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December 2010

  • European Parliamentary Committee votes to address ECA flaws
  • French ECA guarantees Jaitapur nuclear project
  • South Africa unveils Cuba export credit package
  • OECD's ECA Working Group publishes some 2009 data and latest meeting minutes
  • Brazil charges German companies and staff for environmental crimes in Hermes guaranteed project

November 2010

  • Argentina to renegotiate Paris Club debt without IMF presence
  • UN asks ECAs to ensure support for agro-land acquisition respects farmers' rights
  • Etihad CEO flays western airlines on export credit
  • Nord Stream Taps Three Banks as Advisers for 2.5 Billion Euros of Loans
  • Berne Union members expect business volumes to return to pre-crisis levels in 2010
  • Euromoney Trading produces ECA Review €279, 33 pages
  • Japanese and Dutch ECAs publish Category A EIA information
  • ECAs strive to meet new demand (PDF)

October 2010

  • G20/OECD negotiations over export credits begin to heat up
  • Aircraft manufacturers and airlines face off over export credit subsidies
  • Ha­san­keyf protest camp raises voices against destructive Ilisu dam project in Turkey
  • European export credits group coordinates responses to various OECD policy negotiations
  • NGOs critique hydropower association voluntary assessment tool
  • St. Kitts reimburses Italy for official export credit financed fraudulent hydrofoil debt 
  • Jubilee Australia reponds to EFIC draft Social and Environment Policy and Procedure proposals
  • New study urges EU to include ECA subsidies in efforts to enforce human rights compliance (PDF)
  • Canada's Bill C-300 with extractive industry guidelines narrowly defeated
  • EFIC goes underground in West Africa

September 2010

  • ECA aircraft credits generate controversy
  • Exxon Mobil's ECA backed LNG project in PNG attacked
  • US Export-Import Bank Votes for final commitment on Sasan coal fired power project
  • Export Import Bank Urged to End Fossil Fuel Binge and Support Renewables
  • China's export credit insurance corporation reports major growth
  • Gunns' proposed Tasmania pulp mill seeks Austrian and Finnish ECA support
  • Despite US drilling moratorium, ExIm to approve Mexican drilling
  • Nabucco in Talks With OECD ECAs to Finance $10.3 Billion Pipeline
  • First European export credit bond deal closed
  • USEC Submits Update to Loan Guarantee Application

August 2010

  • August 2010 - Issue not published during summer vacation period

July 2010

  • July 2010 - Issue not published during summer vacation period

June 2010

  • How The Planet Pays The Price For Europe's Export Credits
  • UN urges responsible ECA lending to protect human rights
  • ECGD: The Department for Dodgy Deals
  • Chilean Communities & CSOs Urge US Ex-Im Bank to Reject Pascua Lama mine
  • New debt creating export fund condemned by Spanish civil society
  • Combating bribery in US$1.5 trillion export credit market requires stronger action
  • More fraud hits US ExIm Bank
  • Export credit agencies fill finance gap
  • UK MP asks for figures on ECGD fossil fuel project support
  • EADS: Many Banks Will Not Return To Aircraft Financing while ECAs will grow
  • European ECA support to carbon intensive industries

May 2010

  • Exxon gets US ExIm Bank Funding After Paying for Trip
  • Export Credit Agency policies are not coherent with EU climate change policies (PDF)
  • Construction restarts at controversial Ilisu dam
  • Trade credit insurance faces overhaul
  • WTO brokers trade finance talks for banks, regulators
  • Brazil Government To Create Exim Bank, Boost Export Incentives
  • SACE elected to the Board of the African Trade Insurance Agency
  • What's New reader survey

April 2010

  • New FERN report: The Changing Landscape of ECAs & the Global Financial Crisis
  • Talks Aim to Curb Jet Subsidy
  • Banks push G20 to reform trade finance regulation
  • China's export credit insurance keeps rising in Q1
  • China: Not the Rogue Dam Builder We Feared It would Be?
  • Atradius DSB considers support for Congo's Port Autonome de Pointe Noire (PAPN)
  • Activists fight ECGD's child labour policy reversal

