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August 2015

Chinese lenders lead team to finance Indian coal power plant in Zambia
Europeans Rush to Profit from Iran Deal
Boeing strikes back hard at Export-Import bank opponents
SACE tops ECA table, as big-hitters see slowdown
WTO to partner with Nigeria's NEXIM bank to promote regional trade
Finnvera Group’s Interim Report for January-June 2015

July 2015

Senate Resurrection of Export-Import Bank Stalled by Divided House
EU tries again for compromise on deal to phase out coal aid via ECAs
France’s plans to end coal export credits at risk of cancellation
First ever offshore renminbi (RMB) financing - UKEF aircraft support
Italy, UK and Korea see billions in export boost from lifting of Iran sanctions
Japan's NEXI halts export insurance cover for Venezuela
U.S. Ex-Im Bank Suspends $1 Billion Loan for Energy in India
Moody's: Boeing will be hardest hit if Congress does not revive Ex-Im Bank
Russia extends military export credit of USD 200 million to Armenian

June 2015

First ECA-OECD Guidelines complaint submitted on Suape, Pernambuco, Brazil
Dutch state violates own CSR procedures in Egypt's Suez Canal Expansion
Congress lets Export-Import Bank expire
OECD ECAs in stalemate over coal subsidy phase-out
More than $73bn of international public finance was given to coal between 2007 and 2014 via credit export agencies
Germany's KfW IPEX Bank finances non-polluting shipping AND fossil fuel carriers!
Sace guarantees US$200mn for Sonangol
US Ex-im: Conservatives vs Big Business
General Electric Says They'll Move Jobs Overseas If Ex-Im Bank Ends
Gulf countries receive billions in Ex-Im Bank subsidies
Dutch state violates own CSR procedures in Egypt's Suez Canal Expansion
First ECA-OECD Guidelines complaint submitted on Suape, Pernambuco, Brazil
UKEF reports achievement of enhanced capabilities in 2014-15
Will NewSat’s Failure Dim Ex-Im’s Appetite for Satellite Deals?
UK guaranteed over £130m in loans for repressive governments to spend on arms
Russia’s Sberbank and Italy’s Sace sign MoU
Despite sanctions on Russia ECA-backed business continues
$2 billion line of credit to Bangladesh to create 50,000 Indian jobs

May 2015

Deal to phase out rich-world coal export subsidies elusive
Cole Commission pushes for UKTI-UKEF merger
SACE signs agreement in support of Iranian ECA
Sace, Sinosure sign reinsurance agreement
Russia’s VEB ramps up business in China
Belarus, China's Eximbank sign loan agreements
Top Obama Export-Import Bank appointee joins Boeing
Democrats mobilise to force vote on US Ex-Im's reauthorisation
The Crony Boondoggle For Ex-Im Bank Insiders
Conference: Insurers and ECAs team up for European exports (video)

April 2015

Atradius Dutch State Business Vows Sustained Cooperation with ICIEC
Actions on GAO Recommendations since Ex-Im 2012 Reauthorization
Former Loan Officer at Ex-Im Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes
Brazil’s Petrobras secures loans to cover 2015 operations, investments
Repubicans grill Ex-Im President over failure to negotiate OECD Arrangement subsidies
China Aircraft Leasing lands its first ECA-backed financing
Novatek May Secure $5 Billion From ECAs For Russian Arctic Project
SACE raises level of support for exports to Cuba
China expands export credits
World Bank body to help Turkey grow export sector

March 2015

Petrobras scandal project received millions from UKEF and UKTI
Three Individuals Charged with Defrauding Banks and USDA Export Financing Program
New Report Sheds Light on Overseas Coal Financing by Export Credit Agencies
Reuters: Rich nations’ fossil fuel export funding dwarfs green spend - documents
Australian government resists US moves against ECA support for coal power
US Senators release new Export-Import Bank blueprint
Emirates picks banks to arrange Islamic bond with UKEF backing
Canadan and US ECAs finance South African purchase of Bombardier and GE locomotives
UK and Mexico sign memorandum to further expand and finance trade
EBRD and Taiwan ECA join forces
Belarus to negotiate export credit with Russian banks
Nine Chinese companies keen to build Bangladesh port with export credit
Bernardo Attolico appointed head of Debt Capital Markets at SACE

