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February 2023

LNG at forefront of Dutch Atradius foreign fossil fuel funding
Atradius backs Dutch construction companies profiting from devastating Philippines mega-airport
Insurance giant Marsh under fire over role in controversial oil project
26 Italian oil and gas companies visit Kuwait with SACE
Environmentalists continue to challenge UKEF funding for gas in Mozambique
OECD Civil Society Joint Position on ECA oil and gas restrictions
Progress within export finance on sustainability, but changes sorely needed on OECD Arrangement
WFW advises HSBC on US$300m SACE Facility for Bahrain's nogaholding
The French Mistral: The Case of the Russian Sale and Its Aftermath
Lessors & ECAs lead rhuge Air India jet order while Kenya Airways defaults on EXIM
Public Financing as a Critical Path Forward to a Just Energy Transition in Africa
Swedish Export Credit (SEK) Securities Exchange Act Form 6-K
Finnvera Group 2022 Financial Statements
New ECGC policies to support Indian Exporters: Economic Survey Report 2023
Dutch climate expenditure audit reveals inconsistencies
Pandemic, disasters, war: Michal Ron looks back on Berne Union Presidency
Finnvera change signals new ECA opportunities for SMEs

January 2023

Public Financing as a Critical Path Forward to a Just Energy Transition in Africa
Trade Finance In Wartime
Heads of G7 Export Credit Agencies Express Support for Ukraine
Court finds UKEF’s $1.15 bln funding for Mozambique LNG project lawful
UKEF signs deal with Egyptian construction titan to boost post-Brexit trade with Africa
"Green" Hydrogen: What role for ECAs?
Comparing Government Financing of Reactor Exports
Saudi and Italian ECAs sign MoU to enhance trade cooperation
Mexico Expects State Oil Giant Pemex to Pay Its Debt Without Government Help
Chinese export insurer scales up support for foreign trade
Spain's CESCE restricts fossil fuel finance, but leaves major gas loopholes
India extends aid worth USD 3.9 billion to help Sri Lanka face economic crisis
GE secures €1bn agreement with Polish ECA
Uganda cancels $2.2bn Chinese rail contract, signs with Turkey
Dutch climate expenditure audit reveals inconsistencies

December 2022

Germany reveals considation of 10 large international fossil fuel projects worth EUR 1 billion, despite major climate pledge
Fitch affirms SACE now under Italian government control
Canada to (mostly) stop subsidizing international fossil fuel projects
Canada and New Zealand map out pledges to axe ECA fossil fuel support
Blocking a Carbon Bomb: Tiwi Islanders prevent $4.7 billion Barossa offshore gas project in Australia
What ETMs can and can’t do for coal retirements
Australia in talks to help PNG buy $1.1 bln PNG LNG stake
Germany accelerates Europe’s “Neo-Scramble for Africa”
Germany suspends ECA guarantees for business with Iran amid protests
Legal challenge over UK funding of Mozambique gas project goes to appeal court
Who watches Czech state’s ECA obligations to big businesses?
Are French ECAs ready to join early reconstruction of Ukraine?
Poseidon Principles: [Only] 7 of 28 banks in line with IMO’s GHG reduction target
Jaguar Land Rover lands UKEF-backed export loan
South African exporters assured Export Credit Insurance Corporation now has expanded cover
Chinese ECA sees underwriting growth of 9%
EU adopts new package of sanctions against Russia

November 2022

ECAs are the worst public finance supporters of fossil fuels over clean energy
European countries back weakened ECA fossil fuel financing pledge
Canada 2nd in the G20 for fossil fuel subsidies
CSOs demand reduced OECD ECA support for oil and gas
US Exim lags on climate despite Biden’s pledges
There’s no time to waste — public capital is a key conduit to a just transition
Gas is a false route to Australian energy security
Heads of G7 ECAs meet in Toronto
Korea to become ECA driven battery powerhouse by 2030
UKEF to offer ECA support for most vulnerable climate change countries
Berne Union AGM examines access to ECA support in African free trade
US Exim Bank offers finance for Romanian nuclear plants
Kuwait to draw on $9.2 bln from ECAs on oil projects till 2025
UAE ECA Etihad extends guarantees worth $4.5bn in first 9 months of 2022
FLASH: Italy's SACE considering fossil fuel projects with 3.5 X Italy's annual emissions

