Trade & Supply Chain Finance

Investment strategies, such as MMFs, are being reconsidered, while cash buffers are growing; meanwhile a major US court ruling could derail the tariffs.

The move is part of the group's strategy to oversee corporate treasury, retail business and international expansion; its chain Urban Revivo has also opened a store in TST.

A combination of alternative shipping routes, higher prices, less trade and reduced investments, are all expected, according to a trade survey; there is more uncertainty ahead as the end of the 90-day pause edges closer.

As the apparel and textile markets suffer from a gas shortage, which is used to dye fabric, the country is looking to ramp up domestic gas production.

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.