February 2015

France to transfer export credit programmes to Banque d’Investissement Publique
Export credit and human rights: Failure to Protect
French Rafale Fighter Jet Wins First Export Sale
Beijing provides export credit support for military exports
Rich world ECAs helping bankroll export of coal technology-data
Export Credit guarantees look to widen Islamic finance landscape
Gulf Banks Help Underwrite Region’s Aviation Boom
Korean ECA supplies 60 million Euro credit to Cuba
Sinosure deal suggests big plans for Chinese shipping and offshore drilling
ECIC supports the expansion of South African businesses in Africa
Bonny Island LNG Bribery Scandal Returns
Lobbying on U.S. export credit agency ramps up among critics, backers
Coalition lobbies US Export-Import bank on Barrier Reef

January 2015

MEPs challenge Trade Commissioner on controversial paper contradicting EU policy on coal financing
Some coal plant exports should get financial aid: EU policy paper
UK Government Has Given £1.76 Billion To Fossil Fuel Industries Abroad Since 2010
No mention of Export-Import Bank in President Obama’s State of the Union Address
Skeptics Doubtful of U.S. Telecom Investment in Broadband-Starved Cuba
China needs more measures to boost exports
Pakistan’s Exim Bank to be set up through executive order
Pakistan’s Mobilink tests export credit guarantee for sukuk
Zimbabwe: Govt in Bid to Boost Export Credits
Export Credit Remains Strong for Satellite Industry

December 2014

ECA Watch releases report 'ECAs and Human Rights: Failure to Protect'
Boeing expects ECAs to cover 15% of new aircraft finance
Biggest Arctic Gas Project Seeks Route Around US Russia Sanctions
Government should protect Dutch exports against corruption
Swiss and Chinese ECAs asked to fund bloated Bangladesh power plant costs
Italy’s small food-makers - Export or die? Is Small Beautiful?
UK Export Finance appoints former banker to head up its international business development division
SEK Securities is Merged into SEK
Ex-Im Bank Finances Export of American-made Bridge Components to Cameroon

November 2014

Activists demand end of massive OECD support for fossil fuels
Activists demand end of massive OECD support for fossil fuels
ECAs and human rights to be discussed at UN Forum on Business and Human Rights
’Record year’ for bank coal financing as latest UN climate warning looms
France to stop export credits for coal projects in developing countries
Japan coal power plant export push hits U.S. Resistance
US/China economic negotiations include new export credit guidelines
NGOs question Italy’s SACE intent to support Mochovce nuclear plant
Financing banks and ECAs announced for SOCAR STAR refinery in Turkey
Korean ECA defrauded by ’cool’ client
Britain’s export credit agency targets small business as banks retreat
UK export credit agency to guarantee sukuk bond for first time
Republicans rekindle fight over U.S. export lender
Russia to extend US$270m export credit to Armenia for extending nuclear power operation
Coface and US Ex-Im compete for satellite industry subsidies

October 2014

ECA Watch launches Map on popular alternatives
Controversial Suez canal expansion contract signed
ECA Watch expresses concern over ECA plans to continue coal financing
Japan coal power plant export push hits U.S. resistance
Exporters fail on pledge to curb bribery: Transparency International
Mapping popular alternative proposals for envisioning infrastructure
US Congress approves Ex-Im reauthorization only to June 2015
US, Brazil reach agreement to end US export subsidies for cotton
Russia provides $10bn credit for nuclear power plant construction in Belarus
Korea Eximbank seeks lead in Northeast Asia's Development
Ex-Im Bank Underwrites $1 Billion Guarantee of Pemex Bonds

