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[TradeSun @TradeSun]

That's a wrap on the Global Trade Facilitation Summit in Dubai 🇦🇪

Thanks to the organizers for putting together such an insightful event, to the speakers, and to all those who attended.

If you still don't know why you need TradeSun: https://t.co/kD95aAIMr8

[IHS Markit Maritime & Trade @IHSMarkitMandT]

IHS Markit and @TradeSun have announced a strategic partnership to offer an all-in-one integrated trade solution that enhances financial crime due diligence and advances digitisation of the overall compliance process: https://t.co/LuR6TeAEFs
#TradeCompliance #FinancialCrime

[Ava-Santina @AvaSantina]

CEO of what? COVID?

[Global Trade Review @gtreview]

Global supply chain bottlenecks have sent shipping costs soaring. Coupled with a shortage of raw materials that has pushed up prices, importers are raising the cost of goods to deal with these shocks, stoking fears of an inflationary spiral.

https://t.co/9f26UdY1i8

[Maddy White @itsmaddywhite]

@gtreview @flexport

[Maddy White @itsmaddywhite]

Self-isolating for the second time in three weeks bcos both my flatmates have tested positive, one a nurse double-jabbed with AZ months ago... Covid is everywhere - 40k+ cases a day now. But masks, a known way of reducing transmission, must go, and the football crowds, fine (??)

[Maddy White @itsmaddywhite]

The glittering city skylines of the Middle East have been built on energy wealth. But oil and gas are fast falling out of fashion, and if the region is to retain its power, sustainable trade and finance must be embraced. My latest long read: https://t.co/MQQAVKD3E3

[Global Trade Review @gtreview]

The number and severity of attacks on vessels by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea are increasing, posing a threat to global trade and the safety of seafarers working in the region. https://t.co/GwRVTGSuk3

[Global Trade Review @gtreview]

Sweden is carving out sustainable policies to ensure a greener nation. Nevertheless, the country and its export credit agency EKN face challenges in incentivising the buyers of Swedish goods, such as gas turbines, to use greener fuels to power them.

https://t.co/a6zk2s6m8s

[Maddy White @itsmaddywhite]

The dramatic takeover of Myanmar by the military has caused significant civil unrest and made doing business in the country hard for foreign firms.

In the days since the coup, several key investors have halted projects or cut ties with the state. https://t.co/pGsjpTlHWq

[Maddy White @itsmaddywhite]

While pumping up stocks & volatile cryptos via socials in a show of community spirit is not a good thing & I worry for those last on the financial hype train, I am here for the Shiba memes…

[Snoop Dogg @SnoopDogg]

@elonmusk

[Telegraph Business @TeleBusiness]

~ a #thread 👇

A startling estimate has caught the eye of economists: that London's population may have plunged by 700,000 during the pandemic.

What do we know and will it spell trouble for the city's economy?

@tomelleryrees takes a closer look https://t.co/OmXdoOgc4g

[Reuters @Reuters]

Analysis: GameStop saga expected to revive scrutiny of hedge fund industry https://t.co/nswKgPXMSw

[Global Trade Review @gtreview]

Towards the end of last year, Zambia became the first African country to default on a payment since the start of the pandemic, sparking fears for other resource-reliant markets in Africa.

https://t.co/9f2eM6mKvK

[Maddy White @itsmaddywhite]

For Africa’s new single market to be successful, governments must address more nuanced non-tariff barriers and build regional value chains. A longer one about the #AfCFTA https://t.co/I9dl7YWPeU

[Maddy White @itsmaddywhite]

@zipazap 🥳

[Maddy White @itsmaddywhite]

@Maxerina 🥳🎂🥂

[Scott Bryan @scottygb]

We all need a bit of a lift, so here’s my favourite BBC News / Sky News / other British news moments of 2020.

[Grantham Institute Imperial @Grantham_IC]

"There is no good argument for government-sponsored agencies to spend a single pound more on #fossilfuels, from a pure #financialrisk point of view..."

@ImperialCCFI's Prof Charles Donovan speaks to @itsmaddywhite about 'dirty' export finance projects
https://t.co/KVTfPmZL7E

[Ed Conway @EdConwaySky]

Exclusive: UK govt is paying management consultants the equivalent of million and a half pound salaries to work on Test & Trace.
I’ve seen documents showing senior staff from Boston Consulting Group are being paid day rates of around £7k, equivalent to £1.5m on an annual basis.