Indonesia will need to seriously pick up the pace of both renewables and coal retirement financing to meet a 2040 coal phase-out ambition. A lacklustre and elections-scarred 2024 makes that job much harder.

As Uzbekistan looks to meet growing gas demand while phasing out inefficient Soviet-era power facilities, a DFI/ECA-backed financing for the 1.6GW Surkhandarya CCGT project has provided a deal template to help realise both initiatives.

TXF spoke with Dr. Rebecca Harding, an independent trade economist and founder of strategic advisory business, Rebeccanomics to discuss how Trump’s renewed trade wars, from his tariffs to the reimposition of sanctions, will impact trade flows and the global economy.