September 2014

Indian exporters meet
US ethanol stocks dive after Brazilian export credit announced
Nigeria’s NEXIM Bank and the Task of Export Promotion
UK Export Finance invites partners to help deliver £3 billion of export credit loans
UKEF Aerospace Head Says Capital markets key to future funding for aviation markets
India tightens Vietnam defence with US$100 million export credit
India, Japan sign deal for export credit of $152 million
Poland slashes export insurance rates to bolster produce exports banned from Russia
Improvement of export credit facilities needed to drive Irish Food Harvest 2020

August 2014

How Politicians Are Trying To Fund Overseas Coal Projects Under The Guise Of Eliminating US Ex-Im Bank
GAO finds Ex-Im monitoring of defense exports weak
Fix export credit for Indian SMEs to achieve $750 bn target by 2018-19

July 2014

OECD ECAs Supported 26% of large commercial aircraft sales 2008-2013
British taxpayers underwrote ECA deals worth £140m by Cayman Islands firm
Indian ECA signs agreement with BRICS ECAs
Private sector white paper on the trade credit insurance environment
Export-Import Bank: Status of GAO Recommendations on Risk Management, Exposure Forecasting, and Workload Issues
Sinosure business up by 19.2%
French Foreign Minister Calls for End to Public Fossil Fuel Subsidies

June 2014

Republicans escalate battle for closure of U.S. Export Import Bank
Officials at Ex-Im Bank Face Investigations
Export credit finance for coal under fire
Oil Change International publishes online Coal Subsidies Toolkit
$80 Million Judgment Entered Against BNP Paribas for False USDA Export Credit Claims
US, UK and Dutch government coalition seeks to limit export credit financing for coal plants
US Ex-Im 2013 Competitiveness Report provides tidbits of OECD ECA data

May 2014

NGOs endorse call for OECD ECAs to end all support for high carbon projects
Protesters burn vehicles, buildings at controversial New Caledonia nickel mine
U.S. Ex-Im Should Pull Funding From Exxon’s Deadly PNG Pipeline Project
Video “Tatuoca, a stolen island“ documents ECA impacts on Brazilian communities
China committed to Russian gas project
Argentina and Paris Club agree to resumption of ECA debt payments
European Commission publishes 2012 report on member ECA actvities
SACE pledges $100m for Sohar refinery improvement
Swedish ECA and Bank of China cooperate on environmental technology

April 2014

Battle over US ExIm reauthorization begins again
UK Chancellor George Osborne announces export credit scheme
Japan Urged To Stop Financing Coal at Obama-Abe Summit
Russia’s Aerospace Industry Faces Squeeze Over Sanctions
Czech ECA subsidized by Finance Ministry
Azeri State Oil Company SOCAR to Sign $3.5 Billion Turkish Refinery Deal
Fiji’s ECA faces teething problems

March 2014

Australia’s EFIC extends US$100 m loan to BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto for Chile and world’s largest copper mine
Rinehart wins Roy Hill funding with ECA support
UK Export Finance to end 13 years as operating lessor
Boeing: Global aircraft financing market rebalancing away from export credit support
ILS To Get Fewer Launches in 2014, Expects Boost from New Russian Export Credit Agency
India’s credit risk insurer monitoring Ukraine turmoil for risk assessment
Indian ECA adds new credit line for Africa
India’s Competition Commission rejects complaint against Export Credit Guarantee Corp
EDC Finances Turkey’s AkLease to Create Opportunities for Canadian Equipment Makers
Ex-Im Bank Partners With FCIB Association, Accelerates Access to Export Financing
Dubai looks to boost trade flows with Sharia-compliant export credit agency

February 2014

France Must End Public Financing of Coal
OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria calls for zero net fossil fuel emissions by 2050
Friends of the Earth France urges Hollande to join Obama in cutting public coal financing
India’s RIL to raise over $1 bn through export credit
US ready to offer credit for exporters to former pariah Myanmar
Brazil govt launches export credit insurance for SMEs
Andritz receives Austrian “Eyesore of the Year” award
Cape Wind gets $600 million loan for Nantucket offshore wind farm

January 2014

OECD Agreement on Export Credits for Rail Infrastructure enters into force
Controversial Danish railway purchase guaranteed by SACE
Italy’s SACE willing to cooperate with Belarusbank
Czech export bank and insurer targeted in police swoop
India’s SBI and the Export-Import Bank of Korea sign agreement for Line of Credit
Indian ECA reluctant to take up $6-bn export deal

