In recent years, international commercial banks have reduced the amount of trade finance provided to high-risk countries like Ukraine, Egypt and Greece. Max Thompson caught up with Rudolf Putz, head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's (EBRD) Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP), to find out more about what the EBRD is doing to plug the trade finance gap left by retreating banks and what the cost of regulation really means for the industry.
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