Host Felix Thompson gives a breakdown of the major stories in trade and trade finance news this week. British manufacturers say that adapting to a new trading relationship with the EU poses the greatest risk to their 2021 business plans, despite the two parties agreeing a last-gasp trade deal in late December. Bankers have told GTR that if the newly rolled out African Continental Free Trade Area is to be successful, countries must address more nuanced non-tariff barriers and build regional value chains. In other news, legal experts say they don’t expect an easing off of US sanctions penalties under the incoming Biden administration. Meanwhile, reporter Maddy White provides analysis of GTR’s most read stories in 2020, in what proved to be a chaotic year for trade and trade finance. Music credit to Kevin MacLeod for his track Loopster, taken from incompetech.com. Licensed under creative commons by attribution 3.0 license. Further music credit to Sunrise Drive by South London HiFi. Licensed under creative commons Attribution 4.0 License. Music promoted by CopyrightFree.org