January BUlletin: Mega Trends & Trade

Exploring the macro forces impacting trade + 2019 H1 Industry Data Snapshot + Analysis of the Economic Outlook for 2020

13% of world cross border trade...

US$ 2.5 trillion of payment risk protection provided by Berne Union members in 2018

Capacity Sharing Marketplace

Forum promoting knowledge exchange and cooperation in cross-border finance and risk sharing

Strong growth in trade supported in 2018 by export credit and investment insurers

Berne Union announces almost USD 2.5 trillion new business supported as it releases 2018 year-end data at its General Meeting in Singapore

Over US$ 50 billion paid in claims since 2008

Berne Union members have paid over US$ 50 billion in claims to exporters banks and investors since the beginning of the global financial crisis in 2008

The Berne Union represents 85 members from 73 countries

Our membership is diverse, including both government-backed official export credit agencies (ECAs) and private credit insurers who collectively represent all aspects of the export credit and investment insurance industry worldwide

The Berne Union is the leading global association for the export credit and investment insurance industry

Our members include government-backed official export credit agencies, multilateral financial institutions, and private credit insurers from 73 countries around the world...

In 2018, Berne Union members provided USD 2.5 trillion of payment risk protection to banks, exporters and investors - equivalent to 13% of world cross border trade for goods and services (calculated with respect to WTO statistics).

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