(Globe and Mail, Toronto, 14 May 2019) Canada’s overseas development finance arm is joining forces with a U.S. government agency that is being set up to act as a counterweight to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, a state-sponsored foreign-investment scheme by Beijing. The U.S. government’s...
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2018/03/30
Country: Canada, South Africa
ECAs: Export Development Canada
Issue: Aircraft, BRIC countries, Corruption, Transparency
http://aboveground.ngo/bombardier-gupta-accountability-edc/
(Above Ground, Ottawa, 26 March 20188) Ongoing media coverage regarding the sale of a Bombardier jet to the Gupta family in...
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2015/10/30
Country: Canada
ECAs: Export Development Canada
Issue: BRIC countries
(Creamer Media, Johannesburg, 29 October 2015) Canada’s official trade finance agency, Export Development Canada (EDC), has formally established permanent offices in Johannesburg, from where it aims to facilitate $10-billion-worth of business between sub-Saharan African and Canadian companies...
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2015/09/30
Country: Canada, China, Japan, United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Export Development Canada, Export-Import Bank of the United States, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: BRIC countries
(Global Capital, London, September 2015) The stated aim of the China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), officially launched in June 2015, is to respond to a need for massive spending across Asia. But its creation has caused political controversy, with supporters arguing it...
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2015/03/31
Country: Canada, USA
ECAs: Export Development Canada, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: BRIC countries
(Financial Post, Johannesburg, 2 March 2015) Export Development Canada is providing South Africa’s national rail operator with a US$450-million loan to finance a major purchase of rail equipment from Quebec-based Bombardier. The rail operator, Transnet SOC Ltd., recently awarded a US$1.2-...
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