Opinion: Basel III looks set to stymie trade finance

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Opinion: Basel III looks set to stymie trade finance

The proposed new bank capital regulations take a very severe attitude towards bank trade financing, just at a time that such funding is recovering from the global financial crisis. The proposed rules could cause trade-related lending to contract once more, hurting the world economy, writes Chris Wright.

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