October 2022

Finland joins growing list of countries restricting international oil & gas finance
Friends of the Earth US asks Biden to "RELEASE THE GUIDANCE!"
Italy pushes to weaken European fossil fuel financing pledge
German ECA supported defense system for Egypt diverted to Ukraine
Korean Eximbank holds OECD Environmental and Social Practitioners' Meeting
South Korean ECAs challenged during National Assembly session about Barossa Project
Trade unions call for a just net-zero aviation transition including ECA support for aviation finance
Cesce and Alstom sign a strategic agreement to promote green exports
Loss of ECA finance harms lower impact deep water oil and gas says offshore chief
GTR: Export finance in a post-pandemic world
Russia may start providing ECA finance to importers of its grain
Ukraine calls on banks to support exports through new ECA mechanisms
Brazilian ECA to fund Embraer aircraft exports to SkyWest
Saudi Electricity Company lands Swedish ECA backed finance for Egypt electricity interconnection

September 2022

France restricts oil & gas finance to meet climate commitments, piling pressure on Germany, USA, Canada to follow suit
Sweden restricts ECA fossil fuel finance to deliver on climate commitment
Berne Union report warns of dwindling risk appetite over Ukraine related claims
Ukraine seeks $400 billion for foreign investment & export credit
U.S. EXIM Bank, Ukraine pledge cooperation on financing, reconstruction
EXIM strategy: Climate change, China, OECD ECA backsliding challenge competitiveness
Sri Lanka’s Chinese debt making international headlines
China’s no new coal power overseas pledge, one year on
EU challenges China’s Belt and Road with €300bn Global Gateway
Iranian & Russian ECAs ink agreement to facilitate trade
India has $5 bn new export opportunity in Russia
US exports face empty container pile-up as supply chains recover
The role of ECAs in financing the transition to net zero
TFG partners with UKEF and DIT to create a trade and export finance guide
Chilean firm to receive Korean ECA $100 million fund for stable Australian lithium supply to South Korean firms

August 2022

Ukraine agent claims OECD ECAs complicit in Russian war crimes
UK Treasury backs £3bn UKEF finance package for war-torn Ukraine
UK unveils critical minerals strategy and UKEF role
Iran expected to ink agreement with Russian ECA soon
Ukranian ECA supports US$5.6 million in exports
Equator Principles Association Issues Due Diligence Guidance Note
Berne Union releases latest Business Confidence Survey
Korean battery maker secures $2B loan from 3 ECAS
Nigeria, Sun Africa ink US $1.5bn EXIM supported deal for electrification
IsDB and ICIEC offer $10.5bn package to ease global food crisis
TNG receives AU$200M K-Sure conditional debt facility for Mt Peake mine
Ugandan Banks seek to establish Shs1 trillion export credit facility

July 2022

IISD: Why ECAs must shift from fossil fuel support to clean energy
CSOs condemn G7 for caving in to gas industry - weakening pledge to end finance for fossil fuels
G-7 rolls out answer to China's Belt and Road initiative
EXIM plans aggressive marketing push and steady market growth
China's Sinosure registers steady business growth
EDC Plans 15% cut in fossil fuel portfolio by 2020
Belgian ECA restricts oil and gas finance but leaves gas loopholes
SK On Secures US$2bn in loan guarantees from 3 ECAs to Invest in Europe
EXIM Board approves Cameroon and Brazil Projects
OECD export credit rule changes could have long-term consequences for insurers
UK Export Finance provided £7.4 billion in support for UK exports last year
SACE supports Brazilian steelmaker CSN
French ECA cooperation agreements
Taiwan's Formosa 2 offshore wind plant starts with broad international ECA support
French ECA role in Polish nuclear expansion
French ECA supports Côte d'Ivoire coastal road loan
Australian ECA to provide $300m for Mount Peake vanadium-titanium-iron project
Norwegian ECA to provide €400m in guarantees and loans toward €1.6bn Arctic battery gigafactory

