Index for 2017

December 2017

  • Inside EDC one of Canada's most secretive agencies
  • Banks criticised for funding coal deals despite Paris agreement
  • Pipeline developer sues social movements
  • The UK arms trade with repressive regimes has no moral or economic sense
  • Turkey to Acquire Four Russian S-400 Missile Divisions with ECA support
  • Lenders jostle for mega PNG LNG financing deal
  • Africa – a new frontier for Floating LNG projects
  • Senate Panel Rejects Trump's Nominee to Lead Export-Import Bank
  • Former Ex-Im Bank Director under investigation for undisclosed foreign agent contract
  • Indonesia - Dirty man of Asia deepens addiction to coal
  • UKEF lines up new delegated supply chain finance (SCF) guarantees
  • An African corridor to prosperity [and coal fired global warming!]
  • Sinopec Signs $1b Iranian Abadan Refinery Expansion Deal
  • Kuwait Seals US$6.245bn ECA-Backed Corporate Transaction

November 2017

  • Brussels Seminar December 4: Transparency and due diligence at Europe’s ECAs
  • OECD, It’s Time for Export Credit Agencies to Stop Funding Fossil Fuels
  • Too Coal-Hearted: Japan and Korea’s Support for Dirty Energy
  • Japanese Groups Strongly Object to JBIC Premature Loan Disbursement, Ingoring Upcoming Community Lawsuit
  • Japanese banks & JIBC back coal links between Japan & Africa
  • May Vies With Trump for Aramco Listing with ECA support
  • Airbus braces for a difficult landing after corruption allegations
  • Great Barrier Reef Pitted Against Coal Jobs in Australia Vote
  • ECAs are stepping up their SME support initiatives.

October 2017

  • G20 countries need to stop using export credit agencies to finance fossil fuel projects
  • French ECA BPI joins other ECAs in support of controversial Yamal LNG arctic project
  • Geneva negotiations continue for an international business & human rights treaty, including ECAs
  • Opinion: If the UK wants to increase the provision of aid to the private sector, we must play it straight
  • UK government increases support for SME trade
  • NEXI and UKEF complete One-Stop-Shop reinsurance agreement
  • Canada's GoviEx Uranium gets ECA financing interest in Niger's Madaouela project
  • Armenia to receive $100-million military export credit loan from Russia
  • Sace backs Mexican gas pipeline project
  • No, China is not about to become the world’s largest aid donor
  • Blockchain: Implications for Trade Transparency

September 2017

  • Australia’s export credit agency ordered to ­extend loans to coal ventures
  • NGOs urge Bank of Tokyo - Mitsubishi to reject Vietnamese coal plant finance
  • Boeing took a foreign firm to task over subsidies. Critics say Boeing gets ECA and other help, too.
  • Airbus in talks to settle ECA fraud claims for £1 billion
  • Standard Bank Seeks to ECA funding for $3 billion Ugandan Oil Pipeline
  • Merkel Mulls Revision of Hermes Support for Ankara as Two Germans Detained in Turkey
  • Trump's Ex-Im Nominee Scott Garrett Elegantly Squares The Circular Republican Firing Squad
  • Iran Receives First Round of Post-Sanctions Finance From European Banks and ECAs

August 2017

  • EU Commission underscores the role of ECAs in achieving Paris goals
  • UK undermining climate targets with export credit for fossil fuel projects abroad
  • Dakota Access Pipeline Owner Sues Enviros for Terrorism
  • Germany is reviewing export credit guarantees for German companies doing business with Turkey
  • UK Export Finance Publishes Their Annual Reports and Accounts
  • Iran Has a Long Way to Go to Restore Pre-Sanctions Ties
  • GAO: Status of Ex-Im End-Use Monitoring of Dual-Use Exports
  • Trump gives Ex-Im pick a chance to rescue nomination
  • EDC backed Bombardier sale to Zuma allies accused of corruption
  • Massive Nigerian investments coming with ECA and local financing

July 2017

  • G20 public finance for fossil fuels 'is four times more than renewables'
  • Russia's $70 Billion ‘Secret’ Export Credit Spending Lets Money Do the Talking
  • Is EDC complicit in support of foreseeable human rights violations?
  • White House under pressure to drop Export-Import Bank nominee
  • Global export credit falls amid US Exim wipeout
  • Turkey’s growing repression leads to review of German ECA guarantees
  • Eximbank of Korea to finance gas field development project in Mozambique
  • UK government signs deal with major banks and contractors to raise exports post-Brexit
  • SACE’s support for exports grows, reaches €7.8 billion in H1
  • Norway launches new ECA backing in push for diversity