March 2010

  • ECA Watch comments on ECG climate sector proposals
  • US Ex-Im Bank's Carbon Policy Criticized by Environmental Groups
  • Amnesty International calls for human rights due diligence by ECAs and their clients
  • Australian ECA in Papua New Guinea - Why the secrecy? (Podcast summary)
  • UK Exporters call for state-backed trade finance
  •  Dutch ECA insures large loans provided by shipyard to attract investments
  • Canadian firms dominate mining in Africa - and have a bad human rights record
  • Europe-wide protests against Turkish banks over Ilisu financing  
  • JBIC and NEXI publish lists of new projects
  • Ecuador halts talks with China's Export Import Bank on hydro power financing

February 2010

  • Legal Challenge Launched of UK Serious Fraud Office's BAE settlement
  • Turkey announces restart of Ilisu construction
  • Back to square one on nuclear export subsidies from Germany
  • European airlines seek end to home market export credit limits
  • Revisions proposed to OPIC's environmental, transparency, worker rights and human rights policies
  • OECD proposes new sector understanding on export credits for climate change & water projects
  • India's ECA monitors export credit risks of European economies in crisis
  • EU Plans Massive Sanctions Against Iran
  • Credit Insurance: You Want It, But Can You Get It? ECAs Cushion the Blow 

January 2010

  • ECA Watch & Amnesty International outline OECD Common Approaches evaluation issues (PDF)
  • ECA Watch urges G-20 not to exclude ECAs from fossil fuel subsidies analysis (PDF)
  • Risky Business: Shining a spotlight on Australia's export credit agency
  • Export credit agencies to the rescue of trade finance
  • Developing countries want WTO study of protectionist impact of bailout & stimulus packages.
  • ECGD releases BTC Pipeline assessment documents
  • ECGD rules raise child labour fears
  • China continues to develop export credit insurance to support trade
  • ECAs come to the rescue of Boeing and Airbus
  • Iran's Export Guarantee Fund Eyes Berne Union Membership
  • Eskom signs R13bn (US$1.7Bn) loan agreement with Coface
  • Israeli Credit Insurance Company boosts exports by more than US$268 million

December 2009

  • New Law Requires U.S. OPIC to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 50%
  • Record U.S. Ex-Im Bank Financing for Papua New Guinea LNG Project
  • UK Parliamentary report calls for tougher action to end abuses by British companies abroad
  • Kazakhstan agrees to $1.6 billion ECA write off
  • Netherlands stops Dubai investment insurance
  • IFIs can provide up to €1.5bn to finance Nabucco
  • As Boeing Hits Turbulence, Uncle Sam Flies to Its Aid
  • US$6.7 million non-performing loan: NEXIM Bank debtors disappear into thin air
  • China's short-term export credit exceeds US$84 billion
  • OECD publishes cash flow results for official export credits & Category A & B projects
  • Will China Turn Its Back on International Standards in the Ilisu Dam?
  • Reform of the Spanish Export Credit Agency will create more Southern debt

November 2009

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

October 2009

  • EU approvals of short-term official export credit subsidies continued to be in the news this month
  • BAE prosecution for corruption
  • Berne Union AGM in Seoul
  • Nabucco pipeline consortium seeks ECA funding
  • US Export-Import Bank hits 75 year high in fiscal 2009
  • SACE/Gazprom/Nord Stream
  • Etihad Airways completes ECA guaranteed transactions
  • UK Export credit scheme bypasses international environmental and corruption standards

September 2009

  • Ex-Im Bank's Climate Proposal Fails to Quell Environmental Groups' Concerns
  • G20 to axe fuel subsidies
  • How ECAs help companies evade taxes (pdf)
  • China Eximbank Navigates Export Tide
  • European Commission approves German export credit scheme
  • WTO says airbus got illegal subsidies
  • OECD, WTO and UNCTAD call on G-20 for commitment to open trade/investment
  • Halifax Initiative identifies reforms for EDC Environmental Policy
  • Australia's export credit agency assesses African mining projects
  • Launching Indonesia Eximbank
  • Enhanced ECA Financing Terms in Response to Climate Change (pdf)

