Global Trade Under Fire: Mastering Structured Trade & Commodity Finance Amid Tariff Wars
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Course Overview
As global trade faces renewed volatility triggered by Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff strategies, African economies — particularly those reliant on imports, exports, and commodities — are under immense pressure.
To address the challenges posed by Donald Trump’s tariff war, companies require a structured approach to trade and commodity finance. Below is a comprehensive BIZENIUS Masterclass program designed to equip businesses with actionable strategies to mitigate risks and adapt to evolving trade dynamics.
This 2-day intensive BIZENIUS masterclass is designed to help financial institutions, corporates, and commodity-linked businesses navigate the complexities of structured trade and commodity finance in today’s turbulent environment. Participants will gain hands-on tools to structure resilient deals, manage price volatility, optimize liquidity, and de-risk cross-border operations.

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING
- Decode the Impact of Global Tariff Wars on Trade & Commodities
Understand how shifting trade policies, especially Donald Trump’s tariff war, are affecting trade flows, commodity pricing, and African export competitiveness. - Strengthen Your Trade Finance Knowledge Across Instruments
Gain practical expertise on Letters of Credit, Standby LCs, Bills for Collection, and Open Account terms – essential in today’s disrupted trade environment. - Navigate Commodity Price Volatility with Confidence
Learn how to hedge and structure deals that safeguard your organization against commodity market swings and speculative pricing. -
Optimize Working Capital & Cash Flow in Tough Trade Cycles
Discover how structured trade and commodity finance can unlock liquidity and support business continuity despite increasing trade costs. -
Develop Resilient Deal Structures
Learn how to restructure trade and commodity finance transactions to absorb external shocks while maintaining compliance and profitability.
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Leverage Collateral & Security in Commodity Financing
Understand best practices for securing commodity-backed loans, warehouse receipt financing, and risk-based pricing in uncertain times. -
Improve Risk Management for Cross-Border Transactions
Equip yourself with tools to mitigate credit, performance, and counterparty risks across complex trade and commodity flows. -
Harness Digital Innovations in Trade & Commodity Finance
Explore the latest in trade tech: blockchain, electronic bills of lading, digital LCs, and platforms that bring transparency and efficiency to trade and commodity transactions. -
Access Global Trade & Commodity Markets Smarter
Learn strategies to expand into new export markets, find alternative buyers/suppliers, and reroute supply chains amid geopolitical disruptions. -
Engage with Leading Experts & Regional Peers
Network with top trade and commodity finance professionals, bankers, regulators, and corporate treasurers from across Africa to build actionable partnerships and insight-sharing.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- Professionals in Structured Trade & Commodity Finance
- Professionals in Trade Finance
- Professionals in Corporate Banking
- Professionals in Commercial Banking
- Professionals in Corporate Credit
- Senior Managers and Relationship Managers
- Middle Office & Collateral Managers
- Managers in Risk/Compliance
- Professionals in Wholesale banking
- TCF managers and support staff
- Credit analysts
- Internal Auditor
- Letter of credit staff
- Relationship managers
- Compliance and Legal Staff
- Trading House Executives
- Finance Bankers
- Middle Office Monitoring Staff


IN-HOUSE
Our Tailored Learning Offering
Do you have five or more people interested in attending this course? Do you want to tailor it to meet your company’s exact requirements? If you’d like to do either of these, we can bring this course to your company’s office by offering our classroom program or LIVE Online. You could even save up to 50% on the cost of sending delegates to a public course and dramatically increase your ROI.
Top Quality
From the Boardroom to the front line, we can deliver engaging, multi-faceted learning programmes that will nurture the skills needed to fast-track development and enable teams to flourish.
Best Way
We combine the right blend of formal, informal, online and classroom techniques to increase your employees’ knowledge retention, drive collaboration, and create social learning communities.