June 2017

  • Report: Why and how the Dutch government must exclude credit support for fossil fuel
  • EDC’s response to alleged abuse in Colombian oilfields highlights deficits in due diligence
  • New database reveals world’s biggest coal plant developers
  • Kuwait Seals US$6.25bn Loan in Largest ECA-Backed Corporate Transaction Ever
  • Yamal LNG raises more financing with coverage by Swedish and German ECAs
  • Italy's Eni signs LNG deal in Mozambique with ECA support
  • EXIM Banks of India and Korea sign MOU for export credit of USD 9 billion
  • Boeing strikes deal with Italian export credit agency in lieu of Ex-Im Bank
  • Trump sends Export-Import Bank nominees to Senate
  • Iran ECA Finance Talks Making Headway
  • Madagascar is Afreximbank’s Newest Participating State

May 2017

  • Indonesian Community Reps File Cirebon Coal Plant Objections with JIBC
  • World Coal: IEA CCC Report - Global financing for coal power goes East
  • Turkey in 'final phase' of secretive Saudi arms export deal
  • N.J. critic of Export-Import Bank appointed to overhaul federal credit agency
  • Airbus tightens fraud controls
  • Iran in talks with UK export credit agency over jetliner export funding
  • China's Export Credit Agency Covering Iran Investment
  • Like spring weather, Delta’s positions on EXIM change quickly and dramatically
  • State Bank of India could fund Gautam Adani’s coal mine in Australia
  • Kenya’s stake in pan African ECA diluted
  • US Trade Finance for Cuba ‘Much Further Down the Road’ says Ex-Im Bank Officer

April 2017

  • In policy reversal Trump names new Ex-Im president
  • Don't fund South African coal mine, activists plead with Australian export credit agency
  • JBIC Must Immediately Review and Repeal its Loan Agreement for Illegal Indonesian Coal Project
  • German, Swedish, Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Italian and French ECAs support Yamal LNG project
  • Brazil will offer export credit-line for defence products
  • Ex-Im Bank of India confirms $1.6bn loan for Rampal coal plant to bankroll Sundarbans destruction
  • EDC Signals Millions in New Loans for India with the Opening of Singapore Branch
  • Canada's EDC and UK UKEF eye Philippine growth and infrastructure
  • Alba secures $700m in export credit financing
  • Iran, Portugal ECAs Sign Cooperation Deal

March 2017

  • 280 CSOs from 47 Countries Call on Japanese Government to Reject Support for Indonesian Coal Plants
  • France Joins UK in Airbus Fraud Investigation
  • EC publishes Annual Activity Report on Export Credits
  • Ex-Im Bank Critics Are Undermining Trump's Trade Strategy
  • S. Korean & Chinese ECAs to support hydroelectric dams in Iran
  • Norway export credit institute sees Iran trade opportunity
  • Export credit funds to finance Adani's Australian coal mine project
  • Law firm helps secure Norwegian ECA US$100m facility for massive Australian offshore oil project
  • Uganda: UK Doubles Export Funding to Uganda
  • UK commits US$1.2 billion for funding development projects in Peru
  • Islamic Development Bank sets out roadmap to promote Arab-African trade
  • Export credit to boost Middle East lending
  • Botswana hosts global credit insurance conference
  • South Sudan officially joins Afrexibank
  • Saab & BAE Systems table export credit for Malaysia fighter bid
  • World Bank Project Aims to Help Mongolia Access Export Credits

February 2017

  • Japanese ECA finances Indonesian coal plant despite widespread opposition
  • Canadian ECA supports Canadian software exports to stifle dissent in Bahrain
  • Swedish credit lines for Iran
  • Boeing *loves* the Export-Import Bank, but Boeing doesn't *need* the Export-Import Bank
  • Trump’s Mixed Signals on Export-Import Bank Leave Door Open for Conservatives
  • US Ex-Im has provided $315m to supplier of mines accused of slave labor
  • Afreximbank commits $90bn to boost African trade
  • Fitch affirms SACE rating at 'A-' with outlook negative

January 2017

  • OECD debates allowing some private sector ECA support to be called development assistance
  • Australia's export credit agency could fund offshoring of jobs
  • No Amendment to Efic Act without Meaningful Reform
  • France launches new ECA: Bpifrance replaces Coface
  • China's Sinosure Opens $1.3b Credit Line for Iranian Refinery
  • Sace and Intesa back Russian Yamal LNG
  • SACE & SIMEST (CDP Group) with BNP Paribas for $519 M North Sea Link Project
  • Without Ex-Im support, GE still plans to cut 350 jobs in Waukesha
  • UKEF signs first loan deal in Africa for Ghana GE energy project
  • Chad concludes membership procedure of Afreximbank