Welcome to the eleventh edition of Commodities in Focus (CIF); our bulletin for clients engaged in the production, trading, carriage, storage and financing of commodities.
It is now clear that we will be living with COVID-19 and its after-effects in some form or other for many years to come, with many of the effects once considered temporary now influencing innovation, policy and (arguably) markets.
We start with a commercial look at the possibility of a commodities super-cycle. Although this has been touted in the financial press, you will see that our commercial contacts are rather more sceptical.
Elsewhere we look at the prospect of e-bills of lading becoming incorporated into English law, issues with force majeure in times of political unrest, and what the newly-announced UK freeports might mean for international trade. We conclude with a summary of recent legal developments in the commodities space.
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We hope that you find this bulletin both useful and interesting. If you have any comments or would like to learn more on any topic, please get in touch.