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12 December 2018

US tech concerns with China could spook markets further

While the US and China try to seek agreement in their trade war, the prospect of a wider spat could open up as the US eyes technology issues. Jonathan Bell reviews the...

05 December 2018
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Metals and Mining

Moving ahead in southern Africa

TXF last week held its annual Cape Town Conference on southern African Commodities, Export & Project Financing. Here, Jonathan Bell highlights some of the key takeaways...

05 December 2018

Risky Business: Brexit ups the rhetoric of trade weaponization in Europe

TXF and Coriolis Technologies’ country risk index digs deep into the strategic trends in militarisation of trade. In this section Rebecca Harding, CEO of Coriolis...

04 December 2018

Risky business: Arms imports up in surprising places in Asia

TXF and Coriolis Technologies’ country risk index digs into strategic trends in trade weaponization in Asia. Here, Rebecca Harding, CEO of Coriolis Technologies sees Asia...

30 November 2018
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Renewables

Offshore wind finance: A full-blown exchange of ideas

Offshore wind projects are getting bigger, costs are getting cheaper, the lending market is more diversified and even the seminal corporate PPA market is picking up. But...

30 November 2018

Risky business: US exports populism, Canada and Mexico weaponize

The US’s most successful export at the moment seems to be populism, says Rebecca Harding, CEO of Coriolis Technologies. TXF and Coriolis Technologies’ country risk index...

29 November 2018

Risky business: Marriages of convenience and hybrid trade wars in Russia and Eurasia

TXF and Coriolis Technologies’ country risk index investigates the trends in trade weaponization in Russia and Eurasia. Here, Russia’s ‘hybrid war’ trade strategy and...

28 November 2018

Risky business: Where are we now in world trade weaponization?

TXF and Coriolis Technologies’ country risk index digs deep into the strategic trends in militarisation of trade and in this overview, Rebecca Harding, CEO of Coriolis...

18 October 2018

Insurance underwriter perspective: Is the world becoming a riskier place?

Does an uptick in arms trade imports and exports and a rise in rhetorical weaponised language around trade point to a riskier trade credit insurance environment in...

22 August 2018
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

Turkey turmoil raises difficult questions

The Turkish economy has been overheating. Mounting external debt and the mismanagement of the economy has caused the Turkish Lira to plummet against the US dollar and...

15 August 2018

US wages economic war against Iran

With the United States' first wave of economic sanctions on Iran already having a heavy impact on the Iranian economy, Jonathan Bell looks at how this will also affect...

14 August 2018

Risky business podcast: From east to west

From the recent election in Pakistan to Trump’s tariffs, Dr. Rebecca Harding of Coreolis Technologies highlights the economic and political risk factors behind our latest...

09 August 2018
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

Risky business podcast: War and policy in trade

In the latest episodes of TXF’s Risky Business podcast series, Dr. Rebecca Harding of Coreolis Technologies outlines and analyses the economic and political risk factors...

06 August 2018

Risky business podcast: Navigating Africa's hot waters

Dr. Rebecca Harding of Coreolis Technologies outlines and analyses the economic and political risk factors behind TXF's latest Country Risk Ratings for Sub Saharan Africa...

26 April 2018

Revealed: TXF Data Country Risk Review Q1 2018

With President Trump’s protectionist push straining US trade relationships between Canada, Mexico, and China, Russia’s support of the Syrian regime threatening a broader...

09 January 2018

Trade risk triggers

An executive summary of TXF's key global country risk ratings for January 2018.

13 December 2017

Trade risk triggers

An executive summary of TXF's key global country risk ratings for December.

18 October 2017

Book Launch: The Weaponization of Trade

Rebecca and Jack Harding, authors of upcoming book ‘The Weaponization of Trade’, outline how trade is fast becoming a tool of foreign policy aggression, why a rise in the...

05 June 2017

Jackpot seven: KNPC cleans up with ECA backing

With backing from seven ECA’s and 11 commercial banks, KNPC's $6.25 billion Clean Fuels project financing is setting a new benchmark for inter-creditor complexity.

11 May 2017

Latin American oil and gas: A Pemexican standoff?

Pemex kicked off 2017 with a record-breaking eurobond and the announcement of a halving of losses in 2016. The debt-ridden oil producer has even put in place an...