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World’s Best Trade Finance Providers 2025
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Tariffs, supply chain shifts, and trade digitalization demand adaptability, risk management, and banking partnerships. As President Donald Trump starts his second term, the prospect of a global tariffs war and its impact on trade and economies looms large. While international trade flows were rerouted but not fundamentally weakened during Trump’s first term, threats of…
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The yo-yoing yen | World Finance
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Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (right) with Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda as new yen banknotes are issued  Author: Jemima Hunter, Features Writer It may be overshadowed by the US dollar or euro, but the yen is the world’s third most traded currency, accounting for 13 percent of global foreign exchange transactions in…
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The great big tech break-up
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or Apple and Google, September 10, 2024 was a judicial bloodbath. For the EU’s regulatory apparatus, a rare victory in its war against big tech. The European Court of Justice ruled that Apple should pay €13bn in back taxes to the Irish tax authorities, while Google failed to overturn a €2.4bn fine over abuse…