June 2022

Japanese Civil Society welcomes halt of Bangladesh & Indonesian coal projects and Russian LNG project
G7 ministers pledge end to fossil fuel finance amid signs of backsliding on commitments
UKEF named best sustainable finance ECA despite continued review of Mozambique LNG
Kuwait's state oil company seeks JIBC insurance for $1 billion
European Temporary Short Term Export Credit Aid Extended to Year End
Lexology's overview of ECAs
US EXIM renews supply chain finance for Boeing
EU Export Credit Sanctions on Russia
Afreximbank mobilises $35b for African development and national ECAs
ECAs fill in SME trade finance support under Covid supply chain disruption
German export credit for emergency export of Ukranian grain
Danish ECA EKF to back French offshore wind project
Russian war on Ukraine triggers conflict over ECAs and African oil

May 2022

Italy's SACE joins major banks to reject finance for Total's EACOP
Korean court dismisses indigenous challenge to Australian ECA gas project financing
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urges ECAs to strengthen standards
UK Green Trade and "de-Putinizing" the world economy
Berne Union reports uncertain trade credit insurance bounce back
122 CSOs warn there is only six months left to meet joint COP26 commitments
Boeing Reports Increased Stability and Growth for Aircraft Finance Sector
Spanish ECA's US$1.3 billion loan to PetroPeru pushes delayed audit
State aid: EU Commission approves Danish short-term export credit scheme
Etihad Credit to play a role in UAE's move away from oil
EDC launches program to guarantee bank loans to companies in carbon intensive sectors
70% of Indian exporters’ payments stuck in Russia have come in
Dutch government offers export credit insurance to new Manila airport
NEXIM promotes Nigerian Non-oil Exports for Fiscal Sustainability

April 2022

UN Secretary General: Some governments & business leaders say one thing but do another. Simply put they're lying.
Greenwashing won't cut it: Canada risks disaster by barely mentioning financial sector in climate plan
Indigenous Australians Derail Controversial Barossa Gas Project by Suing South Korean ECA
Oil Change International launches database to expose the institutions using our money to fund fossils
UKEF hands billions to projects linked to labour abuse and climate damage
UKEF faces further legal action over Mozambique LNG project
LNG Exports Seen Benefiting From EXIM Financing
The 900-Mile EACOP East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline Is a Bad Deal for My Country — and the World
Global Trade Review Editorial: Encouraging yet disheartening
U.S. EXIM Bank formalizes Russia pullout; approves Sri Lanka, Albania, Iraq deals
Sinosure scales up financial support for green industries
Swedish ECA studying new import guarantee fund
Aeroflot negotiating purchase of 8 ECA financed Airbus aircraft

March 2022

Export credits face Russia sanctions AND the Paris Agreement
ECAs slam the door on Russia
European Council conclusions on official export credits
Berne Union Launches New Climate Working Group (CWG)
EDC targets growing demand for ESG financing
EDC backed loan to primarily Russian-owned Buhler Industries
Indian Exporters Find Themselves Caught In Russia/Ukraine Crossfire
Korea Wins US Export Ban Exemption, Shores Up Exporters to Russia
Pressure on Japan's energy ties in Russia ratchets up with Shell's Sakhalin exit
ECIC Growing Its Footprint In Ethiopia and the DRC
SACE freezes loan for Russian Arctic LNG 2 plant
Judges split over UKEF funding of Mozambique gas project
Africa’s Fossil-Fuel Investment Trap
Korean ECAs sued to stop deep-sea oil pipeline

February 2022

Paris Agreement alignment of EDC (NOT!)
Germany suspends Russian export credit guarantees
Indian exporters hold back shipments to CIS
Ukraine: TFX Trade Risk Briefing - What might be the impact of sanctions?
EXIM's first Black leader faces challenges on China, climate, equity
Total’s East African crude oil pipeline ‘struggling’ to find financiers
AfCFTA Secretariat, Afreximbank Seal Deal on $10bn Fund to Boost African Economies
AfreximBank Trade Centre Harare project to start soon
Sustainability in export finance – the push for change
Italy clears hurdle to buy SACE in $4.8 bln deal
Building a bank for entrepreneurs is crucial, says CEO of Bpifrance
Canada Bangladesh FTA negotiations with EDC role?

