Trade & Supply Chain Finance

The plan is to launch an integrated digital trade corridor to connect China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines

The weekend agreement to reduce tariffs to 10% in China and 30% in the US is good news for companies, markets, and the US dollar; however it excludes the de minimis clause.

Malaysia's prime minister Anwar Ibrahim believes the country's initial GDP forecast for 2025 is unlikely to be met.

The idea is to harness the HKMA's Commercial Data Interchange to help improve access for SMEs to trade finance.

The so-called ‘BRICS Bridge’ project may have stalled, but efforts to undermine the primacy of the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency have received a boost from an unlikely source; although any path to a true alternative will be long and difficult.

DHL said it will temporarily suspend the collection and shipping of B2C shipments to the US where the declared customs value exceeds $800, while the Hongkong Post will suspend air mail containing goods from April 27, amid US customs changes.

The global economy is going through unprecedented times and expert panelists from Baguio Green Group, SF Reit Asset Management and HSBC discussed how to best manage the volatility.

Buyers are asking Bangladeshi exporters to share the additional tariff burden in a garment market which exports almost $9bn of products to the US annually; meanwhile the government wants to reduce barriers for US imports.

The Hong Kong government is supporting exporters with insurance and cash flow needs, with Donald Trump now, temporarily, exempting electronics from tariffs imposed on China and Hong Kong.

US president Donald Trump has ordered a 90-day pause on retaliatory tariffs above the 10% already imposed, except for Chinese goods, with tariffs now at 125% after China retaliated; the EU has also retaliated. Trump may have been fearful over the impact on the US bond market.

The merged businesses, to be called SILQ Group, help support SMEs through funding and their supply chain; the merger is backed by a $110m funding round from Valar Ventures and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.

Balancing core financial performance and meeting ESG regulatory standards is becoming a fine line for corporates to walk, according to senior executives at Towngas and Kerry Logistics Network.