August 2009

  • US ExIm Bank caught in environment vs job subsidy contradictions
  • EU clears German export-credit insurance scheme
  • India will soon be largest borrower from US Exim Bank
  • Australia's EFIC signs agreements with Korean and Thai counterpart ECAs
  • EFIC approves line of credit for General Motors subsidiary
  • Berne Union Asia special meeting discusses global financial crisis
  • Congo's Grand Inga hydro project
  • Canada's EDC to lend Bombardier US$160 Million for SAS aircraft
  • JIBC new projects
  • UK Government gives export support scheme green light despite corruption concerns

July 2009

  • Xinjiang riots damage Sino-Turkish ties, including possible Ilisu involvement
  • Japanese NGOs Demand Rigorous Safety Assessment for Nuclear Projects
  • Portuguese Government finalizes re-nationalization of COSEC
  • China to improve reform plans of China Eximbank, Sinosure
  • How One Mine Got a $1.05 Billion Loan Amid the Global Financial Crisis
  • Short-term export credits move back to government subsidies
  • Climate Follies: Bankrolling Dirty Power in Developing Countries
  • Export credit insurance supports Chinese exports to emerging markets
  • Nabucco Gas Pipe Accord Signed as Europe Looks Beyond Russia
  • U.S. extends export financing repayment terms for hydro, ocean thermal, nuclear
  • Oil Search Ltd. Says LNG Project Wins ‘Vote of Confidence’
  • German, Swiss and Austrian ECAs confirm cancellation of Ilisu credits

June 2009

  • CSOs urge OECD time-out on renewable and nuclear energy finance incentive negotiations
  • IFC proposes new finance intermediary to facilitate ECA supported trade deals
  • Mandelson writes Prime Minister & Chancellor to set out radical overhaul of ECGD
  • UK groups question BAE termination of ECGD insurance
  • Green energy investments overtake fossil fuel, but not for ECAs
  • IRN Introduction to China's ECA Financed Overseas Dam Industry
  • Belgian ECA sees Congress victory in India as positive for reforms
  • ECA supported aircraft sales to move from 20% to 50%
  • How is G20 doing on ECA pledges from London summit?
  • World leaders seek new Iran strategy
  • European Commission approves Finnish export-credit insurance scheme
  • European Governments Pull ECA Financing for Turkey's Ilisu Dam

May 2009

  • Canadian legislation in second reading would deny government export credit support to corporations ignoring standards
  • International petition requests declaration of Hasankeyf as a UNESCO World Heritage site
  • Concerns mount over Ilisu dam impacts
  •  New JIBC projects
  • Portugal announces intent to renationalize ECA COSEC
  •  Atradius DSB to add project screening for ILO standards compliance
  • China's Sinosure & US company provide credit risk information
  • EU Commission Approves Danish Export Credit Insurance Plan
  • UK government plans finance and insurance for exporters
  • Africa Trade Insurance Agency expands operations
  • ECAs essential to continued support for global trade
  • Cargill, Archer Daniels Midland, Bunge Win Most Export Aid Since 1992 as Credit Slows
  • No more Government insurance for BAE Systems' controversial Saudi Arabia arms deals
  • Study finds MDB/ECA funded coal plants result in thousands of deaths

April 2009

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  • Ilisu dam site nominated for UNESCO heritage status
  • Turkish dam, British dilemma Case Study
  • Exxon seeks financier for the LNG project
  • Half of Nord Stream pipelines to be ECA financed
  • Cotton industry awaits WTO ruling on US export credits
  • EDC Legislative Review Riles Canadian Rights Groups
  • Iran applies for Berne Union membership
  • EDF study estimates MDB & ECA financed coal plants cause 6,000-10,700 extra deaths per year
  • G20 Summit approves additional $1.1 trillion for trade support