January 2022

Campaigners say EU due diligence laws should apply to ECAs
Export credit agencies provide billions to fossil fuel projects each year
Why oil-loving Ottawa must end its financing of fossil fuels
UK holds Africa Investment Conference aimed at UK "green" exports
UK and Italy kick off talks on new trade partnership
Efforts Aim to Boost Arab Exports to Russia
Swedish Export Credit Corporation recruits Head of Sustainability
UAE and South Korean ECAs in pact to boost green energy projects
ECA Market Set for Explosive Growth | Coface, Zurich, Euler Hermes, Sinosure, Atradius
China unveils guidelines to stabilize trade
Genting Hong Kong confirms insolvency filing in Germany based on Euler Hermes block
OECD Global Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum: 30 March - 1 April
EDPR and DEK ink debt funding for 149-MW Polish wind portfolio
EXIM Accused of Switch From Anti Chinese Communist Party To Beijing Ally

December 2021

ECA Watch letter to European Commission re ECAs and corporate social governance
Friends of the Earth sues Britain over Mozambique LNG project
ESA adopts revised state ECA/corporate aid guidelines
Russia's Arctic LNG 2 agrees loans worth 9.5 bln euros
Russia's Amur Gas Chemical Complex secures $9.1 bln in ECA & bank loans
Facing debt repayment issues China shifts Africa financing focus from infrastructure to trade
Charting a new course: The future of UK exports and export finance
Biden orders U.S. to stop financing new carbon-intense projects abroad
EXIM supports Lithuania in political dispute with China
EKF issues ‘biggest ever’ loan for Turkey railway project
General Electric : Another milestone for Dogger Bank Wind Farm as it reaches financial close for third phase

November 2021

U.S., U.K. lead pledge to end overseas oil and gas financing, but with big caveats
G20 ECAs and public finance institutions are still bankrolling fossil fuels
European export finance alliance pushes for green incentives [eventually!]
If global finance can step up to the net-zero challenge, governments surely can
Will the capital to invest in net-zero plans be available?
The push to net zero - Can project finance fuel investment in the Hydrogen market?
International Chamber of Commerce proposes new framework for sustainable trade finance
UAE’s ADNOC secures $3bn loan from JBIC and 4 other banks
Shipowners see growing benefits of Chinese leasing and trade finance
Russian ECA Helps Bangladesh enter nuclear power age
U.K. to Set 1 Trillion Pound Post-Brexit Export Target
US EXIM focus on Africa
British Airways secures another £1bn UKEF-backed facility
Norwegian ECA supports North Pole cruising in style
Lithuania to get U.S. EXIM trade support as it faces China fury over Taiwan
New OECD down payment requirements set to boost ECA support in emerging markets
Russians Discuss Increased Engagement With Africa

October 2021

Press Release: New website shines a light on the extent of export credit agencies’ support for fossil fuels
New OECD coal financing restrictions represent weak progress
ECAs provide billions to fossil fuel projects yearly - Join us at COP26
European Commission opens consultation on extending temporary State export credit aid
SACE Could Support Novatek's Giant Arctic LNG 2 Project
NGOs release the 2021 Global Coal Exit List: 1000 companies driving the world towards climate chaos
Ukraine in talks with Britain on supply of missiles
Export credit agencies have stepped up during the pandemic
Canada won’t stop Crown corporations from investing in fossil fuels any time soon
Export Finance Australia offers A$2bn (US$1.5 B) in critical mineral loans
UKEF £1.5bn earmarked for Nigeria ‘largely untouched’
ECAs of UAE and France sign strategic reinsurance agreement
Will a Taliban victory advance TAPI pipeline with ECA support?
JBIC and Private Banks Must Reconsider Decision to Finance LNG Canada Project