December 2013

German human rights organizations sue Ministry of Economics over ECA transparency
Boeing sees export credits waning as aircraft funding source
US Export-Import Bank Board Adopts Revised Environmental Guidelines to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Why US Export-Import Bank Backs Australian Billionaire Heiress Gina Rinehart
Aman Union Launches Export Credit Database
Russian VTB Bank boosts trade and export finance business
Novel structure for Chinese export credit bond

November 2013

Do Swedish ECAs support exports at the expense of human rights?
Hold The Applause on UK Coal Financing Announcement
Still exporting destruction: A civil society assessment of Export Credit Agencies’ compliance with EU Regulation (PE-CONS 46/11)
Hold the applause on UK no-coal finance announcement
Do Swedish ECAs support exports at the expense of human rights?
US Caterpillar jobs bouyed by Australian Roy Hill iron mine and US Ex-Im
Aircraft orders focus attention on export credit
Australian ECA EFIC annual report shows rising loans
Human rights Institutes concerned about OECD Common Approaches
Sri Lanka foreign export credits led by China
UK Export Finance and Korea

October 2013

CSOs request ECAs discontinue financing of coal projects
Civil Society groups request ECAs discontinue financing of coal projects
European Parliament approves anti-corruption and human rights report
Ex-Im Bank Supports Export of U.S. Aircraft for Food Security in Brazil
Vnesheconombank and the Export-Import Bank of China Sign Framework Agreement
Jubilee Australia calls for review of Australian ECA links to Leighton Holdings bribery scandal
OECD Working Party on Export Credits Consultation with Civil Society
Aircraft-backed bonds grow as ECA and commercial bank finance slows
Atradius Dutch State Business expands Dutch export financing pool to non-OECD banks
Berne Union elects new officers
German Seminar on OECD Common Approaches - 11 November 2013 - Berlin

September 2013

US Ex-Im and OPIC brace for shutdown
Are US Senators regretting Ex-Im vote?
POTATOMATION: Jubilee Australia brings its concerns about the ECA-backed PNG LNG project to the Sydney Fringe Festival
US and French ECAs Keep Spigots Open for Space Ventures
OECD 2012 ECA Bribery Survey Responses Now Available
European ECAs to Fund Russian Superjet Project
BNDES president says Cuba and Angola have requested confidentiality in financing contracts
NEXIM Bank - Repositioning for Nigeria's Non-Oil Exports
Miami Businesswoman Sentenced In US Export-Import Bank Fraud
Aureus Mining Given US$88 Million South African ECA Support
Turkish Export Credit Bank plans to give $300 million credit facility to Pakistan
Nigeria seeks NEXIMs support on ECOWAS trade
U.S. Export-Import Bank Hindered by Budget Fight, Hochberg Says
Rinehart Record Debt Lures Even as China Slows: Australia Credit

August 2013

Export credit agencies step into the breach
Oman weighs credit risks on Egypt exports
Atradius DSB supports fewer applications but doubles risk exposure
ECAs and satellite financing

July 2013

Ex-Im Bank Halts U.S. Funding Review for Vietnam Coal Plant
Australian coal projects could be ineligible to receive Chinese ECA support
Amnesty - UK Export Finance is sacrificing human rights on the altar of foreign trade
U.K. ECA Seeks Looser Rules To Level Playing Field
Boeing Sees Aircraft-Backed Bond Issues Doubling to $30 Billion
Australia’s Rinehart clears hurdles on $10 B iron ore project
Africa: Russian Investment Needs Credit Support
Parliament Approves $200mln Capital Increase for Export Guarantee Fund of Iran
Ministerial Meeting on Mobilizing Climate Finance Includes ECAs
US Ex-Im report grades competitiveness with other ECAs

