On March 9, 2025, Global Trade Review (GTR) will take part in the Cape Town Cycle Tour ahead of GTR Africa 2025. A team of 30 dedicated cyclists will ride 109 kilometers to raise £20,000 for Mary's Meals, a charity dedicated to transforming lives through the power of education and nourishment.

Why Mary's Meals?
➡️ Over 2.4 million children receive a daily meal at school thanks to Mary’s Meals, allowing them to learn and thrive in some of the world’s most challenging regions.
➡️ For £19.15, you can feed a child for an entire year in their place of education, breaking the cycle of hunger and poverty.
➡️ With 67 million children still out of school globally, your support can make a direct, life-changing impact.

Join us in making a difference. By donating, you’ll help ensure children receive the nutrition they need to stay in school and build brighter futures.

Your Impact:
✨ £19.15 = Feed a child for a year
✨ Support education and end hunger
✨ Be part of a global movement for change

Let’s work together to make this journey unforgettable.

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Notably absent, however, were the tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico that the President of the United States had mooted throughout his campaign.

Export credit agencies are increasingly channelling support for energy deals to high-income countries as they shift to renewables, a study has found, further shrinking poorer nations’ access to energy finance.

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The availability of trade credit has remained stable for small businesses across the EU, despite a “complex set of challenges” such as rising costs and tighter lending conditions, the European Commission has found.

A survey on SME access to finance carried out by the Commission and European Central Bank finds that during 2024, nearly three-quarters of respondents said there had been no change in the availability of their trade credit facilities.

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