September 2021

U.S., Europe at OECD Seek to End Export Financing for Coal
New report reveals German government sabotages international energy transition
SACE and NEXI finance large carbon bomb vessel for Dutch SBM Offshore
UKEF is ‘exagerating’ the number of businesses helped
Aligning export finance to sustainable development goals
UKEF targets net zero emissions by 2050
Swedish ECA launches Green Guarantee to promote climate investments
ECAs and the Impact of Plastics on Human Rights
SACE says exports to return to pre-COVID levels this year
Exim India extends $100 mn loan to Africa Finance Corp for infra development
SACE backs Lima Metro Line 2
Saudi EXIM Bank signs a reinsurance agreement with ICIEC
Will ECAs support Afghan projects under the Taliban

August 2021

Lexology report: Export Credit Agencies and Insurers
How ECAs can catch up on climate action
Swedish ECAs establish scientific climate council to help align with Paris Agreements
Can China green the Belt and Road?
Chinese banks and ECAs stay silent on human rights allegations
Australian banks defend coal exit
Cost of Hoima-Tanga Pipeline Hits $5b As Risk Averse Supporters Walk Away
World Economic Forum warns global trade finance gap could reach $2.5 trillion by 2025
Experts Discuss Russia’s Weak Economic Presence in Africa
UKEF to forge closer trade ties with Central America
Middle East Oil Refinery (MIDOR) in Egypt to start partial operations this year
NEXIM: Promoting Social Inclusion With WAYEF
UKEF finances 6 hospitals in Ivory Coast

July 2021

Germany accused of hypocrisy over Arctic gas project
Australian ECA gives 80X more to fossil fuel projects than renewables
EXIM support and the Pemex Ocean fire
Export Development Canada Promises Net Zero by 2050
UKEF reports export credit arrangements for 2020
Australian ECA eyes bid for Pacific telecoms to block China
Ghanaian rail project takes off with Swedish & South African ECA backing
U.S. Chamber of Commerce supports EXIM
U.S. EXIM Bank says 2020 financing volume still far below global rivals
SACE helps revive Italian steelmaker Acciaierie d'Italia
Insurers mourn missed chance to form EU ECA
Afreximbank plans $8 billion fund to offset trade-pact losses
New Norwegian ECA, Eksfin, begins operations

June 2021

Global capital racing towards clean energy
Rich Countries Subsidizing “Dash for Gas” in Developing World
As banks [and ECAs?] flee coal, campaigners turn sights on gas
Human Rights Watch Q&A on ECA Fossil Fuel Subsidies
World's largest oil shale power plant in Jordan near completion with Sinosure support
Chinese export insurance company reports steady business growth
ECA supported Ethiopian projects show ‘railpolitik’ in action
EXIM Environmental and Social Projects Information and Concerns Grievance Hotline
Is West Africa the focus region for ECA-supported financing?
Nigeria looks for US$85 billion in investments, increasing ECA dependencies
UK business given £12.3bn export support from government
Rosatom Preparing Support With French ECA For Foreign Nuclear Power Plants
KDF to acquire 118 APCs from Turkey at US$7.4 million
ECA Climate change goals lacking on maritime shipping decarbonization

May 2021

ECAs and Fossil Fuels
OECD Study Measures Distortions in International Markets, but not by ECAs
IEA leaves little room for doubt: no fossil fuel expansion - but ignores ECAs
EDC singled out on fossil fuel finance by international legal opinion
EU lawmakers urge French, German & Italian ECASs to ditch Arctic LNG 2 support
Decarbonising Danish Export Credits
Egypt to buy Rafale fighter jets with French ECA support
Russian Export Credit Line for Sri Lankan Arms
Japan looks to introduce finance system for defence exports
Belarus isolation deepens as air links cut and Swedish ECA credit cancelled
Europe’s big oil companies exploit African natural-gas loophole
Royal Caribbean adjusts $1.15 B in ECA facilities facing $1.1 B loss in first quarter of 2021

