Index of ECA Watch What's New Bulletins from January 2009 to December 2009

Indices for 2010 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002

December 2009
1) New Law Requires U.S. OPIC to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 50%
2) Record U.S. Ex-Im Bank Financing for Papua New Guinea LNG Project
3) UK Parliamentary report calls for tougher action to end abuses by British companies abroad
4) Kazakhstan agrees to $1.6 billion ECA write off
5) Netherlands stops Dubai investment insurance
6) IFIs can provide up to €1.5bn to finance Nabucco
7) As Boeing Hits Turbulence, Uncle Sam Flies to Its Aid
8) US$6.7 million non-performing loan: NEXIM Bank debtors disappear into thin air
9) China's short-term export credit exceeds US$84 billion
10) OECD publishes cash flow results for official export credits & Category A & B projects
11) Will China Turn Its Back on International Standards at Ilisu Dam?

November 2009
1) US Export Import Bank approves weak carbon policy
2) French export credit support goes to a small group of big companies
3) OECD to review Common Approaches to the Environment in 2010
4) Dutch meeting urges tighter greenhouse gas screening of ECA & EIB investment support
5) ECAs fill the gap with US$20 billion in aircraft guarantees
6) PEW report shows 65% of US Export Import Bank loan guarantees goes to Boeing
7) Dutch government guarantees Dubai's ECA deals
8) Australian to head global export credit body (Berne Union)
9) Chinese government to inject capital into China ExIm and Sinosure
10) A watershed moment: ECA financed Three Gorges dam soon to reach final height
11) Ilisu construction restarted without permission

October 2009
1) UK Export credit scheme bypasses international standards
2) EU approvals of short-term official export credit continued to be in
the news this month
A. EC approves Dutch export-credit insurance scheme
B. EC approves changes to Danish short-term export-credit scheme
C. French short-term export-credit insurance approved by the EC
D. EU clears German export-credit insurance scheme
E. China's short-term export credit insurance covers $60 billion in
1st nine months
3) BAE prosecution for corruption
4) Berne Union AGM in Seoul
5) Nabucco pipeline consortium seeks ECA funding
6) US ExIm Bank hits 75 year high in fiscal 2009
7) SACE/Gazprom/Nord Stream
8) Etihad Airways completes ECA guaranteed transactions

