Trade facilitation

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has named Alpha bank and the Most Active Issuing Bank in 2018 in Greece.
This is the second year in a row that Alpha has earned this distinction, which concerns the promotion of international trade in Greece and highlights Alpha's successful participation in the EBRD's Trade Facilitation Program.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has said it is supporting the expansion of international trade with a $50 million trade facility to Turkish lender Odeabank under the EBRD's Trade Facilitation Program (TFP) in a written statement on Jan. 18. 

The world needs to boost trade and the Trade Facilitation Pact of the World Trade Organization (WTO) should be ratified by all countries in this vein, said the chairman of the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) and the Business-20 (B-20), Rifat Hisarc?kl?o?lu, in a meeting at the G-20 Summit in the Mediterranean resort of Antalya on Nov. 15. 

Full implementation of the world trade accord reached two years ago could increase global merchandise exports by up to $1 trillion annually, according to a new World Trade Organization report published on Oct. 26.