(TXF News, New York, 16 July 2020) The US administration [and corporate media] has drastically upped the ante in its economic war against China with its actions against Huawei. At the same time, US Exim has been charged to not only promote US exports and jobs but also counter Chinese...
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(Xinhua, Beijing, 19 July 2020) SINOSURE, China's only policy-oriented insurer specializing in export credit insurance reported steady business growth in the first half of this year despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation had served over 126,000...
more(JSUPRA, Sausalito, 16 July 2020) The use of Export Credit Agency (ECA) financing in the aviation industry has ebbed and flowed over the years, and it is often during turbulent times that it has proved to be most popular. Given the current COVID-19 pandemic and the unprecedented downturn...
more(Climate Change News, London, 10 July 2020) A decade after prospectors struck gas off Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, a consortium led by Total is signing contracts worth $16 billion to exploit it. One of the biggest investments in Africa, the project to extract, liquefy and export gas...
more(Open Democracy, London, 28 July 2020) After a Danish-funded mine caused serious environmental damage in Armenia, the Danish state has been less than forthcoming on failed due diligence, transparency and compensation. As a result of the Danish-funded mine construction, the Teghut mine caused...
more(Politico, Washington, 24 June 2020) Senate Banking Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and ranking member Brown on Tuesday called for full chamber votes on two languishing nominations for the Export-Import Bank's board of directors: Paul Shmotolokha, a Republican, and Claudia Slacik, a Democrat. “If...
more(Reuters, London, 16 June 2020) Britain’s National Grid has secured a $734 million loan to help finance the development of the 2 billion euro ($2.26 billion) power link it is building between Britain and Denmark. The multi-export credit agency covered green loan is made up of $488 million from...
moreMOSCOW, June 4. /TASS/. Eximbank of Russia, a part of of the Russian Expo Center Group, opened the first correspondent account in Uzbek currency for Russian banks, at the same time opening several accounts in rubles for Uzbekistan's banks, which is aimed at expanding the capabilities of...
more(Aairmetrics, Lagos, 21 June 2020) Nigeria has announced plans to develop 142 agro-processing centres across the six geopolitical zones in the country. The projects will be funded by the “Green Imperative” programme, a $1.2 billion joint Nigerian-Brazilian agriculture development scheme. The $1...
more(Insurance Journal, San Diego, 4 June 2020) The UK government has created a £10 billion (US$12.5 billion) reinsurance scheme designed to help businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic by guaranteeing transactions insured by trade credit insurers. The Trade Credit Reinsurance scheme is designed to...
more(Above Ground, Ottawa, 15 June 2020) A recent report from Oil Change International and Friends of the Earth U.S. reveals that...
more(Oil & Gas Republic, Lagos, 1 June 2020) Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has secured $3 billion for the development of its Train 7 project. According to the company, the $3 billion is corporate financing from a group of 31 investors, building investor’s confidence in Nigeria’s oil and gas...
more(ECA Watch, Washington, 26 June 2020) COVID-19 is a still-unfolding health crisis affecting every economy, putting the health and livelihoods of billions at risk. Almost every government has developed response packages that attempt to use all the tools at their disposal to keep their economies...
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(Global Witness, London, 12 June 2020) UKEF have been in the spotlight more and more over the last year for their disproportionate support for the fossil fuel industry. Last year, UKEF provided nearly £2 billion in taxpayer support for fossil fuel projects all over the world. Despite dozens of...
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