June 2013

NGOs, Civil Society warn Coface on guarantees for Kaliningrad nuclear plant
Export Bank’s Aid to Coal Curbed Under Obama Overseas Pledge
GAO: Export-Import Bank Needs Improved Risk Management and Reporting
First JBIC Credit Line to Support of Japanese Company Exports to Mongolia
UK export finance support to British exporters at 12-year high
First Canadian Dim Sum bonds as EDC sells debt
EDC Releases Annual CSR Report
Another Expensive Trade Credit Insurance Report on Europe

May 2013

Export-Import Bank: Additional Analysis and Information Could Better Inform Congress on Exposure, Risk, and Resources
Airliner Export Credit Feels the Political Heat
Delta Airlines wants to stop Ex-Im help on big jets
Canadian export agency might finance Nigeria’s ailing aviation sector.
Canadian Central bank's new governor brings export expertise
Islamic Development Bank unit launches sovereign sukuk credit insurance
International Activists Block Ilısu Dam Construction
Record amount of trade credit insured by Berne Union members
Australian PM Gillard Backs PNG Gas Plant
More Detailed Information about Ex-Im Bank Jobs Calculation Methodology Could Improve Transparency
Masdar and Ex-ImBank Sign MoU to Deploy U.S. Clean Technology

April 2013

ECA Watch launches new website
When will Coface and Société Générale follow BNP & HypoVereinsbank and withdraw from Kaliningrad nuclear plant?
NGOs warn banks not to further finance PNG LNG project
Jubilee Australia Urges 'Don't ignore Productivity Commission recommendations for ECA reform'
Chinese Government Guidelines for Overseas Investment
Atradius Dutch State Business and Exiar join forces to stimulate Dutch-Russian trade
Ministerial Meeting on Mobilizing Climate Finance Includes ECAs
China: PICC issues first single short-term export credit insurance
Telefónica gets €200m from EDC for spending spree to help prop up BlackBerry
China Exim Bank to Increase Shipping Loans to $14bn in 2013

March 2013

GAO Flags Need for Continued Improvements in Ex-Im Risk Management
Open Letter to Andritz Company Concerning Construction of the Ilisu Dam
Corruption in Africa: It Takes Two to Tango
Al-Karaana Petrochemicals Complex, Qatar to be largely ECA financed
ECGC of India to open its first overseas office in London

February 2013

World Bank’s private sector finance arm doesn’t know environmental & social impacts of much of its portfolio
Mission reports dramatic social & environment impacts of Dutch ECA supported dredging projects in Brazil
China Asks Companies to Mind Environment When Investing Overseas
How Berlin and Beijing tilted world trade [with ECA support]
EDC immunity from scrutiny: Canada’s Access to Information Act hobbles democracy
New guidelines adopted on European short-term export-credit insurance
Nigerian ECA NEXIM and the burden of transformation
Wind projects look to export finance as new markets open
Pacific Drilling Pens Export Credit Facility for Drillship Construction

January 2013

Turkish court orders suspension of Ilisu dam construction
New EU Commission rules on short-term export credit insurance cover
China: Export credit coverage exceeds $300 billion in 2012
PICC challenges Sinosure monopoly in Chinese short-term export credit
Russia inks $800 million export credit deal with Serbia
OECD releases export credit documents

December 2012

Lawsuit targets US Ex-Im LNG fossil fuel project threatening Great Barrier Reef
How ECAs create debts and inflate aid budgets: the example of Sudan
Business credit insurance emerges as new Chinese tool
US & China establish multilateral ECA working group on international guidelines
New report concerned Australian Government put profits before PNG welfare
Oxfam Australia submission to EFIC on Mongolian Copper-Gold Mine project
ECAs and IFIs Financing Human Rights Abuse
Consultation between OECD Export Credit Committees & CSOs
India's Government Auditor criticizes ECA ECGC for inadequate controls

November 2012

Scale of UK arms loans to dictators revealed for first time
Credit insurer Atradius concludes cooperation agreement with Petrobras
First Guidance on Social Responsibility of China’s International Project Contracting Industry
The New Great Walls: A Guide to China’s Overseas Dam Industry
IDB approves $153 million to set up IDB-China Eximbank Equity Investment Platform
Obama Administration Fossil Fuel Subsidies Undermine Climate Talks
Italian export-credit agency SACE opens Mumbai office
Afreximbank Gets $30m From EDC To Boost Africa-Canada Trade
Nigeria's NEXIM Partners Turkish Bank to Develop Non-Oil Sector

