Trade finance has taken a battering in the past 12 months, and governments across the world are desperately seeking measures to inject life into the world's clogged-up trade arteries. Writer Charlie Corbett

If efforts to avert a deepening global recession are to succeed, support for global trade is vital, but banks that have avoided the consequences of the subprime crisis cannot carry the trade finance burden alone. Ashutosh Kumar, global head of trade product management at Standard Chartered Bank, outlines ways in which these banks can make further capacity available.