(Pipa News, Pakistan,7 September 2022) Ukraine has begun attracting foreign investment of up to $400 billion in projects across the economy, even as it faces a protracted war with Russia and a slump in production. The Kiev government has identified hundreds of technology, agribusiness, clean...
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2022/09/28
Country: China
Issue: Debt
(The Island, Colombo, 9 September 2022) Sri Lanka’s debt to China is making headlines in international and local media again. Media reports partly blame China and its lending practices, for Sri Lanka’s debt crisis, says a...
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2022/09/28
Country: Iran, Russia
Issue: Arms Trade, Debt
(Tehran Times, Tehran, 10 September 2022) The Export Guarantee Fund of Iran (EGFI) has signed an agreement with the Russian Agency for Export Credit and Investment Insurance (EXIAR) with the aim of facilitating exports and providing the necessary guarantees for the development of trade between...
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2022/09/28
Issue: Arms Trade, Debt
(Global Trade Review, London, 31 August 2022) Rising geopolitical risk is driving up demand for export credit insurance, says a new Berne Union study, which warns that the market is bracing for a wave of Ukraine-related claims. According to the association’s latest ‘Business Confidence Index’...
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2022/08/30
Issue: Climate Change, Debt, Transparency
(Trade Finance Global, London, 26 August 2022) The Berne Union released its latest Business Confidence Survey this week amid mounting geopolitical uncertainty. This latest rendition of the quarterly report shows that demand for export credit insurance is growing. This phenomenon appears to stem...
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2022/08/29
Country: Saudi Arabia
Issue: Climate Change, Debt
(Trade Arabia, Jeddah, 30 July 2022) The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group has endorsed a $10.54 billion comprehensive Food Security Response Program (FSRP) package that will support member countries in addressing the ongoing food crisis. The package was approved during an extraordinary...
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2022/06/29
Country: Russia
Issue: Debt, European Union
On 3 June 2022 the EU adopted its sixth package of sanctions against Russia and Belarus. These prohibit the purchase, import or transfer of crude oil and certain petroleum products from Russia into the EU, as well as insuring and financing the transport, in particular through maritime routes,...
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2022/06/29
Issue: Debt
(Fintech & Finance News, Tunbridge Wells, 1 June 2022) Lack of trade finance for SMEs threatened to bring supply chains to a halt in 2020. SMEs play a critical role in trade – responsible for between 20 and 40 per cent of exports from OECD countries. When it comes to affordable trade...
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2022/05/30
Country: India, Russia
Issue: Debt
(Live Mint, India, 5 May 2022) As much as 70–80% of the payments for goods that were shipped to Russia before the Ukraine war have been coming in, a government official privy to the matter told Mint, comforting exporters. Exporters had claimed that about $500 million in payments were stuck...
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2022/03/30
ECAs: Atradius, Bpifrance, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Export Development Canada, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A., UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Debt
(Global Trade Review, London, 9 March 2022) Export credit agencies and trade credit insurers have hurriedly axed coverage for Russia and Belarus as the deepening conflict and...
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2022/02/28
Issue: Debt
(This Day Live, Lagos, 10 February 2022) The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), yesterday in Cairo, signed an agreement on the management of the AfCFTA Adjustment Fund (ADF) that would require $10 billion over the next five...
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2022/02/28
Country: Italy
ECAs: SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Debt, Transparency
(Reuters, Rome, 25 January 2022) Italy approved a long-awaited decree needed for the Treasury to buy credit insurance agency SACE from state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) in a deal expected to be worth around 4.25 billion euros ($4.81 billion). The Treasury wants to directly control...
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2022/01/31
Country: Germany
ECAs: Euler Hermes Deutschland AG
Issue: Debt
(Bharat Express News, Punjab, 11 January 2022) MV Werften, the German cruise ship builder controlled by Malaysian billionaire Lim Kok Thay’s Genting Hong Kong, has filed for bankruptcy after failing to strike a deal with the German government to support additional funding for a mega cruise ship...
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2021/12/31
Country: China
ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Sinosure
Issue: Debt
(Global Trade Review, London, 15 December 2021) China’s commitments to financing in Africa are shifting away from giant infrastructure developments and towards developing stronger trade flows and commercial investments, analysts say. At the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (Focac) in late...
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2021/10/30
Issue: Debt, European Union, OECD
(Lexology, London, 4 October 2021) The European Commission launched a consultation process on 30 September 2021, sending a proposal to Member States on a sixth draft amendment to the Temporary Framework on State aid measures to support member economies in the current COVID-19 outbreak. The...
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