October 2012

De facto ECA subsidies for exporters raise concerns
Stop irresponsible investment in Indonesian pulp mills
Finvera & OeKB review support for Brazil's Category A Eldorado pulp project
EU briefing Paper: Export Finance Activities by the Chinese Government (PDF)
Berne Union members claim to support 10% of world exports
Zimbabwe: Agribank Secures US$30 million South African ECA backed loan
UK Export Finance chief executive to stand down
S&P downgrade shakes trade credit insurer Atradius
U.S. Ex-Im Bank Signs Co-financing Agreements to Facilitate U.S. Export Sales

September 2012

Australia's EFIC considers financing Mongolia's Oyu Tolgoi Copper-Gold Mine
Ex-Im Bank approves $2 billion loan to Barakah nuclear power project in UAE
Ex-Im Bank touts 18K U.S. jobs in $5B loan for Saudi petrochemical complex
Government of Spain selling off 50% of CESCE
Ex-Im Bank Spurs ECA Backed Bond Rush to Finance Boeing Planes
Crédit Agricole launches ECA backed bonds
Beijing to increase export credit insurance to small companies
€450m plan to develop new Irish export products criticized by exporters
Diversion of Tigris river completed, construction of controversial Ilisu dam to begin
U.S. Ex-Im Satellite Loans Likely To Hit $1.4B

August 2012

Draft version of Equator Principles III released for comments
Lawsuit Launched Against Multi-billion-$ U.S. Ex-Im Subsidy of Fossil Fuel Projects in Australia
Six Export Credit Agencies Offer Indonesian Ferro-Nickel Smelter Funding
Barrick Gold reveals exorbitant cost overruns on ECA rejected Pascua Lama mine (PDF)
Gazprom Neft secures 10-year EUR 258 million loan covered by Czech ECA
New Ex-Im Bank Loans Guarantee Pre-Delivery Interest Rates
Will Pemex bonds trigger new wave of ECA capital guarantees?
Indian ECA ECGC expects more claims as EU crisis continues
Ten Ethiopian Boeing B787s Mainly Financed by J.P. Morgan with US Ex-Im Guarantee

July 2012

OECD Council ratifies Recommendation on Common Approaches
UK offers $1bn credit line to controversial Brazilian deep-sea drilling
Russia agrees to US$3.4 billion export credit for 2 Indian nuclear power plants
The Community Good - a report on the Influence of the ECA supported PNG LNG Project
New EFIC Complaints Mechanism
Tycoon's ECA dependent $10 billion mine faces finance delays
Pakistan's Board of Investment to establish export credit fund to attract Italian investors
EDC issues annual corporate social responsibility report

June 2012

OECD's ECG lags in reporting on ECA activities
"Wild West" export financing needs taming - ExIm's Fred Hochberg
OECD's ECG lags in reporting on ECA activities
Irish Exporters warn credit insurance may hit Spanish trade
Greek Retailers, Importers See Shortages Emerging As ECA Credit Dries Up
Chinese Bank Dim Sum Sales Leap to Back Export Credit
Trade welcomes increase in export credit refinancing limit
Russia's Sberbank, U.S. Ex-Im Bank Sign Memorandum on Trade
Turkish Eximbank Almost Doubles One-Year Loan to 224 Million Euros
State aid: European Commission consults on short-term export credit insurance

May 2012

What's New April 2012
Export-Import Bank finances coal exports
OECD's ECG approves new Common Approaches
China willing to reform export credit system: U.S. official
Growing demand for Political Risk & Trade Credit Insurance prompts increased use of public ECAs
PFA Pension, EKF Boost Export Finance to Help Vestas, Renewables
NEXIM Bank sells Nollywood at Cannes film festival
U.S. must fall in line on cotton subsidy
South Sudan joins membership of African Trade Insurance
AfDB Holds Inaugural Syndications and Co-Financiers Meeting in London
US Congress re-authorizes Export-Import Bank