March 2009

  • G20 finance plan to rely heavily on new export credit agency money
  • ECGD asked to help assess risks of government working capital guarantee scheme.
  • ECGD states no review to be done of due diligence on BTC pipeline risk assessment
  • Britons face jail in US over bribery allegations re ECA supported Bonny Island project
  • TI(UK) calls for companies implicated in bribery to be excluded from future ECGD contracts
  • Aircraft Traders Are Nervous About Economic Recovery - request more ECA support
  • Australian ECA EFIC announces adoption of the Equator Principles
  • Turkey Deports International Rivers' Staff After Peaceful Water Forum Protest

February 2009

  • Urgent Plea to Save Critically Endangered Western Gray Whales at Sakhalin Island
  • China arrests former Sinosure head on corruption charges
  • Participants make changes to OECD administered export credit Arrangement
  • Delays in environmental reporting mock OECD Common Approaches commitments
  • OECD publishes 2007 ECA cash flow results for officially supported export credits
  • Lawsuit Forces U.S. ECAs to Account for Their Climate Change Impacts
  • Zurich Surety, Credit & Political Risk Joins with SACE on Public/Private Partnership
  • Canada vies to back India's nuclear boom
  • Industry grows more accepting of government help for airlines
  • Former US ExIm Bank official charged with corruption and tax evasion
  • Export credit agencies to fund PetroSA plant

January 2009

  • Export credit agencies force Ilisu suspension
  • Aircraft finance and ECAs
  • The Sakhalin Saga
  • Hochberg Named Chair of Import-Export Bank
  • Germany to restrict Iran export guarantees
  • JIBC and Goro Nickel in New Caledonia
  • JBIC signs deal for green energy projects in China
  • Dutch government announces credit guarantees
  • EDC moves to support Nortel following bankruptcy filing
  • The Corner House questions ECGD evaluations of BTC pipeline risks
  • Portugal approves 2 Billion Euro export credit facility (in Portuguese)

December 2008

  • China protests latest U.S. trade case at WTO
  • NGOs welcome decision by Germany, Austria and Switzerland to suspend contracts
  • Trade suffers as suppliers struggle to obtain financing
  • New JIBC projects
  • Russia's oil companies face short-term crunch
  • German export credit restrictions anger business, Iran and Israel

November 2008

  • ECA Watch protests inadequacies of OECD consultation with CSOs
  • The impact of the world financial crisis on export credits
  • New Dutch export credits for Indonesian weapons systems
  • Log, Stock and Barrel - A new web resource on Financial Institutions in the Resource Sector from the Heinrich Boell Foundation & urgewald
  • Turkey continues Ilisu dam construction despite reports ECA conditions have not been met
  • New JIBC projects
  • IRN presents new guide to China's overseas dam industry

October 2008

  • ECAs and the financial crisis
  • ECAs and nuclear power
  • UK MPs call for ECGD sustainability thrust
  • EDC to voluntarily and proactively disclose internal audit reports
  • OeKB looking to support controversial Tasmanian pulp project
  • Canadians join massive Angola infrastructure renewal project
  • ECAs begin withdrawal from controversial Ilisu dam financing

September 2008

  • ECAs and Nuclear Power
  • New JIBC Projects
  • ECAs and Corruption
  • International bank crisis puts spotlight on ECA funding for aircraft
  • Ilisu: A Test Case for the Global Dam Industry
  • Indonesian military purchases to be supported by ECA credit facilities
  • Renewed ECA credits a part of Zimbabwe political negotiations?
  • Indian ECA supports Ethiopian projects
  • ECAs support Katanga mine project in Congo
  • India sees inexpensive ECA long-term credits as part of credit crunch planning
  • The World Bank Takes the Money and Runs from Chad
  • OECD ECG declines substantive response to ECA-Watch peer review proposals

