GTR Nordics 2019: Reflecting on a different strain of trade disruption

Looking back to the GTR Nordics 2019 conference in Stockholm last November emphasises just how much priorities have changed across the trade sector during the first half of 2020; though many of the ‘old normal’ challenges discussed will inevitably persist into the future. In this latest podcast episode we recap highlights selected from 2 of the event’s keynote sessions, and catch up with the team at blockchain consortium we.trade on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic:

• Known knowns and known unknowns: Ryan Fayhee, Partner at Hughes Hubbard & Reed and Daniel Nord, Legal Counsel, Trade Compliance at Ericsson share their perspectives on the unintended consequences and practical trade challenges arising from the global sanctions regime

• Joined-up thinking: Journalist and broadcaster Mia Odebas joins Ville Sointu, Nordea’s Head of Emerging Technologies, discussing the need for digital network building to harness the full potential of digitisation for the trade sector.
  
  
• Jumping forward to April 2020, we caught up with we.trade Chief Financial Officer Eimaar Kelly and Chief Executive Officer Ciaran McGowan on how the current crisis is impacting we.trade’s operations and their wider network.