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March
Standard Chartered Bank has teamed with Chinese officials for a trade delegation to promote renminbi trade settlement in Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore.
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Comment from Iain MacDonald, head of trade product, Barclays and the British Chambers of Commerce following the release of today's ONS UK Trade Statistics.
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The International Finance Corporation has hosted a series of workshops to improve credit reporting in Ethiopia, Mozambique and Tanzania.
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DLA Piper has signed a cooperation agreement with Brazil’s Campos Mello Advogados, promising “more to come” in Latin America.
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February
A Mexican national has been indicted and arrested in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud US Ex-Im.
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The Reserve Bank of India has lowered the foreign currency export credit rate to aid Indian exports.
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To protect its debt restructuring plan, Kazakhstan’s Alliance Bank has filed for chapter 15 bankruptcy to prevent US lawsuits.
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Belgian export credit agency ONDD has increased its insurance premiums for Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.
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For the first time since the adoption of the revised ICC Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees (URDG), members of the drafting group will give a full public presentation on the new rules at a special seminar to be held in Paris on 18 March.
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Companies based in Hong Kong can now issue renminbi bonds under new guidelines announced by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.
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Norton Rose LLP today announced that Nick Grandage is to join its banking practice in London as a structured trade and commodity finance partner.
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Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke has announced that US Ex-Im is to play a vital role in President Obama’s National Export Initiative - details.
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January
The National Foreign Trade Council has welcomed President Obama’s commitment to expanding export opportunities and strengthening trade ties.
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Russia-based Salans partner Glenn Kolleeny has been elected to the firm’s global board.
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Global heads of export finance from 13 leading banks gathered today in Paris to discuss issues that impact on the ECA-backed business line.
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TARP chief operating officer, and former US Ex-Im officer joins DC office of law firm Cozen O’Connor.
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Two trade bodies, the Bankers’ Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT) and the International Financial Services Association (IFSA), have now merged.
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Dickon Harris approaches the sharpest legal minds in Trade Finance to find out what to expect in 2010.
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Deficit narrowed to £2.9 billion in November 2009, with balancing working capital seen as crucial for importers and exporters.
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Latham & Watkins strengthens Asia practice with office launch in China’s capital.
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Two major free trade agreements with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) have come into effect.
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China’s central bank has stated it plans to expand a trial for yuan cross-border settlements across the whole of China.
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Deacons Australia has joined the Norton Rose Group strengthening the firm’s Asia practice.