April 2021

CSOs say newly launched export finance coalition (E3F) fails to lead
OECD Arrangement amends local content rules for export credits
Rich nations under fire for funding gas as 'bridge fuel' overseas
UK court to review Mozambique fossil fuel investment
Biden Administration to Utilize EXIM as Key Element in New International Climate Finance Plan
Canada’s oil and gas sector received $13 billion in EDC subsidies during the pandemic
Beijing and New Delhi court Indian Ocean armies with ECA loans
Tell EXIM: Cut ties with India's deadly Sasan coal plant
US climate summit declarations deal major blow to coal in Asia
China Is Investing in Africa’s Energy and Transportation Infrastructure
Boeing Forecasts Sufficient Capital for Aviation Finance
Iraqi, GE achieve financial close of Power Up Plan 4
Russian president signs law to ratify protocol restructuring Belarusian ECA loan

March 2021

Nearly 450 Organizations Call on Biden Administration to End Public Finance for Fossil Fuels
250 organizations caution banks and ECAs against financing East African Crude Oil Pipeline
China Exim’s energy lending nosedives, Beijing weighs ban on foreign coal financing
ECA funding for critical mineral and rare earth projects
ECAs and the future of hydrogen finance
ECAs, the Kachi Lithium Brine project and environmental concerns
UK Undermines Own Claim to Climate Leadership By Failing to End Oil and Gas Licensing in the North Sea
SACE guaranteed 86 mln euro Greensill loan to collapsing Gupta steel arm
Swedish ECA under pressure to break ties with Belarus
EXIM: The Fox Is Watching the Henhouse: Green Energy Edition
What Investments Is The UAE Planning To Make In Israel?
Man Sentenced for Role in Scheme to Defraud EXIM
Hungarian Armed Forces Get EUR 349 Million ECA support
Our public finance institutions are fuelling climate change
JBIC injects liquidity into Japan Airlines
Does China subsidize export credit to reinforce its geopolitical aspirations?
Flash: ECA financed Mozambique LNG sector braces for delays amid escalating violence

February 2021

US to end int'l financing for fossil fuel projects - but how?
USDA farm export credits to go now to climate change
China's Global Energy Finance Database
U.K. Firms Get Pandemic Support From Agency With Great War Roots
COVID-19 State Aid - The EU opens the door to additional support
UKEF may back Brazilian oil and gas project despite promised end to fossil fuel funding
Groundbreaking research reveals the financiers of the coal industry
Is new thinking needed on export finance regulation?
ICC rolls out ambitious new export finance sustainability initiative
ECAs and the once elusive SME
Mota-Engil Begins Work on ECA supported $1.8 Billion Nigeria-Niger Railway
Airbus cautious on 2021 hoping for ECA backed backed cash flow
Africa's COVID-19 vaccine financing gap opens opportunities for China, Russia

January 2021

Atradius DSB launches 'Green Label' to promote greater environmentally responsible export transactions
EDC is undermining Canada’s climate commitments. Will Ottawa step in and take action?
NGOs Strongly Oppose JBIC Decision to Support Vietnamiese Coal-fired Power Generation Project
Asian ECAs sustain coal’s threat to world climate
EU greenlights more short-term ECA state aid for virus-hit firms and agriculture
Turkish ECA finances US$70 million Kenyan armored car deal
Departing EXIM chief urges Biden team to counter Chinese lending dominance
Australian ECA may finance buyer for Pacific mobile network Digicel to block China
British Airways & EasyJet: UK Export Finance's new form of state aid
US Exim and Greensill back domestic LNG exporter
UAE - India to enhance trade, economic cooperation
U.S. ExIm prepares possible seizure of Bulgarian satellite over loan nonpayment
Ukraine aims to develop cooperation with OECD ECAs