August 2008

  • BTC pipeline in Georgia shows need for greater ECA diligence (PDF)
  • Could the OECD's Fall ECA/civil society consultation be meaningful?
  • AECL cites US/French ECA subsidies in plea for Ontario nuclear deal
  • Failure of WTO's Doha negotiations leaves ECA subsidies in effect
  • Escalating sanctions are squeezing Iran’s economy says Australian ECA
  • ECAs interested in PNG LNG project
  • Dutch credit debt swaps increase Indonesia risk profile
  • OECD hits UK hard on anti-corruption

July 2008

  • Continuing controversy over Turkey's Ilisu Dam
  • More than 50 Spanish NGOs express concerns over reform of Spanish ECA CESCE
  • UK ECA ECGD to publish greenhouse gas implications of it`s project portfolio
  • Chinese ECA supported Sudan`s Merowe dam begins flooding out local population
  • Halifax Initiative submission on Canada`s Export Development Corporation Act
  • Hong Kong ECA chief resigns over corruption allegations
  • International Rivers publishes report on new financiers and the environment
  • UK Law Lords rule termination of BAE/Saudi investigation was legal

June 2008

  • Environmental Groups Condemn Japanese and French Banks for Financing Sakhalin II Oil and Gas Project in Russia
  • OPIC agrees to review Bolivian community's mining project complaint
  • ECAs approve funding for controversial Camisea LNG project
  • Ongoing ECA fraud investigations raise questions of OECD ECA compliance with anti-corruption measures
  • House of Lords to hear SFO appeal of ruling re BAE / Saudi / ECGD scandal
  • The OECD Common Approaches are dead!

May 2008

  • ECAs meet in Vienna to overcome Turkish inability to meet Ilisu conditions
  • Areva and Westinghouse vie for South African nuclear plant with ECA support
  • ECD announces human rights policy
  • EDC supports XOJet purchase of Bombardier Challenger jets
  • San Antonio Businessman Accused of Defrauding U.S. ExIm Bank of Millions
  • US ExIm to fund India power plants
  • India waives ECA debt to Cuba
  • OECD commemorates 30 years of "The Arrangement"
  • Dutch urged to keep export credit sustainable

April 2008

  • UN`s Ruggie focuses spotlight on export credit agencies
  • Sace joins ECA refusals to support trade with Iran
  • High cost of Indian ECA coverage a hindrance to deeper India/Russia trade relations
  • ECAs important for aircraft financing
  • Russian, French and Italian ECAs sign deal for super jets
  • South Africa writes off ECA debt from Cuba
  • Planned Hungarian guarantee scheme incompatible with EU rules
  • US Eximbank approves $2.2 billion program for India
  • Kazakhstan and China: Relations strengthened further
  • UK court declares cancellation of ECA BAE/Saudi fraud case illegal

March 2008

  • Sakhalin Energy withdraws finance applications to US & UK ECAs
  • Ilisu controversy exposed by Experts and Financial Times
  • Chinese ECA mired in Filipino corruption enquiries
  • Nationalisation of Dutch Export Credit Facility
  • Australian ECA EFIC finances Trinidad Coast Guard vessels
  • Investors sought for Yemen LNG project as costs skyrocket
  • Turkish geothermal plant qualifies for US ExIm renewable energy incentives

February 2008

  • SFO in UK High Court over dropped BAE bribery investigation
  • OECD announces new sustainable lending policies for export credits
  • Hermes changes export guarantee rules
  • Zurich Emerging Markets to insure controversial carbon credit projects
  • South African ECA insures Malawian uranium mine project
  • New Ilisu Campaign Website
  • ECGD and Sinosure sign MoU on wider co-operation
  • European Parliamentary Committee encourages Chinese ECAs to conduct EIAs
  • US ExIm Bank increases coverage for Angola

