Labour tries to block new BAE enquiry

(Guardian, London, 21 September 2007) British ministers are refusing to cooperate with the US criminal investigation into allegations of corruption against BAE, Britain's biggest arms company. In June 2006, ECA Watch asked the OECD's Export Credit Working Group whether the UK's ECGD will be queried about increased due diligence applied to BAE as required under the peer review process envisoned in the OECD's Recommendation to deter bribery in officially supported export credits. To-date we have not even received an acknowledgment of receipt of this letter.