Index for 2016

December 2016

  • Papua New Guinea troops to protect huge Exxon-Mobil Ex-Im supported gas project
  • ECAs fuel Mozambique LNG project amid IMF caution
  • China's Belt and Road Initiative and Ex-Im Chin
  • Indonesian Batang Villagers file objection against JBIC coal-fired power project
  • Hungarian & Canadian ECAs to co-finance Indonesia's GE gas power project
  • Potential Export-Import Bank deals pose grave environmental threat, experts say
  • Ex-Im Bank Critics, Supporters Look to Donald Trump for Help
  • Boeing CEO urges Trump to keep Ex-Im Bank or risk losing foreign sales
  • Trends in OECD Arrangement official export credits (2005-2014)
  • Dubai Working with HSBC on $7-B Bank & ECA Financing for Expo 2020
  • Ukraine's Rada approves creation of export-credit agency
  • Ex-Im’s satellite-lending lapse didn’t stop Israel’s Spacecom from buying American
  • JIBC/NEXI to support new loan scheme for Russia
  • Opportunity knocks for Scottish exporters as sterling tumbles
  • Germany’s Hermes in Iran

November 2016

  • Dutch NCP rules that Dutch ECA is subject to OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
  • An open letter to the Equator Principles Association on the Dakota Access pipeline
  • How Obama's climate change legacy is weakened by US ECA investment in dirty fuel
  • G20 countries still financing overseas coal
  • Indonesian Villagers File Objection against JBIC
  • Stopping coal financing for Indonesian coal plants is crucial in the fight against climate change
  • Jubilee Protests Against Efic Plans to Finance South African Coal Mine
  • COP blog: Big dams must not be allowed to sink the Green Climate Fund
  • Here’s What We Really Should Be Debating When It Comes To Trade
  • Iran accuses European ECAs of not fully supporting nuclear deal
  • UKEF £79m post-Brexit export boost
  • Mexican ECA Bancomext looks to dollar, euro bond markets
  • Trump's Election Casts Doubt on Ex-Im: "Boeing's Bank"
  • A closer look at the trends and issues shaping the market
  • Ukranian Economy Ministry estimates cost for setting up ECA at 200 mln Euros
  • Indian President inaugurates diamond jubilee celebrations of Export Credit Guarantee Corporation
  • Export credit enlisted to keep Gulf mega projects funded
  • AMAN UNION hosts its 7th Annual Meeting in Beirut
  • Segezha Group signs Euro 383.6 M loan facility with Russian & international banks & European ECAs
  • US federal jury finds Darien man guilty in $25 million export finance fraud case

October 2016

  • UK fraud agency boss expects to move quickly in Airbus inquiry
  • Villagers suffer at the hands of Mozambique LNG gas development under consideration by US Ex-Im
  • Export credit financing for coal-fired power projects - A thing of the past?
  • NGOs oppose OECD moves to count export credits as ODA
  • Insurance firms expect Iran opening in 2017
  • Saudi Arabia blasts Korean Ex-Im bank for “playing” with UN climate fund
  • Animal welfare deserves better from ECAs
  • Boeing Reports Q3 Deliveries: Commercial Down, Defense Up
  • CAGW Names Rep. Charlie Dent October Porker of the Month
  • Zimbabwe Government to repay Sinosure arrears
  • Kuwait’s KNPC aims to finalise $5 billion-plus ECA backed loan by first quarter
  • Irish budget to target measures to help exporters
  • Heads of BRICS ECAs meet in New Delhi

September 2016

  • WTO: Airbus ruling 'brings threat of EU-US trade war'
  • Canada to step up UK trade with new export hub after Brexit vote
  • Business Groups Ramp Up Push for Export-Import Bank to Make Larger Loans
  • Angola takes out EDC loan in Canada to pay for locomotives from General Electric
  • CSO Comments on Efic Policies and Procedures for environmental and social review of transactions
  • Summary report on Dutch Export Credit Facility Masterclass
  • Euler Hermes launches China trade insurance joint venture
  • Austria's OeKB and Australia's EFIC increase Iran export financing
  • U.S., French export-credit agencies’ role in OneWeb remains questionable
  • Russian ECA offers to finance $4bn in Cuban development schemes

August 2016

  • Does the US ExIm Bank really promote US exports?
  • Norway opens $1-billion export credit line for Iran
  • Argentina Seeks IMF Help to Shed Poor OECD Export Credit Risk Ranking
  • Koreas’ export credit agency to back Sonangol financing to help Daewoo Shipbuilding
  • Paris Club Creditors Confident on Cuba Despite Liquidity Crisis
  • Nigerian ECA NEXIM, Fidelity Bank deepen non-oil exports
  • India's ECGC mulls credit insurance for Indian companies' foreign subsidiaries
  • GE Breaks Ground On Canadian Facility
  • China to intensify efforts to stabilize foreign trade including expanded export credit support
  • Ex-Im Bank Scouts Out Future Export-Financing Deals
  • Airbus credit freeze costs tally up
  • Banks develop a blockchain prototype solution for trade finance