January 2008

  • New report guides campaigners to previously hidden export credit information
  • More fiddling while Rome burns - banks float non-binding carbon principles
  • IFC approves US$300 million for flawed Peruvian Camisea II LNG project
  • Britain Unsure on Sakhalin
  • Indonesia signs US$615 power plant loan with China's Export-Import Bank
  • World Bank continues efforts to engage China's Export-Import Bank
  • New Chairman for ECGD's Advisory Council
  • SACE chooses Lehman Brothers to advise on privatization
  • Chad's unrest is partially related to ECA supported pipeline project
  • New DebtWatch book highlights Spanish ECA CESCE's support for Spanish Companies

December 2007

  • Blair called for BAE inquiry to be halted
  • Renewable energies and export credit agencies
  • NGOs walk out of OECD meeting
  • China, France and Germany top investors in Iran
  • Braskem and Pequiven Announce Joint Venture to Install Petrochemical Projects
  • UN Report addresses ECA responsibility for human rights breaches (PDF)
  • Export Development Canada 'reforms overdue'
  • China to play greater role in World Bank in Africa
  • OECD ECA 2006 cash flow results for officially supported export credits (PDF)

November 2007

  • ECA Watch leaves OECD consultation in protest over lack of dialogue
  • Corner House / CAAT court victory over BAE corruption enquiry review
  • European Parliament resolution to end taxpayer support for fossil fuels projects
  • Export credits to Iran become a hotter political issue
  • Atradius refuses cover for Vancor project in Russia
  • SACE to open its capital to investors
  • US Ex-Im Bank promotes Nigerian economic progress - i.e. debt free riding continues
  • Atradius and Sinosure sign memorandum of understanding
  • ECAs to guarantee Indonesian coal-fired plants
  • The Equator Principles: A toddler finds its feet, but still takes an occasional tumble
  • ECA supported 3 Gorges dam in China proves to be environmental disaster
  • BNP Paribas and Vnesheconombank (Russian ECA) In export credit pact
  • Nationwide Protests against German Investment in Turkey's Ilisu Dam

October 2007

  • Arbitrary expropriation begins at contested Ilisu dam site
  • Yusufeli Dam: Is Turkey blackmailing ECAs over lowered standards because of Ilisu?
  • China planning to reform Exim Bank into a commercial bank
  • Export Development Canada becomes a signatory to the Equator Principles
  • Export credits for Iran remain a political issue
  • UK export credit agency slammed for lax environmental standards
  • Eight charged in $80 million scheme to defraud the US Export-Import Bank
  • ECA Watch submits issues paper to OECD ECA consultation (PDF)

September 2007

  • Dutch Government to resolve Indonesia cover through credit default swaps
  • Export Development Canada maintains interest in controversial Tenke mine in Congo
  • Civil Society Recommendations Regarding China Exim Bank's Environmental Policy
  • Germany struggles to unravel export credit ties with Iran
  • Kickbacks alleged in Filipino phone contract financed by China's ExIm Bank
  • US Export Import Bank certifies no dual-use exports in 2005
  • Coface to take controlling stake in SBCE - Brazil
  • Ex-Im Bank to Sponsor Environmental Exporters Conference
  • Labour tries to block new BAE enquiry
  • Turkey flouts ECA conditions highlighting weakness of OECD Common Approaches

August 2007

  • NGOs condemn signing of contracts for the Turkish Ilisu Dam
  • Sinosure receives an A bond rating
  • Australian ECA EFIC says receding credit tide could beach some emerging markets
  • OECD publishes data on HIPC export credits (PDF)
  • OECD reports lack of renewable energy projects for evaluation of incentives
  • Pulp mills & ECAs
  • Civil aircraft agreement at OECD judged good for Canada
  • Israel's Hapoalim Bank extends ECA backed credit to Kazakh bank
  • WWF and Corner House Launch Legal challenge against ECGD on Sakhalin 2

