Spring Webinars: Global Economic Challenges and the Industry Response to COVID-19

12/05/2020
Secretariat Update

This week the Berne Union is hosting a series of webinars for Members, addressing the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on trade, the economy, and the future of our industry

We are delighted to have gathered a panel of experts from across the industry to join Berne Union Members in a discussion of the fallout from the COVID-19 Pandemic, and implications for different sections of the trade finance industry.

These webinars are available to join for Berne Union Members, via details on the event page. Non-Members can read a high-level summary in an upcoming edition of our BUlletin newsletter.

Thanks to presenters and panellists: Babak Tavassolie (Chubb), Keith Hutchison and Michael Morris (Clyde & Co), Sarah Fowler (Oxford Analytica), Beatriz Reguero (CESCE), Patrice Luscan (Coface), John Lentaigne (ATI), Jonathan Joseph-Horn (SMBC), Gabriel Buck (GKB Ventures)

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