(Korea Times, Seoul, 14 December 2020) The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) said Monday it will provide $500 million (545 billion won) in financial support for a major integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique. The project financing by the state-run lender is aimed at...
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2020/12/30
Country: Italy, Japan, Korea, USA
ECAs: Export Import Bank of Korea, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Climate Change, Corruption, Debt, Human Rights, Oil, Gas and Mining
2020/12/30
Country: USA
Issue: Human Rights
(Gulf News, Dubai, 13 December 2020) Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), the UAE Federal export credit company, and The Israel Foreign Trade Risks Insurance Corporation (ASHR’A) have agreed to jointly create a strategic cooperation in supporting exports, trade and investment; explore new business...
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2020/12/30
Country: China, USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Human Rights, Transparency
(Market Screener, Annecy, 8 December 2020) EXIM, the U.S. export credit agency that is supposed to support U.S. jobs by financing exports of U.S.-made goods, is instead considering extreme proposals to destroy requirements that tie financing to domestic content rules. Under the guise of...
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2020/12/30
Country: Russia
(TXF News, New York, 9 December 2020) Egyptian National Railways (ENR) raised the benchmark for big-ticket export finance collaboration at the end of 2019, after the state-owned company signed a €1 billion ($1.17 billion) dual ECA-backed buyer’s credit facility to back the procurement of 1,300...
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2020/12/30
Country: Australia, China
(Future Directions, Nedlands, 15 December 2020) Since the publication of Part One of this paper, further deterioration in the Australia-China political and trading relationships has occurred, with the media offering useful commentary and analysis of the escalation, including as it relates to...
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2020/12/30
Country: Italy
ECAs: SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Arms Trade
(Middle East Eye, London, 11 December 2020) Government sources in Egypt familiar with economic and military cooperation with Italy have revealed that an agreement is imminent between the Egyptian government and the Italian Export Credit Agency (Sace),...
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2020/12/30
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Debt
(The NEWS, Islamabad, 11 December 2020) The UK on Thursday asked Pakistan to expedite utilisation of 1.5 billion pounds of annual UKEF credit line by facilitating UK businesses investing in and exporting to the South Asian economy. British High Commissioner to Pakistan Christian Turner said £1....
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2020/12/30
Country: China, Japan, Korea
Issue: Climate Change, Renewables
(Webwire, Tokyo, 15 December 2020) A report from Greenpeace Japan identifies a US$205 billion opportunity for [ECA] renewable energy finance in...
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2020/12/30
Country: China, USA
ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Sinosure
Issue: Common Approaches, OECD, World Trade Organization
(The Hill, Washington, 17 December 2020) [An example of political influences on EXIM vs the OECD's purely economic free market level playing field.] One year ago, under President Trump’s leadership, Congress came together across party lines to re-authorize EXIM, our nation’s export...
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2020/12/29
Country: Russia, United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Arms Trade
(Eurasia Daily Monitor, Washington, 15 December 2020) In October 2020 a funding pledge was made by the UK’s export credit agency in the amount of 1.25 billion pounds ($1.68 billion) for the construction of missile boats and new naval infrastructure in Ukraine. Missile boats and naval bases are...
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2020/12/29
Issue: Climate Change
(Reuters, London, 16 December 2020) Many of the world’s biggest lenders to shipping companies fell short of carbon-cutting targets last year in the first analysis of CO2 goals for the sector. Global shipping accounts for nearly 3% of the world’s CO2 emissions and the industry is under pressure...
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2020/12/29
Country: Sweden
Issue: Aircraft
(VnExpress International, Hanoi, 6 December 2020) Swedish financial institutions have proposed a commercial loan to develop aviation projects in Vietnam, including the Long Thanh International Airport. The Swedish Export Credit Agency and the state-owned Export Credit Corporation in Sweden have...
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2020/12/29
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: European Union, OECD, Transparency
(Reuters, London, 7 December 2020) Britain’s government said on Monday it would offer a wider range of loan guarantees to promote exports as part of a drive to boost overseas sales following the country’s departure from the European Union, its biggest foreign market. Lenders will receive a...
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2020/12/29
Country: Italy
Issue: European Union
(Schengenvisainfonews, Prishtina, 7 December 2020) Operators together and travel agencies in Italy affected by the Coronavirus outbreak will receive financial support to get out of the current economic crisis, as the European Union Commission has approved €625 million Italian scheme, under the...
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2020/12/29
Country: Russia
(RT News, Moscow, 7 December 2020) On December 9, the 'Made in Russia’ International Export Forum will hold a roundtable on “Fine-tuning the export support framework: countering the downturn in global trade.” Russian and foreign experts are expected to focus on the current state of global trade...
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