July 2007

  • ECAs and corruption
  • Book reviews - The Secret World of Economic Hit Men (and ECAs)
  • Private equity funds change markets for ECAs
  • ECA loan backed bond rating withdrawn
  • NGOs warn banks and ECAs not to invest in Sakhalin II
  • ECGD releases annual report
  • Will domestic financial incentives for pollution controls also apply to Chinese export credits?
  • Brazil joins OECD agreement on aircraft finance
  • ECAs and Arms - ENAAT report now available

June 2007

  • Investigation into alleged BAE corruption continues
  • ECAs warned against support for continuing Sakhalin environmental problems
  • Spanish NGOs welcome draft legislation to deny export credit support for companies involved in foreign environmental damages
  • Dutch export credits are not a foreign policy instrument
  • NGOs demand an end to oil aid via export credit supports
  • India's ECGC lowers premia rates up to 10% to make exports more competitive
  • China's auto exports bolstered by SINOSUR credit insurance
  • Australian ECA sees Africa as a magnet
  • US think tank calls for American leadership on ECA incentives for renewable energy
  • UK ends plans to establish ECGD as a trading fund
  • NGOs criticize OECD approval of weak environmental standards for export credits

May 2007

  • Export credits for Turkey's Ilisu dam generate official and citizen protests
  • UK commentary: Is the OECD outmoded?
  • China Export Import Bank releases environmental standards document
  • U.S. and Chinese ECAs sign memorandum of understanding
  • World Bank and China agree to cooperate in Africa
  • Controversy continues over UK violation of OECD bribery convention
  • Brazilian export credits up 45%
  • European export credits to Iran continue to generate U.S. criticism
  • New OECD environmental standards for export credits still not public

April 2007

  • The Ilisu Dam: Downstream water impacts on Iraq are adverse and serious
  • BAE/ECGD corruption scandal expands to include OECD
  • ECGD's first civil deal in Saudi Arabia - $5 billion Yansab petrochemical project
  • India's Exim Bank's credit commitments hit $2.30 bn
  • New trends in trade Finance: It’s a Buyer’s Market for Export Credit Insurance
  • Conservatives press EU to suspend export credits to Iran
  • Chinese export credit agencies expand relations with western ECAs
  • OECD approves weakened environmental and social standards for ECAs

March 2007

  • OECD to conduct a further examination of UK efforts against bribery
  • Germany approves Ilisu dam export credit guarantees in stunning hypocritical move
  • Is US Ex-Im Bank promotion of Nigeria exports a free rider threatening more debt?
  • US NGOs challenge Ex-Im Bank to implement environmental provisions
  • Challenged by Trade Partners, China Ends Export Credit Subsidy
  • Japan publishes Category A, B and C projects list to 12 March 2007
  • Mozambique, China Ex-Im Bank in Talks on Hydro-Power Project

February 2007

  • CVRD Inco Goro nickel project faces continuing opposition
  • Export Credit Agency Left Out of Bush Budget
  • ECAs and Arms Exports
  • OPIC admits monitoring of BP pipeline project is inadequate
  • Controversial Turkish dam projects seem prepared to move ahead with ECA support
  • Assassination attempt at Chinese Ex-Im Bank supported Merowe dam project
  • G7 criticized over illegitimate debt which is largely ECA related
  • OECD meetings update
  • Korean, Spanish and Italian ECAs work together
  • U.S. urges Europe to reduce export credits to Iran
  • Uruguayan pulp mills get ECA support

January 2007

  • OECD releases 2005 ECA statistics (PDF)
  • ECGD arms bribery scandal receives extensive news coverage
  • German, Austrian and Swiss ECAs refuse to release Ilisu conditions
  • Coface outlines Yusufeli conditions
  • AFRODAD ECA debt workshop report now available (PDF)
  • Canada's diplomats pressure foreign governments re EDC debts
  • Tanzanian tycoons divulge secret ECA supported arms deal payout
  • Japanese ECA to finance US nuclear power plants
  • Ratings put Coface as highest rated credit insurer
  • Canada launches WTO challenge to US export credit subsidies for corn
  • US Congress moves to force "Bank of Boeing" to support small exporters
  • Korean ECA to provide US$93 Billion in export insurance in 2007

