(Herald Review, 15 November 2013, Decatur) After a year as gloomy as the bottom of a mineshaft, Caterpillar Inc. woke up to a bright ray of sunshine Thursday. The U.S. Export-Import Bank wants to say “yes” to making a $694 million loan that will help support more than 3,000 jobs, including...
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Through its export credit agencies (ECAs) EKN and SEK, the Swedish state insures and finances Swedish companies' export. These operations are extensive. The Swedish ECAs have in their portfolios the responsibility for hundreds of billions of Swedish...
moreNovember 14, 2013
ECA Watch has prepared this ‘shadow report’ — with the support of other civil society groups — in order to assess current ECA practice in relation to issues such as transparency, ...
moreThe Humboldt-Viadrina School of Governance, the OECD and the German Institute for Human Rights are holding a joint meeting on: Social and human rights standards in the promotion of foreign trade to implement the "Common Approaches on the Environment and Officially Supported Export Credits" of...
moreCSOs have written to urge OECD Export Credit Agencies to discontinue financing of coal projects, to suggest the provision of beneficial financing for carbon capture and storage and other fossil fuel technologies in the Sector Understanding and to express concern re the need for increased...
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September 13, 2013
Participants to the Export Credit Arrangement
Members of the Export Credit Group
To the Participants and the Members:
We are writing to...
(OECD ECG, Paris, 8 October 2013) ECA Watch has been invited to a Consultation between Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Members of the OECD’s Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees (ECG) and the Participants to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits to take...
more(Vnesheconombank, Moscow, 22 October 2013) In the course of the 18th regular meeting of the Heads of State in the presence of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Premier of China’s State Council Li Keqiang, Vnesheconombank signed a framework agreement with the Export-Import Bank of China...
more(Creditman, Vienna, 15 October 2013) At its Annual General Meeting 2013, the Berne Union – International Union of Credit & Investment Insurers, elected new officers, including President, Vice President and Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs. The Berne Union combines public export credit...
more(Ex-Im Bank, Washington, 1 October 2013) The Export-Import Bank of the United States has announced support for a 7-figure purchase of 2 new American agricultural aircraft by a soybean and corn agribusiness in Brazil from Air Tractor Inc. Ex-Im provided a medium-term insurance policy that was...
more(European Parliament, Strasbourg, 8 October 2013) The European Parliament has approved a resolution on corruption and human rights in the public and private sectors which includes a clause calling on bilateral and multilateral financial institutions, including the World Bank Group, IMF,...
more(Atradius Dutch State Business, Amsterdam, 15 October 2013) Dutch ECA Atradius Dutch State Business has announced that banks outside the OECD area are now eligible for export credit cover if they finance Dutch exports. Up to now, only banks from the Netherlands and other OECD countries could...
more(Reuters, London, 11 October 2013) The bond markets are turning into a regular funding platform for airline companies which have in the past relied heavily on export credit agencies and...
more(Jubilee Australia, Sydney, 15 October 2013) In the past two weeks corporate Australia has been rocked by reports of bribes being paid by one of the country’s largest companies, Leighton Holdings. These bribes were supported by Australian taxpayers’ money, handed out by a little-known and...
morePart-time position or consultancy contract (2 days per week) for four months,
intended to become a permanent job if funding is available. The successful applicant
will work from Brussels.
We are looking for a coordinator to provide strong and professional support to the
ECA-...