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How Trade Finance Is Becoming the New Chokepoint
Global trade is booming, but the money moving it is getting harder to find. Trade finance — the loans and letters of credit that underwrite cross-border shipments — is emerging as a hidden bottleneck, with banks pulling back and a $2.5 trillion gap in financing. Lucas and Luna dig into why the cost of financing a container of goods has spiked, how the US dollar's slide and Fed rate decisions are squeezing emerging markets, and why fintechs like the Singapore-based Incomlend are stepping in. They look at the numbers: the US trade deficit narrowing to $73 billion, exports up to $3.75…
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