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Every weekday, Lucas and Luna sit down in a business lounge to parse the day's most consequential developments in global trade, cross-border dealmaking, and multinational corporate strategy. This is not a news headline recap. Lucas brings the numbers and institutional memory—tariff schedules, currency hedging costs, bilateral investment treaty case law—while Luna presses on the messy human realities: how a logistics manager in Rotterdam adapts to new customs protocols, why a German Mittelstand company chooses Vietnam over Mexico, what happens to a supply chain when a single port in the South China Sea freezes. They walk through real cases: a recent foreign-acquisition approval blocked by CFIUS, a shift in EU carbon-border adjustment enforcement, a Japanese trading conglomerate's pivot into African lithium. The show is built for executives, trade lawyers, procurement heads, and sovereign-wealth analysts who need more than a headline—they need the strategic nuance behind the cross-border friction. Lucas and Luna don't pretend to have a crystal ball. They ask: What does a 2.3% effective tariff differential mean for a mid-cap manufacturer's sourcing decision this quarter? How do transfer-pricing rules in one jurisdiction alter the tax efficiency of a regional holding structure? And when a multinational's CEO announces a 'local-for-local' strategy, is that a genuine operational shift or a PR hedge? Each episode leaves the listener with a sharper lens to evaluate their own international exposure and one specific question to watch for in the coming week.
Unknown Host hosts International Business with Fexingo: Global Trade, Cross-Border Deals, and Multinational Operations.
Global trade finance runs on paper. A single cross-border transaction can generate 36 physical documents, from bills of lading to letters of credit, taking weeks to courier between banks, customs brokers, and freight for
Lucas and Luna unpack the European Union's new carbon levy on maritime shipping, set to take effect in 2026, and how it's already reconfiguring global trade routes and costs. They examine a specific case: how Maersk is r
Episode 32 of International Business with Fexingo examines India's push for rupee-denominated trade settlements. Lucas and Luna break down the Reserve Bank of India's mechanism, why it matters for importers of Russian oi
Episode 31 of International Business with Fexingo examines how European regulators are restructuring trade finance rules in the wake of 2025's commodity market disruptions. Lucas and Luna break down the shift from short-
In this episode of International Business with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna examine how the persistent strength of the US dollar—currently at 119 on the trade-weighted index—is forcing multinational corporations to rethink th
On this episode of International Business with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna examine how Taiwan's semiconductor supply chain dominance is rewriting global trade patterns. With the Taiwan stock index ETF (EWT) surging 4.5% in t
On June 3, 2026, the U.S. proposed fresh tariffs on 60 economies over forced labor trade practices. Lucas and Luna unpack how this sweeping move — far broader than previous targeted actions — could reroute global supply
Episode 27 of International Business with Fexingo - Lucas and Luna explore how the collapse of the yen carry trade is fundamentally rewiring global trade finance. They anchor on the recent 7.3% surge in South Korea's EWY
Episode 26 of International Business with Fexingo: Lucas and Luna examine how the yen's prolonged weakness—now at 159 to the dollar—is forcing Japanese automakers to rethink decades-old supply chains. With Toyota and Hon
Lucas and Luna examine how Japan's persistent yen weakness is forcing automakers and parts suppliers across Asia to rethink decades-old supply chains. With the yen at 159 per dollar and the trade-weighted dollar index st
Episode 24 of International Business with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna unpack how the yen's slide to a 34-year low is forcing Japanese manufacturers to rethink decades-old supply chain strategies. They look at Toyota's decisi
Lucas and Luna explore how mobile money platforms across sub-Saharan Africa are reshaping trade finance for small and medium enterprises. With regional data showing a 40 percent increase in cross-border mobile transactio
Lucas and Luna explore the quietly resurgent yuan carry trade, where investors borrow Chinese renminbi at low rates to fund higher-yielding bets in emerging markets like India and Brazil. They anchor the discussion in a
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into the recent CNBC headline about the NASA ETF turning SpaceX IPO access into a $2.6 billion retail trade in just two months. They explore how the ETF structure allows retail invest
Episode 20 of International Business with Fexingo examines how the yen's collapse to 159 per dollar is upending trade finance across Asia. Lucas and Luna break down why Japanese exporters are hoarding cash, how Korean ch
A new US bill targeting Chinese-owned automakers could ban Mercedes-Benz from the American market because of a Chinese shareholder. Lucas and Luna break down the proposed legislation, how a 9.7% stake triggers a national
The euro has been hovering near parity with the dollar for weeks, and that's quietly changing the economics of European exports, U.S. corporate earnings, and cross-border dealmaking. Lucas and Luna break down why a one-t
Lucas and Luna unpack the quiet death of the yen carry trade in 2026. For decades, traders borrowed cheaply in Japan to chase yield abroad. But with the Bank of Japan finally raising rates and the yen at 159 per dollar,
Lucas and Luna examine how Taiwan has become a critical hub for trade finance amid rising geopolitical tensions. They discuss the island's role in the US-China tech war, the surge in semiconductor supply chain financing,
Lucas and Luna examine the quiet revolution in Latin American cross-border payments, where startups and central banks are bypassing the SWIFT system to send money faster and cheaper. They discuss Real-Time Gross Settleme
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