Building on its established reputation in the Middle East, GTR returned to Beirut for the Levant Region Trade & Export Finance Conference on December 6, 2016.

As the only dedicated trade and export finance event in the region, the event acted as unrivalled opportunity for delegates to meet face to face with the region’s leading corporates, trade financiers and trade specialists.

Discussions turned to the recent discovery of oil and gas reserves in Lebanon, ongoing trade priorities, regional trade flows and the role of technology in trade finance.

Industry specialists from across the trade finance community, including local and international banks, financiers, corporates, lawyers, insurers and more provided timely updates and guidance on how to successfully conduct trade in the Levant region.

Topics for discussion included:

• Keynote: Assessing the regional political and macroeconomic environment
• What are the current trade and export priorities for the Levant region?
• Oil and gas in Lebanon: Resources, infrastructure and markets
• Managing regional trade flows and relations
• Developing innovation and the role of technology
• The future of correspondent banking in a de-risking environment

Additional information

• See the discussion on Twitter with the official event hashtag #GTRLEV