This is a forum to discuss and debate the benefits and challenges that trade contributes to global development. We analyse and evaluate case studies from ongoing and previous aid for trade initiatives and discuss the role trade plays in alleviating poverty from the global south. From helping women traders engage across borders to promoting secure and long lasting trade infrastructures, the development world is alive with discussion on where the aid and trade industries can intersect. Here at FFTD we hope to contribute to that discussion.