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Trade

Helping businesses and governments navigate global trade policy, digital-economy rules and supply-chain challenges to unlock growth and competitiveness.

Who we are

Empowering trade in the digital age.

We advise companies, industry coalitions, and governments on shaping modern trade policies, quantifying economic impact, and removing barriers that hinder cross-border goods, services, and data flows. 

Our consultants have extensive experience helping clients understand the drivers of international trade and the components of resilient supply chains.

Our Focus Areas

  • Digital and data-driven trade
  • Advanced economic modelling
  • Cross-border e-commerce and MSME exports
  • Trade facilitation and paperless processes
  • Supply-chain resilience and nearshoring
  • Customs modernisation and single windows
  • Rules of origin and tariff strategy
  • Trade agreement negotiation support
  • Standards harmonisation and regulatory coherence
  • Sustainable and climate-smart trade
  • Investment promotion and market access
What we do

Our trade capabilities

We have built in-house trade-modelling capabilities and bespoke data assets that let us analyse how policy shifts and digital disruption affect trade flows.

Policy Analysis

We decode complex trade frameworks, craft evidence-based positions, and engage policymakers to shape agreements that foster open, innovation-friendly markets.

Economics Modelling

Using in-house models, we quantify the value of digital trade, new market openings, and supply-chain shifts, arming clients with credible data for negotiation and outreach.

Reform Roadmaps

Our team audits national trade regimes, pinpoints bottlenecks, and designs phased reform plans that streamline customs, data flows, and service-sector regulations.

Market Access

We map tariff and non-tariff barriers, develop entry playbooks, and align corporate strategy with evolving trade commitments to accelerate expansion into priority markets.

Coalitions & Partnerships

We unite business, government, and civil-society voices, creating coalitions that advance aligned trade objectives and secure policy momentum.

 

Digital Trade Facilitation

We design and pilot paperless trade platforms, single windows, and electronic certification systems that cut costs and speed border clearance for goods and data.

Capacity Building

Through workshops and customised toolkits, we equip officials and corporate teams with practical skills for negotiating, implementing, and monitoring modern trade rules.

Monitoring

Our horizon-scanning tracks legislative, geopolitical, and supply-chain developments across more than 200 jurisdictions, providing actionable alerts on emerging trade risks and opportunities.

Our work

Case studies

Explore examples of how we’ve helped clients understand the drivers of international trade and the components of resilient supply chains.

Quantifying digitalisation’s economic impact on digital trade
The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) engaged Access Partnership to assess the economic impact of digitalisation on digital trade across member economies.
Mapping the export gains of digital tools
Access Partnership assessed the benefits of digital tools in replacing paperwork and cutting export barriers across Asia-Pacific by identifying regulatory pain points and empowering MSMEs to influence digital trade policy.
Harnessing the benefits of digital trade in APEC
Access Partnership helped a government client advance digital trade rules in APEC FTAs by uniting policymakers across 21 economies to shape forward-looking, innovation-friendly policies.
Our expertise

Meet our experts

We have extensive experience in quantifying economic impact and removing barriers to cross-border trade.

Marcus Ng
Leadership, Economics Strategy
Stefano Scuratti
Leadership, Asia Group Advisors
Jiradej (Joe) Jaturavith
Asia Group Advisors
Swee Cheng Wei
Economics Strategy
Abhineet Kaul
Economics Strategy
Daryl Teo
Economics Strategy
Yu Jing Kew
Economics Strategy
Megan Lim
Economics Strategy
Atharva Brahmecha
Economics Strategy
Jun Le Koay
Economics Strategy
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