The US has agreed to lift a 40-year ban on the exports of crude oil - providing a boost for traders across the globe. The move will open a major new market and create...

Britain must have a new independent commission to help boost the country's exports, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) says. The group calls for a body...

Swiss-based commodity trader Trafigura's de facto control over Belgium-headquartered zinc producer Nyrstar has been cleared by the European Commission....

UK-headquartered merchant Plexus Cotton has sold its cotton-trading business to Singapore-based RCMA Groups, which plans to expand its commodities operations beyond...

Liberia has joined the World Trade Organisation. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the West African country's president, said it would "use trade as a tool for...

In part three of our interview series, TXF’s Helen Castell talks to INOKS Capital chief executive Nabil Marc Abdul-Massih about the importance of regulation and his...

London-based working capital solutions provider Demica has released an insight paper about how to approach the world of trade receivable securitisations (TRS). New...

The Development Bank of Kazakhstan and Chinese export credit agency Sinosure have sealed a deal on insurance coverage of up to $400 million for projects between the...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will allocate almost $790 million to energy projects in Azerbaijan between 2016 and 2018. The money will be used to develop...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Australia will benefit from the expansion of Mongolia's Oyu Tolgoi mine, Export Finance and Insurance Corporation...

Ivory Coast has signed a $778 million loan deal with Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim) to pay for upgrades to its national power grid. The financing will fund...

Angola's Banco Privado Atlantico has opened a branch in Namibia in order to promote, among other things, trade finance. Officials said it was another step in...

Lebanon has become the latest country to be accepted as a member of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Lebanese authorities said the...

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has launched a $3.5 billion programme to help member countries deal with the trade finance liquidity shortage. Afreximbank...

Exports from Latin America and the Caribbean will drop about 14% in 2015 because of a fall in prices and weak demand from key trading partners, the Inter-American...

Commerzbank’s head of structured commodity trade finance (SCTF) Mario Messerschmidt has brought to an end his fifteen-year tenure at the bank, announcing his departure...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) board of governors has approved China's request to become a shareholder. The move will open up...

Companies are cutting costs amid the crude price crash but oil traders are making a killing. Trafigura reported record earnings just days after Glencore said it was...

Five export credit agencies (ECAs) and 15 banks have agreed a $4.4 billion project finance deal for the expansion of Rio Tinto's Oyu Tolgoi underground copper and...

The Russian Agency for Export Credit and Investment Insurance (EXIAR) and Transkapitalbank have agreed to a working capital financing insurance policy to boost exports...