25 March 2025 - Global trade goes digital: Achieving the transformation in Hong Kong
March 13, 2025
Global trade goes digital: Achieving the transformation in Hong Kong
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Enquiry: T: +852 3917 1297 | E: agimail@hku.hk
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The recently released 2025 budget included a number of measures to boost Hong Kong’s position as a leader in international trade and supply chain, including a commitment to undertaking legal reforms to enable trade document digitalization, by reference to the Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (MLETR).
This roundtable will offer a digital trade “explainer” for Hong Kong, answering the questions:
- Why is the MLETR important and what exactly will it permit?
- What is being done globally, especially by Hong Kong’s leading trade partners, to align to MLETR?
- Why is trade document digitalization important, and how does MLETR change the playing field?
- What should industry do immediately to prepare for a future of digital trade?