April 2012

Berne Declaration successfully monitors SERV projects since 1990
Chinese export credit insurance reaches $216.24b in '11
Illinois Soybean Association calls for Cuba ExIm eligibility
Vietnam ministry to pay 20% of export credit premiums
Berne Union Reports Members Insure $1.8 Trillion of International Trade, Investment
Norway Announces State-Owned Replacement for Eksportfinans
Measures to encourage Russian manufactured exports with new ECA
Gazprom-Led South Stream Hires Banks for Gas Pipeline Financing
Battle over reauthorizing the US Ex-Im Bank continues

March 2012

US Senate votes down Export-Import Bank re-authorization
Barrick Gold Fails to Obtain Export Credit Financing for Pascua Lama mine in Chile
Australia's Productivity Commission hearing puts spotlight on Australia's Export Credit Agency
European, Japanese taxpayers unwittingly underwrite continued forest and tiger habitat destruction
Changes to Norwegian export financing regulations on the horizon
Berlin trying to interfere at EADS, threatening ECA guarantees
Vital energy mission for Japanese ECA JIBC
Opinion: Export credit helps plug green finance gap
Ottawa to prolong EDC’s domestic lending role

February 2012

US GAO report comes in midst of heated political debate on Ex-Im
US and China agree to negotiate export credit deal
A Better Deal? Chinese Finance in Latin America
Is Export Credit distorting the market?
India not halting insurance cover on exports to Iran
Credit guarantees boost German exports to Africa
Washington aids Boeing in competition with Bombardier
ONDD announces premia changes for selected countries
Sri Lanka to get US$ 200 million credit facility from Pakistan
OECD considers new shipping export credit rules

January 2012

AB Svensk Exportkredit secures long-term Chinese RMB financing for Swedish exporter
What will money worries mean for ECA aircraft financing?
Ex-Im Bank leads US government and private support for controversial energy projects
Bribe in US Ex-Im Bank scam lands former Wells Fargo banker behind bars
Report of the 6 Dec. 2011 meeting of the Export Credits Group of the Council of the European Union
Turkish Eximbank to extend $750 mln in loans to Tunisia, Libya
Australia and South Africa strike gold in UK
Prolongation of Danish export credit financing scheme okayed

December 2011

OECD fails to agree on revised Common Approaches on export credit & the environment
Outrage at UK's $1bn export credit loan deal with Brazil oil giant
Export credit guarantees: The real cause of developing country debt
ECA Watch submission to the UN Working Group on Human Rights and Business (PDF)
UK Ministers accused of fiddling aid figures with 'made-up money'
Berne Union voices concerns about world trade
Boeing sees no aircraft financing gap in 2012
The Brookings Institution - Population Displacement and Export Credit
CEDHA outlines violations of Equator Principles of mining project under ECA consideration (PDF)
Nigeria's NEXIM Bank Disburses N70bn, $322m
Santos Obtains $1.2 Billion in Debt Financing to Help Fund LNG Projects
US business worries Eximbank may hit credit ceiling

November 2011

ECA Watch submissions to 14 Nov OECD ECWG meeting
US air carriers launch lawsuit against US Ex-Im over Boeing subsidies
Eurodad report on ECAs and debt to be released 6 December
Indian Export-Import Bank Act increases capital five fold
Friends of the Earth Japan petitions against nuclear exports
Ukraine sets up export credit agency
Listening project documents the impacts of ECA supported Exxon LNG project in PNG
Prague Club meets in Oman
Indonesian Eximbank lending goes mostly to palm oil
Portuguese short-term export credit ruled a breach of EU competition law
China Ex-Im in scandal over Guyanese airport contract
UK ECA ECGD is rebranded as UK Export Finance

