As North American risks continue to rise as President Donald Trump undermines NAFTA members with tariffs on iron and steel, the EU remains divided over the issue of migration, and China flexes its military muscles, TXF’s Country Risk Review reveals the latest country profiles in Q2 2018.

Jonathan Bell, Editor-in-Chief at TXF gives us his take on news that Tesla is to build an EV Gigafactory in Shanghai, as well as a review of TXF's market coverage from the last 7 days

A variety of commodity finance practitioners give TXF their overview of trends, opportunities, challenges and predictions for the market.

TXF caught up with Robert Besseling, executive director at EXX Africa, to discuss the ever-changing political risk outlook for Africa. With the IMF bailing out several central African countries, the rise in commodity prices benefiting the larger economies, and East Africa showing significant infra growth, international investors are showing a new found interest in the continent.

Precious metals trading is a tough market to survive in without a bulging balance sheet. But in just 14 years Auramet has gone from zero to $11 billion in revenue and has now debuted in the syndicated loan market. Auramet chief financial officer, Mark Edelstein talks markets, financing strategy, and surviving presidential tweets.