GTR News Brief Episode 21

Host Felix Thompson gives a breakdown of the major stories in trade and trade finance news this week.

Singapore’s High Court has sided with Goodwood Associates in a dispute with another oil company over a missed US$1.5mn payment.

In a new statement, development banks have pledged to change their trade finance activities to help achieve the UN’s sustainable development goals, but have avoided hard transition targets for fossil fuel financing.

JP Morgan has become the first validation agent in the global legal entity identifier system, after the role was created last month.

Meanwhile, guest interviewee Louis Taylor, UKEF's chief executive, discusses the various ways export credit agencies have reacted to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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