(Devex, Washington, 6 October 2014) Congress has voted to reauthorize Ex-Im, the government agency that finances U.S. exports of goods and services — but only through June 30, 2015. The measure passed after it was tucked into a much larger spending bill that also funded the...
more(The Economic Voice, Southampton, 24 October 2014) The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) on Monday approved two authorizations totaling $1 billion in financing to support the export of U.S. goods and services to Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Mexico's national oil-and-gas...
more(Energy Business Review, London, 6 October 2014) The Russian government has approved $10bn credit to Belarus for the construction of a nuclear power plant (NPP) in Belarus... "The Russian side will provide the Belorussian side a state export credit of up to $10 billion to finance the cost of...
more(Korea Times, Seoul, 29 September 2014) The Export-Import Bank of Korea said Sunday that it would take the lead in promoting joint economic projects in the Northeast Asian region... On Sept. 18, export-import banks from Korea, China, Russia and Mongolia signed an agreement in Yanbian, China, to...
more(Reuters, Berlin, 23 October 2014) Big exporting nations are breaking their pledge to fight corruption in global trade, with more than half of the countries that have signed an OECD anti-bribery convention failing to implement it,...
more(Fibre2Fashion News, Ahmedabad, 2 October 2014) The United States and Brazil have agreed to settle their long-standing cotton dispute over U.S. agricultural export subsidies under the US Farm Bill and the USDA GSM-102 programme. As per the agreement, Brazil will relinquish all rights to...
more(Reuters, Tokyo, 23 October 2014) The United States has challenged the Japanese government over moves to ramp up exports of coal-fired power technology and to offer cheap loans to lure buyers, according to a U.S. source with direct knowledge of the matter. Japan's shipments of the equipment...
more(ECA Watch, Barcelona & Brussels, 29 October 2014) ECA Watch in collaboration with ODG of Spain have produced a map of popular alternative proposals with respect to mega infrastructure projects, which are too often responsible for the privatization of common goods and resources. These...
more(ECA Watch, Brussels, 29 October 2014) ECA Watch has written OECD ECA's, Finance Ministers and OECD Secretary General Angel Gurría regarding upcoming discussions around coal financing through export credit agencies. We understand that they may be considering proposals to perpetuate coal...
more(Both ENDS, Amsterdam, 23 October 2014) On 18 October it was reported that the Egyptian authorities signed a contract with an international consortium of dredging companies to expand the Suez canal. The consortium includes the two main Dutch dredging companies: Royal Boskalis...
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On 18 October it was reported that the Egyptian authorities signed a contract with an international consortium of dredging companies to expand the Suez canal[1]. The consortium...
moreECA Watch in cooperation with the WWF European Policy Office and other European and global NGOs, has written a letter to Finance Ministries and Export Credit Agencies to move those public institutions away from coal financing and subsidies in the...
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