December 2006

  • ECGD related fraud investigation closed in the UK
  • OECD ECAs renege on agreement to promote OECD MNC Guidelines
  • Switzerland and Germany agree to guarantees for controversial Ilisu Dam project
  • Record levels of business for export credit agencies in 2005
  • Exxon, Recipient of Worst EU Lobbying Award, receives Billions in ECA subsidies
  • IRN presents ECAs and the Environment paper to China Ex-Im President
  • Chinese ECAs and the Environment
  • Zambia copper mine secures $583,8m loan
  • Ence Finds New Site for Proposed ECA financed Uruguay Pulp Mill
  • US Congress bolsters export credit agency's small business efforts
  • Halifax Initiative Canadian Mining Map Poster Highlights Destructive Mines

November 2006

  • Belgian ECA concerned about reputational risk over Sakhalin II cover
  • Norway makes ground-breaking decision to cancel illegitimate ECA debt
  • Flying Low: The UK Export Credit Guarantee Department and Climate Change
  • OECD’s Gurría welcomes Stern Review into consequences of climate change
  • OECD negotiations on export credit environment standards break down
  • Russia wants to help Indonesia build first nuclear power plant
  • Russia says damages in Shell Sakhalin II project could amount to US$15 billion
  • In the light of the recent Stern report, can carbon offsetting really work?
  • International Rivers Network action guide for communities affected by dams
  • French court stops Goro Nickel construction

October 2006

  • OECD Export Credit Updates
  • Ilisu Dam update
  • Yusufeli Dam going ahead?
  • Belgian ECA's private insurance subsidiary questioned in European Parliament
  • Vietnam and Philippine Airlines expand fleets with ECA support
  • Russian arms exports and export credits
  • Chinese export credits and environmental impacts
  • African Trade Insurance Agency
  • AFRODAD workshop on ECAs and African debt in Cameroon
  • Rheebu Nuu files injunction in Paris to halt Goro Nickel construction
  • ECAs fund coal fired power in Botswana / South Africa
  • European Commission investigates French nuclear export credits

September 2006

  • ENCE announces withdrawal from ECA supported papermill investment in Uruguay
  • Armaris bids for four Bulgarian corvettes with Coface support
  • Flawed OECD reporting and analysis of HIPC transactions
  • Ex-Im increases subsidies for large aircraft
  • G7 to discourage China from expensive export debt
  • Swedish Export Credit Corp. sells $1 billion in five-year global notes
  • EBRD urged by WWF to not fund controversial Sakhalin project
  • Armenians welcome US Senate move to block Ex-Im subsidy for railroad bypass
  • Three European ECAs set to support Ilisu dam despite obvious failure to meet standards

August 2006

  • OECD Common Approaches Review Update
  • Atradius signs consulting agreement with Chinese ECA
  • Russia repays US$22 billion in ECA debt
  • New sensitive Category A projects announced by ECAs
  • Moscow puts legal pressure on Shell to halt Sakhalin pipeline
  • Turkish dam controversy tests government
  • Swedish SEK Lending is Reaching New Records
  • UK Serious Fraud Office investigates murky Nigerian oil deal with ECA support
  • OECD publishes latest Common Approaches procedures questionnaire results
  • Export-Import Bank of China to Offer Loans to Taiwanese Businesses
  • BP Alaska: What lessons for the Common Approaches?

July 2006

  • With easy nickel fading fast, INCO goes after the tough stuff at Goro Nickel
  • Changing markets for export credit agencies: China, private sector ECAs
  • Iran amongst the best UK export credit clients
  • Export Credit Agencies and Human Rights
  • Japan publishes complete projects list (Categories A, B and C)
  • Farnborough air show - 30% of sales ECA financed
  • ECAs and arms
  • BTC Pipeline Opens
  • First renewables loan for US Ex-Im
  • Atradius swaps Indonesia coverage for Viet Nam with Denmark's EKF

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