(TXF News, London, 1 December 2020) The International Chamber of Commerce Global Export Finance Committee’s Sustainability Working Group (ICC-SWG) is out to market with an ambitious initiative: to engage the export finance community in a discourse on how the industry aims to fulfil the UN’s...
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2021/02/28
Issue: Aircraft
(Bloomberg, New York, 18 February 2021) Airbus SE generated 4.9 billion euros ($5.9 billion) in cash during the fourth quarter, while issuing cautious guidance on the pace of its recovery from aviation’s worst-ever crisis. Jet handovers are forecast to stay at 2020’s depressed levels this year...
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2021/02/28
Country: Portugal
Issue: BRIC countries
(Bloomberg, New York, 9 February 2021) Mota-Engil’s local unit is a joint venture with Shoreline Group, an independent Nigerian oil producer. The nearly $2 billion of financing required for the rail line will be sourced from Europe, Credit Suisse Group AG, Africa Finance Corp. and German state...
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2021/02/28
(TFX News, New York, 25 February 2021) What has Covid meant for ECAs and their ability to attract smaller companies? How are ECAs responding to the needs of these new clients and how are they broadening their financing partners? Once the pandemic imperative is over, will those smaller...
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2021/02/28
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, European Union, G20, OECD, Oil, Gas and Mining
Member: urgewald
(Urgewald & Reclaim Finance, Berlin, 24 February 2021) urgewald, Reclaim Finance, Rainforest Action Network, 350.org Japan and 25 further NGO partners have published groundbreaking research on the financiers and investors behind the global coal industry. It was found that in January 2021, 4...
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2021/02/28
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(The Telegraph, London, 6 February 2021) The Government promised last year to end taxpayer support for fossil fuel projects overseas. The UK is poised to back a major Brazilian offshore oil project that will contribute the same emissions as 800,000 cars annually, despite its promise to end...
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2021/02/28
Issue: BRIC countries, Common Approaches, European Union, G20, OECD, Transparency
(TFX News, New York, 3 February 2021) The OECD Consensus has a long history but it’s still the only game in town. With the International Working Group now in stasis, is that a problem, or is it going to focus minds on reform? The ‘Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits’ started out...
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2021/02/28
Country: China, Russia
Issue: Human Rights
(S&P Global, New York, 4 February 2021) Since Feb. 1, Britain and other high-income countries such as Israel and the United Arab Emirates have continued their vaccination programs apace, while even relatively rich African countries such as South Africa continue to lag. This stark divide in...
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2021/02/28
Issue: European Union
(Byrne Wallace, Dublin, 3 February 2021) The European Commission has broadened the scope of its COVID-19 State aid Temporary Framework Communication by more than doubling the level of support that Member States can provide to many individual businesses suffering as a result of COVID-19. It has...
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2021/02/28
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Debt
(Bloomberg, London, 26 February 2021) U.K. companies pummeled for nearly a year by pandemic shutdowns are turning to a century-old government agency with roots in the country’s drive to rebuild trade after the Great War to help them raise funds. Subsea 7 Ltd. on Thursday sealed a $500 million...
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2021/02/28
Country: USA
Issue: Transparency
(Yahoo News, Washington, 31 January 2021) The Trump administration used the USDA Commodity Credit Corp. to bail out farmers suffering from its trade wars. Now the Biden administration wants to deploy a $30 billion pot of money in the Agriculture Department to tackle climate change, support...
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2021/02/28
Country: China
ECAs: EXIM Bank China
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
(Global Development Policy Center, Boston, 12 February 2021) In 2020, China’s two development banks with global operations — the China Development Bank (CDB) and the Export-Import Bank of China (CHEXIM) — recorded $4.6 billion of overseas energy sector finance. This represents a decrease of 43...
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2021/02/28
Country: USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
Member: Friends of the Earth USA
(Reuters, Barcelona, 27 January 2021) The United States will produce a plan to end international financing for fossil fuel projects, its special climate envoy John Kerry said Wednesday, as senior British and U.N. officials urged donor nations to meet a flagship climate finance promise. Speaking...
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2021/01/31
Country: China, Japan, Korea
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing
(New Statesman, London, 25 January 2021) The sun may be setting on coal-fired power in Europe and North America, but its persistence in Asia threatens global climate targets. Crucial to that darkening outlook is the growing difficulty that coal-fired power plants face in raising finance....
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2021/01/30
Country: Australia, China
ECAs: Export Finance & Insurance Corporation Australia
Issue: Human Rights
(Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 14 January 2021) China Mobile is firming as the most likely Chinese company to make a play for telecommunications assets in the Pacific in a move that would trouble Australia’s national security agencies. Digicel, owned by Irish billionaire Denis O’Brien, is...
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