October 2011

Annual report of UN independent expert on debt and human rights focuses on export credit agencies
Europe Gives Export Credits to Chinese Airbus
NGOs Question U.S. Ex-Im Bank $1.5 billion Nigerian Power Deal
Wells Fargo Bank loan officer in large ECA fraud case to plead guilty
Wall Street Analysts Warn of Export-credit Satellite Financing Bubble
UK exporters report trouble accessing export credit
Johan Schrijver of Atradius elected President of Berne Union
Four ECA financed Dutch corvettes for Vietnam
OECD to negotiate new Common Approaches on ECAs and environment 14 November 2011
India's Export Credit Guarantee Corporation imposes stringent rules for exports to Syria & Greece
UK government fails to keep green pledge
Britain demands Egypt repay millions lent for arms deals
Commonwealth summit hears of export, credit guarantees to help poor nations

September 2011

New appointments for UK ECGD export advisory panel
Australia's Productivity Commission to launch inquiry into EFIC
India's seafood exports under strain as export credit costs rise
UK's official export credit agency is back 'on cover' for Libya
Islamic export credit, political risk insurance boost for ICIEC
India has doubled its lines of credit (LOC) to Africa
Indian companies turn to Chinese loans to cuts export costs
Dutch development and export credit money wasted on harbour in Guatemala
European legislation forces export credit agencies to be more transparent
Is lending in the aircraft financing market going down?

August 2011

U.S. Export-Import Bank breaks record for loan authorizations
Investment and trade insurers poised to resume Libyan activity once fighting eases
September 2011 version of the OECD administered Arrangement on Official Export Credit now available
FoE Japan petition to end Japanese government promotion of nuclear exports
Angry landowner attacks expat staff at ECA financed LNG project in PNG - project work halted

July 2011

14th OECD ECA/CSO Consultation
Brazilian miner MMX taps banks & ECAS for $1.8 Billion mine expansion
Germany debates supporting nuclear power plants in other countries
How plane makers and others help airlines buy jets
US business divided over Ex-Im reauthorization
Bahrain gets capital markets boost with ECA support
ECGD underwrites military sales to United Arab Emirates
ECA supported arms trade and the Greek debt crisis

June 2011

Giving human rights credit: EU countries agree to toughen export loan scrutiny
Financing nuclear times
Zimbabwe owes Britain's ECDG £190,4 million
Gulf Carriers to Outpace Old Europe With Cargo Expansion: Freight Markets
U.S. must confront China export advantages: Eximbank PDF
Germany's Hermes maintains international top position in reader survey
US Ex-Im Bank review of Nigeria Banking Facility and potential malfeasance

May 2011

Australia: EFIC's new Environment and Social Policy brings welcome changes
Amnesty expresses disappointment at lack of human rights policy in Common Approaches
Minutes of the proceedings of the 527th meeting of the EU Export Credits Group
US, Europe and Canada in civil aviation market conflict
Russia readies launch of Export Credit and Investment Insurance Agency
Ghana to join African Trade Insurance Agency
China Pledges Measures To Level Competitive Playing Field For US, Chinese Firms
U.N. Committee expresses deep concern over rights violations at Ilisu dam in Turkey

April 2011

US Ex-Im Bank adopts Equator Principles & finances largest ever carbon emitting project
European Parliament demands that Export Credit Agencies open up
In search of a level playing field: the 2011 Aircraft Sector Understanding
Huawei's $30 Billion Chinese ECA Credit Opens Doors in Brazil, Mexico
U.S. Boosts Farm-Export-Credit Assistance by $2.7 Billion
Time to end the underwriting of unethical business abroad
World Bank to limit funding for coal-fired power stations
WTO trade negotiations over export credits are at an impasse

March 2011

BP violating human rights rules in ECA supported project, says UK government
EC opens in-depth investigations into short‑term export-credit support at Ducroire and SACE BT
EC approves extension of Danish short-term export credit scheme
Campaigners dressed as maids demand governments clean up their exports
OECD wants creation of a maximum 12-year term for aircraft export credit support
US Government studies reorganization of trade agencies to promote competitiveness
J.P. Morgan signs agreement with SINOSURE
Arab Fund Lends Sudan $360 Million for New Airport, Two Dams

February 2011

UK export push 'could create toxic debt'

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