December 2020

UKEF to stop funding overseas fossil fuel projects?
EU Commission Approves €625 Million Italian Scheme to Counter COVID-19 Impacts
EXIM is helping American workers and keeping China at bay
Unions oppose EXIM relaxation of domestic content rules
Korea's Eximbank provides $500 mil. for Mozambique gas project
Too Many Eggs in the Dragon’s Basket? Part Two: Diversifying Australia’s Export Base
UK widens access to export loans as post-Brexit transition ends
UKEF concerned over ‘largely unused’ export credit facility
Ugandans question ECA supported EACOP pipeline vs energy transition
UAE, Israel export credit agencies sign trade cooperation deal
Ukrainian-UK Defense Cooperation: Will UKEF Have Kyiv’s Back?
Massive SACE loan from Italy to Egypt
Shipping lenders face carbon cutting shortfalls despite Poseidon Principles
Swedish ECAs propose $2-billion credit for aviation development in Vietnam
Norwegian Air secures court protection over €4.1bn debts
Hungarian & Russian ECAs sign $1.17 billion Egyptian rail deal
Russian Export Forum to focus on COVID-driven incentives for businesses
China, Japan, and S. Korea see $205 billion renewable energy market in Southeast Asia
Crisis response: a paradigm shift for ECAs

November 2020

Public ECA money guarantees 'risky' fossil fuel projects: experts
Western governments suspend talks on new ECA rules
Only a fifth of climate finance goes to adaptation as share of loans grows
International Chamber of Commerce urges G20 to increase ECA support to safeguard small corporations
Mapping the impacts of ECAs active in Africa
Berne Union Yearbook 2020
JBIC to lend Nissan $2B for U.S. sales financing
Mexican ECA seals US$600mn credit facility for Covid-19 response
What you need to know about Nigeria’s $1.2bn export loan from Brazil
Bombardier cooperating with SFO corruption investigation

October 2020

ECAs and Green Recovery
Africa and ECAs remain at the heart of big oil strategy despite oil export debt
UKEF could support 42,000 jobs annually by 2035 by switching focus to renewables
EU publishes 4th amendment to Temporary Framework for state aid to corporations re COVID
The natural resource curse in Mozambique
EXIM President: Battling China's predatory economics
FY 2021 Funds Available for Agricultural Export Credit Guarantees
S&P declares Zambia in default after missed debt payment
ICIEC signs cooperative MoUs with UKEF and CESCE
SACE's Michal Ron becomes the new president of Berne Union

September 2020

No proper benchmark for checking European ECAs' compliance with EU objectives
ECAs back $9.5 billion financing for Russia's Arctic LNG 2
New report calls for end to export credits to coal
IFC adopts Urgewald’s Global Coal Exit List
EXIM's program to undercut Chinese export subsidies
G12 ECA Group Issues First-Ever Joint Statement
Trade credit insurance claims expected to surge
Are we seeing the end of the UKEF's (& other ECA) fossil fuel empire(s)?
Project Finance, human rights and climate change: Updated Equator Principles
US EXIM notifies Congress of potential support for Pemex
NYT Opinion: EXIM and Corporate Welfare Cronyism
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) comes online in Guinea with ECA loans
Gensource Potash awaits Hermes approval of ECA support
Uganda, Tanzania agree to build long heated oil pipeline

August 2020

ECAs, COVID-19 and Climate: Recommendations to Ensure that Economic Support Protects People and the Planet
Johnson poised to stop UKEF funding overseas fossil fuel projects
Afreximbank Commits US$400 M To Mozambique's LNG Project
EC approves €2bn scheme to support Italian trade credit insurance
China slow to curb coal financing as Japan, South Korea ‘accept new reality’ on phasing out fossil fuels
Ford secures UKEF loan guarantee to build on engine exports
Airbus to be sued by investors for bribery and export control violations
US Firms Announce Power Agreements Worth Billions With Iraq
Exim backs exports to Argentina’s YPF
Ghana commissions University of Environment and Sustainable Development
Bangladesh's Prime Bank approved by USDA export credit guarantee programme
Nigeria: Appraising 3 Years of Reform At Nexim Bank
Canadian Football League tackles EDC backed loan

July 2020

US Exim's role in the Republican/China trade and political war
SINOSURE maintains steady business growth in H1
Danish ECA EKF moves to hide environmental negligence in Armenia
Mozambique’s ECA backed multi-billion dollar gamble on LNG
Serious concerns’ raised over UKEF by Spotlight on Corruption
EDC’s role in Canada's oil and gas bailout
Ditch Public Financing of Fossil Fuels
ECAs and the Aviation Industry: What Does the Future Hold?
80% of Hong Kong Security Law Backers at the U.N. Are Belt and Road Signatories
Japan’s plan to curb coal plant lending has major “loopholes”
HSBC arranges first Green ECA loan in Saudi Arabia
Portugal launches plan to boost exports hit by pandemic
Finveram warns of 2020 loss due to coronavirus
Embraer business jet unit gets $97 mln U.S. EXIM Bank loan guarantee

