Swedish export credit agency EKN has named finance ministry official Åke Nordlander as its incoming director-general, as Anna ...

Greater scrutiny of customs fraud through lawsuits filed under the False Claims Act (FCA) is likely, trade lawyers say, as the US government steps up trade fraud enforcement and tariffs rise. Trade ...

Swedish export credit agency EKN and the Islamic Development Bank’s credit insurance arm are backing €1.5bn in financing for the construction of a tunnel in southern Turkey. The loan is being provided ...

Eastern European trader TOI Commodities has refinanced and upsized its borrowing base facility to US$295mn, securing commitments from 16 commercial banks and development lenders. The trader, formerly ...

Global commodities trader Trafigura has struck a US$200mn facility agreement with the Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-Sure), which the agency hopes will boost South Korea’s shipping industry.

Countries in Southeast Asia are the “most attractive” to foreign investors for low-cost labour and high human capital, but China’s manufacturing capabilities are still a draw despite moves to ...

ACITI is dedicated to advancing Australia’s international economic engagement by facilitating access to information, fostering networks across business, government, academe, and civil society, and ...

EU importers will no longer be permitted to purchase refined fuel from markets such as India and Turkey if it has been produced from Russian-origin crude, part of the bloc’s latest crackdown on Russia ...

Despite a host of industry associations and government agencies pointing out the difficulties SMEs face when exporting, including access to finance, the response has been piecemeal. SMEs exported £107 ...

A Saudi investment firm has been awarded US$4.19mn after a Dubai court ruled Rasmala Investment Bank Limited (RIBL) made a “misrepresentation” about the suitability and financial health of its trade ...

When oil-rich South Sudan achieved independence in 2011, it entered the club of nations with a clean financial slate and no government debt. But in the intervening years, many of them marred by a ...

The US government’s shift towards real-time sanctions enforcement for seaborne Iranian oil trade risks leaving banks and commodity traders exposed to high costs and gruelling litigation, researchers ...