July 2016

  • Export-Import Bank, stymied by critics, gets a break
  • With Ex-Im hobbled, GE forges ahead with European & Canadian ECA financing
  • Airbus says it has agreed process to end European export credit freeze
  • Living without ECA backed funding
  • China takes the lion's share in electrifying Africa with ECA finance
  • Exxon said to be in advanced talks over Eni Mozambique gas, also under ECA review
  • British and Russian ECAs to finance Iranian power and water projects

June 2016

  • Bangladesh project puts Exim Bank's global credibility at risk
  • JBIC rule change will allow higher risk and boost lending
  • Iran pays off outstanding export-credit debt to Germany
  • Korean environmentalists flag Kexim Bank coal financing & GCF membership conflict
  • EU Foreign Affairs Council Conclusions on business and human rights: More decisive action needed on access to justice
  • GE Announces Agreement with French Export Credit Agency
  • Shelby Blocks Democratic Efforts to Vote on Export-Import Bank Nominee
  • Italian export credit agency plans Islamic finance push
  • Azerbaijan to build a gas chemical complex jointly with Russia and Italy
  • Belarus, Russia to organize economic forums abroad together
  • State aid: Commission approves the Estonian short term export credit scheme
  • Nigerian central bank sets aside US$2.5 billion for ECA loans to non-oil exporters

May 2016

  • Ex-Im Bank considers deals with corrupt governments
  • Some G7 Countries Are Still Providing Billions in Financing for Coal Plants
  • Should ECAs support [subsidize?] exports to Greece, an EU Member?
  • Ex-Im Bank stalemate threatens nuclear projects
  • China looks to export credit insurance to boost exports
  • South Africa to support automotive sector with export credit
  • South Africa to use export credit to support reindustrialization of the economy
  • SACE boosts trade ties with Argentina announcing €700m in guarantees
  • Offshore downturn hits Norway’s export credit agency GIEK
  • Italy to help Belarus improve its OECD country risk ratings
  • Germany’s SMS eyes TNG vanadium mine with ECA support
  • Trans Adriatic Pipeline financing to include OECD ECAs
  • Chinese ECA supports shale oil fired Jordanian power plant
  • UK, Kenya sign MoU on renewables including UKEF suport

April 2016

  • OECD approves revisions to the Common Approaches for Export Credits and Environmental and Social Due Diligence
  • OECD Agreement on export credits and coal plants: WWF raises key implimentation issues
  • France, Germany halt Airbus export credit amid UK corruption probe
  • U.K. touts satellite finance advantages over Coface, US ExIm
  • ECAs and Coal in Turkey’s Energy and Climate Policies
  • Bpifrance to take over as French ECA by end of 2016
  • China unveils steps to support exports to help economy
  • Italy extends $5bn credit line and export guarantees to Iran
  • Global call to Exim Bank of India to Stop support for the Rampal Coal Power plant
  • Late Payment Affects 90% of Businesses in Western Europe, Atradius Survey Reveals
  • Could Trump winning the nomination be a good thing for US Ex-Im?
  • Emerging trends in Gulf PPP projects and ECA finance

March 2016

  • Ethiopia's controversial Gibe IV dam secures Italian ECA finance
  • Why Germany will Struggle to Take on Iran’s Export Market
  • Iran signs first post-sanctions ECA deal with India Exim
  • Conservatives still blocking Export-Import Bank
  • In Boeing country, Clinton rips Sanders’ rancor toward Export-Import Bank
  • TXF Export Finance Report: ECA deal volumes drop by 29%
  • Trade credit insurers expect tough 2016
  • Coface closes Kurdistan deal despite two-year Isis delay
  • UKEF and Sinosure join forces to win new contracts
  • UKEF adopts Equator Principles

February 2016

  • US Ex- Im Bank confirms serious labour rights violations at Reliance’s Sasan Power Project
  • ECAs shy away from ‘dirty’ coal deals
  • How new French ECA Bpifrance will differ from Coface
  • Proposal for UK aid money to be used to promote western exports
  • UK Government responds to UK Export Finance anti-bribery and corruption consultation
  • Reliance’s new ‘shopping line’ deal covered by Euler Hermes takes petchem spree to $17bn
  • Iran signs historic deal with Airbus with key ECA financing
  • Sinosure said to blacklist Nigeria

January 2016

  • Ten reasons why ECA funded large hydro projects should not be OECD climate initiatives
  • ECAs and local procurement: A source of benefits or corruption?
  • Petrobras signs UKEF-backed deal
  • ECAs: To Be or Not To Be
  • US EXIM Bank Releases its FY 2015 Annual Report
  • Boeing Forecasts Strong Aircraft Demand, Financing Options for 2016
  • Iran’s Sanctions Lift, and Western ECAs Talk Aircraft Finance
  • Bank of China extends US$1bn credit line to Italy's Enel with Sinosure backing
  • India’s economic ‘Modification’ still not delivering on ECA finance
  • Brazilian mine spill shows how Canadian export credit risks getting tangled up in abuses.