September 2009
1) Enhanced ECA Financing Terms in Response to Climate Change
2) Ex-Im Bank's Climate Proposal Fails to Quell Enviro Groups' Concerns
3) G20 to axe fuel subsidies
4) How ECAs help companies evade taxes
5) China Eximbank Navigates Export Tide
6) European Commission approves German export credit scheme
7) WTO says airbus got illegal subsidies
8) OECD, WTO and UNCTAD call on G-20 for commitment to open
trade/investment
9) Halifax Initiative identifies reforms for EDC Environmental Policy
10) Australia's export credit agency assesses African mining projects
11) Launching Indonesia Eximbank
August 2009
1) UK Government gives export support scheme green light despite corruption concerns
2) US ExIm Bank caught in environment vs job subsidy contradictions
3) EU clears German export-credit insurance scheme
4) India will soon be largest borrower from US Exim Bank
5) Australia's EFIC signs agreements with Korean and Thai counterpart ECAs
6) EFIC approves line of credit for General Motors subsidiary
7) Berne Union Asia special meeting discusses global financial crisis
8) Congo's Grand Inga hydro project
9) Canada's EDC to lend Bombardier US$160 Million for SAS aircraft
10) JIBC new projects
July 2009
1) German, Swiss and Austrian ECAs confirm cancellation of Ilisu credits
2) Xinjiang riots damage Sino-Turkish ties, including possible Ilisu involvement
3) Japanese NGOs Demand Rigorous Safety Assessment for Nuclear Projects
4) Portuguese Government finalizes re-nationalization of COSEC
5) China to improve reform plans of China Eximbank, Sinosure
6) How One Mine Got a $1.05 Billion Loan Amid the Global Financial Crisis
7) Short-term export credits move back to government subsidies
8) Climate Follies: Bankrolling Dirty Power in Developing Countries
9) Export credit insurance supports Chinese exports to emerging markets
10) Nabucco Gas Pipe Accord Signed as Europe Looks Beyond Russia
11) U.S. extends export financing repayment terms for hydro, ocean thermal, nuclear
12) Oil Search Ltd. Says LNG Project Wins ‘Vote of Confidence’
June 2009
1) European Governments Pull ECA Financing for Turkey's Ilisu Dam
2) CSOs urge OECD time-out on renewable and nuclear energy finance incentive negotiations
3) IFC proposes new finance intermediary to facilitate ECA supported trade deals
4) Mandelson writes Prime Minister & Chancellor to set out radical overhaul of ECGD
5) UK groups question BAE termination of ECGD insurance
6) Green energy investments overtake fossil fuel, but not for ECAs
7) IRN Introduction to China's ECA Financed Overseas Dam Industry
8) Belgian ECA sees Congress victory in India as positive for reforms
9) ECA supported aircraft sales to move from 20% to 50%
10) How is G20 doing on ECA pledges from London summit?
11) World leaders seek new Iran strategy
12) European Commission approves Finnish export-credit insurance scheme
May 2009
1) Study finds IFI/ECA funded coal plants result in thousands of deaths
2) Canadian legislation in second reading would deny government support to corporations ignoring standards
3) International petition requests declaration of Hasankeyf as a UNESCO World Heritage site
4) Concerns mount over Ilisu dam impacts
5) New JIBC projects
6) Portugal announces intent to renationalize ECA COSEC
7) Atradius DSB to add project screening for ILO standards compliance
8) China's Sinosure & US company provide credit risk information
9) EU Commission Approves Danish Export Credit Insurance Plan
10) UK Government plans finance and insurance for exporters
11) Africa Trade Insurance Agency expands operations
12) ECAs essential to continued support for global trade
13) Cargill, Archer Daniels Midland, Bunge Win Most Export Aid Since 1992 as Credit Slows
14) No more Government insurance for BAE Systems' controversial Saudi Arabia arms deals
April 2009
1) G20 Summit approves additional $1.1 trillion for trade support
A. G20 'fails to deliver real change' say campaigners
B. G20 Summit statement
C. US & UK NGOs tell G20 financial stimuli must promote environmental & social
benefits with economic recovery
D. OECD to coordinate G20 export credit commitments
2) Changes to UK ECA ECGD rules opposed by NGOs and Opposition
A. Lord Mandelson accused of weakening rule on ethical exports
B. Anti-bribery provisions for exporters under threat as MPs relax export credit laws
C. UK bill 'dangerous and short-sighted'
3) Ilisu dam site nominated for UNESCO heritage status
4) Exxon seeks financier for the LNG project
5) Turkish dam, British dilemma Case Study
6) Half of Nord Stream pipelines to be ECA financed
7) Cotton industry awaits WTO ruling on US export credits
8) EDC Legislative Review Riles Canadian Rights Groups
9) Iran applies for Berne Union membership
10) EDF study estimates MDB & ECA financed coal plants cause 6,000-10,700 extra deaths per year
March 2009
1) G20 finance plan relies heavily on new export credit agency money
2) ECGD asked to help assess risks of government working capital guarantee scheme
3) ECGD states no review to be done of due diligence on BTC pipeline risk assessment
4) Britons face jail in US over bribery allegations re ECA supported Bonny Island project
5) TI(UK) calls for exclusion of companies implicated in bribery from future ECGD contracts
6) Aircraft Traders Are Nervous About Economic Recovery, request more ECA support
7) Australian ECA EFIC announces adoption of the Equator Principles
8) Turkey Deports International Rivers' Staff After Peaceful Water Forum Protest
February 2009
1) Urgent Plea to Save Critically Endangered Western Gray Whales at Sakhalin Island
2) China arrests former Sinosure head on corruption charges
3) Participants make changes to OECD administered export credit Arrangement
4) Delays in environmental reporting mock OECD Common Approaches commitments
5) OECD publishes 2007 ECA cash flow results for officially supported export credits
6) Lawsuit Forces U.S. ECAs to Account for Their Climate Change Impacts
7) Zurich Surety, Credit & Political Risk Joins with SACE on Public/Private Partnership
8) Canada vies to back India's nuclear boom
9) Industry grows more accepting of government help for airlines
10) Former US ExIm Bank official charged with corruption and tax evasion
11) Export credit agencies to fund PetroSA plant
January 2009
1) Export credit agencies force Ilisu suspension
2) Aircraft finance and ECAs
3) The Sakhalin Saga
4) Hochberg Named Chair of Import-Export Bank
5) Germany to restrict Iran export guarantees
6) JBIC and Goro Nickel in New Caledonia
7) JBIC signs deal for green energy projects in China
8) Dutch government announces credit guarantees
9) EDC moves to support Nortel following bankruptcy filing
10) The Corner House questions ECGD evaluations of BTC pipeline risks
11) Portugal approves 2 Billion Euro export credit facility to support