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UK and New Zealand goods and services trade reached a record £4bn in 2025, as businesses continued to make strong use of preferential tariffs under the two countries’ free trade agreement. A joint statement from the UK and New Zealand...
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The UK’s trade deficit widened sharply in the three months to April 2026, as rising imports outpaced export growth and…
#exports#imports#supply chains
Warning signs of a slowdown in global trade are beginning to emerge despite growing optimism around artificial intelligence and productivity…
#global trade#supply chains#trade finance
UK SMEs trading internationally are warning of severe financial pressure as disruption linked to the Iran war drives up logistics,…
#FX risk#Iran war#sme finance
Santander CIB has appointed Juan Suárez Romero as head of trade and working capital origination for Europe, strengthening leadership across…
#Europe#Santander#trade finance
New York’s adoption of legal reforms recognising digital bills of exchange has taken effect, giving electronic trade instruments stronger legal…
#bills of exchange#digital trade#electronic trade documents
Swiss prosecutors have raided Gunvor’s Geneva offices as part of a criminal investigation linked to suspected bribery, putting compliance controls…
#bribery#commodity finance#commodity tradin
The Financial Conduct Authority has warned financial institutions that sanctions compliance remains an area of significant supervisory focus, as geopolitical…
#compliance#FCA#risk management
Lloyds Banking Group has committed up to £2bn of trade finance support for UK exporters as businesses face an increasingly…
#export finance#Lloyds#smes
India's finance ministry is reviewing lending conditions for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises as policymakers seek to protect credit flows…
#banking#India#MSME finance
Governments are increasingly using trade investigations as a foundation for retaliatory measures, creating a more complex compliance environment for exporters,…
#compliance#exporters#sanctions
The global economy remains vulnerable to geopolitical shocks, energy market disruption and financial instability despite signs of resilience in early…
#geopolitical risk#global trade#trade finance
Fresh US military strikes near the Strait of Hormuz have added a new layer of uncertainty for commodity finance markets…
#commodity finance#sanctions#shipping risk