Digitising trade: the time is now

2021-09-29

World trade is central to economic growth and as we emerge from the pandemic, trade is paramount in enabling the global economy to recover. We’ve discussed trade digitisation and its many facets for some time now, but the pandemic has now rendered this critical, potentially a tipping point for scalable progress in digitisation. But it’s not easy. Digitising a complex ecosystem involving myriad actors, rules and regulations, sprawled across both physical and financial supply chains in multiple coun...

World trade is central to economic growth and as we emerge from the pandemic, trade is paramount in enabling the global economy to recover.

We’ve discussed trade digitisation and its many facets for some time now, but the pandemic has now rendered this critical, potentially a tipping point for scalable progress in digitisation.

But it’s not easy. Digitising a complex ecosystem involving myriad actors, rules and regulations, sprawled across both physical and financial supply chains in multiple countries and industries is a challenge.

Today, discussing, legal harmonisation, Richer data and standards and interoperability, I’m joined by Industry leader and one of TFG’s Women in Trade, Louise Taylor Digby, Head of Trade Strategy at SWIFT.

Full transcript: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-s1-ep69-digitising-trade-the-time-is-now/

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