or insurance.

However, the sector is one of the most manual and paper-based of the whole industry, resulting in expensive and error-prone operations with a slow processing time.

Emerging and new technologies have potential to address these problems, with the potential to transform the way these transactions are conducted. With that in mind, today I am joined by Arnaud Doly, CEO & Founder of Nabu.
20 min
July 26, 2020 The state of trade: tension, transition, and turning point. TL;DR on ICC’s Global Trade Survey
Banks remain fairly optimistic about the future of trade finance, according to ICC’s recently published annual global survey on trade finance.

In the words of ICC’s Secretary General John Denton, “The year 2020 has not unfolded as anyone would have anticipated.”
As partners of this survey, TFG heard from Alexander Malaket, Chair of the Global Survey, joining from Toronto. We’ll be dissecting the Global Survey, highlighting the key takehomes and discussing what this means for trade finance.

Read more about the Global Survey here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/breaking-banks-predict-up-to-30-decline-in-trade-flows-latest-icc-global-survey-on-trade-finance-shows/
25 min
July 02, 2020 'China Plus One' Strategy - Best of Both Worlds?
Trade in Asia is changing at an alarming pace. The US-China trade war continues to grind on, firms are now seriously thinking about their existing supply chain footprints, and understanding the importance of free trade agreements in and around APAC has never been more important.
TFG heard from Dr. Deborah Elms, CEO, Asian Trade Centre on the impact of COVID19 for businesses in Singapore and also more widely in Asia Pacific.
Full article and transcript here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-s1-e45-china-plus-one-strategy-best-of-both-worlds/
26 min
June 26, 2020 WEF - The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Inclusive digital trade is the future
It's never been a more important time to recognise and accelerate the adoption of technology to help enhance, promote and ease global trade.
Moreover, there are many challenges associated with the advancement of technologies, which are coinciding with the rapid emergence of: ecological constraints, the advent of increasingly multipolar international order and rising inequality. And to add to that, the economic and health impacts of the global pandemic Coronavirus have been huge.
With that in mind, we were joined by the World Economic Forum’s Ziyang Fan, joining us from San Francisco.
Full article and transcript here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-wef-the-fourth-industrial-revolution-inclusive-digital-trade-is-the-future/
21 min
June 12, 2020 ICC SOS – Save Lives. Save Livelihoods. Save Our SMEs
The coronavirus crisis has affected MSMEs disproportionately and has revealed their vulnerability to the supply and demand shock, particularly around liquidity and cash flow. It’s estimated that 40-60% of small businesses might not reopen after the Coronavirus pandemic. 200 million full-time job losses are expected between April and July 2020.
TFG heard from ICC’s Secretary General John Denton and talked about actions needed from governments, private sector leaders and international institutions to ensure the continued viability of our MSMEs.
Full article and transcript here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-s1-e43-icc-sos-save-lives-save-livelihoods-save-our-smes/.
20 min
June 08, 2020 $5 trillion and counting - the MSME Finance Gap
TFG caught up with SME Finance Forum's CEO, Matt Gamser on MSME's importance in real-world economic growth, job creation, and innovation.
35 min
June 08, 2020 $5 trillion and counting - the MSME Finance Gap
TFG caught up with SME Finance Forum's CEO, Matt Gamser on MSME's importance in real-world economic growth, job creation, and innovation.
35 min
June 08, 2020 $5 trillion and counting - the MSME Finance Gap
TFG caught up with SME Finance Forum's CEO, Matt Gamser on MSME's importance in real-world economic growth, job creation, and innovation.
35 min
May 22, 2020 Bitter Sweet: Global trade disruption and its impact on sugar flows
The ongoing impact of the global Covid-19 pandemic has severely impacted many businesses. Alongside the downfall of the oil industry and many others, we discuss the impact on a common commodity in everyone's household - sugar.
TFG is very delighted to hear from Tanya and Stephen of Czarnikow discussing in detail the impact of Covid-19 on sugar supply chains. Czarnikow buys, sells, and moves sugar, food ingredients, packaging, and ethanol around the world.
Full transcript and article here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-s1-e41-bitter-sweet-global-trade-disruption-and-its-impact-on-sugar-flows/
31 min

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