Expert Commentaries
Doing Business in… Libya

Doing Business in… Libya

|Export Academy Faculty
After more than two decades of isolation, the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Great Jamahiriya (Libya) is making an impressive comeback to international business. This has been due to its shedding...
Export, Remittance and GDP Growth

Export, Remittance and GDP Growth

|Export Academy Faculty
The current financial and economic turmoil is putting Developing Countries everywhere under pressure. Mamun Rashid shares lessons to be learnt for all Emerging Markets from Bangladesh’s perspective.  Over the last few...
Fall in Exports and Foreign Investment Flows

Fall in Exports and Foreign Investment Flows

|Export Academy Faculty
THE emerging economies have now begun feeling the painful effects of the financial crisis and recession in the United States and Europe. They are dismayed to discover that their export...
Is the LC Available?

Is the LC Available?

|Export Academy Faculty
There are a number of letter of credit issues that by the users (importers and exporters) are considered “banking issues” – i.e. of no real relevance for them. One of...
Priority Trade Issues from a US Customs Perspective

Priority Trade Issues from a US Customs Perspective

|Export Academy Faculty
In the wake of the global economic crisis which is seemingly engulfing commerce worldwide, what can be done to ensure that the economies of nations worldwide remain protected from the...
Special Court of Malaysia Issues Judgment in Standby Letter of Credit

Special Court of Malaysia Issues Judgment in Standby Letter of Credit

|Export Academy Faculty
An irrevocable standby letter of credit (standby LC) can only be revoked or rescinded with the consent of the beneficiary. This judgment was given by Chief Justice Tun Abdul Hamid...
The Financial Crisis and Islamic Banking

The Financial Crisis and Islamic Banking

|Export Academy Faculty
Many countries in the Islamic World have adopted elements of ‘Sharia’ (Islamic Law) in their respective legal systems regulating Financial entities.And how are they weathering this current rather grave financial...
Covering Risks in International Trade – Credit Insurance for Exporters Part II

Covering Risks in International Trade – Credit Insurance for Exporters Part II

|Export Academy Faculty
Trading on credit terms carries an ever-present underlying risk for those trading overseas – from customer insolvency and default to economic and political upheavals. Many companies generally accept this as...
Are the URDG inconsistent with Islamic Banking Principles?

Are the URDG inconsistent with Islamic Banking Principles?

|Export Academy Faculty
As an active trade banker based in Bahrain, a thriving hub for trade and investment in the Middle East my trade banking activity involves me with conventional and Islamic Banking...
Website Data Protection Compliance

Website Data Protection Compliance

|Export Academy Faculty
Paul Lambert, eBSI Specialist Advisor takes us through some key points to ensure our website’s data protection policy complies with legislation. Exporters the world over should anticipate future data protection...
Doing Business in… Libya

Doing Business in… Libya

|Export Academy Faculty
After more than two decades of isolation, the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Great Jamahiriya (Libya) is making an impressive comeback to international business. This has been due to its shedding...