India looks to establish new development bank; JBIC to fund Sojitz's Australia coking coal deals; ICC, TradeFlow Capital Management join forces to enable commodity trade for SMEs

In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

• The Japan Bank for International Cooperation has agreed to loan up to $53 million for Japanese trading house Sojitz's unspecified coking coal projects in Australia

• Law firm HFW has continued to expand its commodities practice with the hire of senior structured trade and commodity finance partner Matthew Cox

• The International Chamber of Commerce and TradeFlow Capital Management are to introduce a partnership to mobilize capital and improve trade finance access for SMEs

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