June 2020

ECA-Watch finds EU ECA compliance reviews insufficient
ECA Watch briefing on COVID-19 and Climate
EU Council adopts exceptional rules to facilitate ECA lending under Covid
France moves to save aerospace sector via ECA spending
Export-Import Bank Back To Boosting Boeing
UKEF set to back Total's $20 billion Mozambique LNG project
Hard-hit Canadian oil companies still waiting for EDC loans
EDC lifeline to Saudi armoured car maker raises questions
Canada now second to China in public finance for fossil fuels
Canada undermining its own climate goals via EDC support of pipelines
Fossil fuel companies dominate UK Export Finance energy hospitality gifts
Britain's National Grid gets $743 mln ECA secured loans for UK-Denmark power link
UK Government Forms £10 Billion Reinsurance Backstop for Trade Credit Insurers
Nigeria to build 142 agro-processing centres with Brazilian and Saudi ECAs
Latham & Watkins advises on USD 8.3 billion Australian LNG project refinancing
Nigeria Secures ECA, Bank & Development Finance for NLNG’s Train 7 Project
US SENATORS CALL FOR QUICK VOTES ON EX-IM NOMINEES
Russia's Eximbank opens first correspondent account in Uzbek currency

May 2020

ECAs and emergency COVID-19 budgets
Covid-19 recovery will need US$5tn in trade credit capacity
Will COVID-19 Spark a Paradigm Shift for Businesses?
Why $77 Billion a Year in Public Finance for Oil, Gas, and Coal Is Even Worse Than It Sounds
In the Face of COVID-19, Governments Have a Choice: Resilient Societies or Fossil Fuel Bailouts?
EDC is bailing out the fossil fuel industry. Will Canadians be given a full accounting of the costs?
Coastal GasLink pipeline gets loan of up to $500M from Canada's EDC
ECA aircraft Financing in a post-COVID-19 world
Lawyers warn continued gas lending will breach EIB legal duties
JBIC muddies comments on ending coal finance
South Korean ECA backs $2 billion coal company bailout
European Commission approves €903 million Belgian trade credit reinsurance scheme
Fiat Chrysler in talks for $6.8 billion SACE guaranteed loan
Volvo signs EKN guaranteed US$1.1 billion credit facility
The Coal Policy Tool: A Tool for Quitting Coal

April 2020

Temporary EU State Aid Framework includes short term export credits
European ECAS expand protection to help mitigate the impact of the coronavirus
Temporary relaxation of EU state aid rules could counter foreign takeovers
Korean NCP accepts complaint against Korean ECA and others
ECAs play lip service to coal withdrawal but ignore oil & gas
Fossil fuel giants with ECA billions put Mozambique workers & communities at risk of COVID-19
EXIM Bank Relief Measures in Response to COVID-19
Export Finance Australia helping exporters unable to get finance because of COVID-19
Canada's EDC will backstop bank energy loans
Snubbed by EXIM, Cruise Lines Get ECA Relief From Europe
EXIM withdraws support for medical equipment exports against World Bank advice
Could ECAs help Africa mitigate Covid-19 pushed recession?
Insurers bulked up on airline risk as export credit agencies pulled out
Time for a European public export credit insurance programme?

March 2020

EU G20 and OECD Member Countries Announce Trillion$ in subsidies, including ECA $$
EU approves emergency state-aid ECA measures
UK proposes UKEF loan fund to spur defence & post-Brexit exports
Global Banks Funneled $2.7 Trillion into Fossil Fuels Since Paris Climate Agreement
ECAs Backing Coal as Some of the World's Biggest Banks Get Out
UK Export Finance accused of failing to consider climate risks
EU unveils industrial strategy to help meet climate goals

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