(Defence Connect, Sydney, 18 April 2018) The much-awaited Defence Industrial Capability Plan is set to be released soon, Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne has confirmed. The plan, which will aim to give Australian businesses a better idea of how to capitalise on the $200 billion of...
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2018/04/30
Country: Australia
ECAs: Export Finance & Insurance Corporation Australia
Issue: Arms Trade
2018/04/30
Country: Russia
Issue: Arms Trade
(PanARMENIAN.Net, Yerevan, 29 March 2018) Russia will begin supplying arms to Armenia under a new defense loan agreement worth $100 million in 2018. In June 2015, an agreement was signed to provide Armenia with a Russian state export credit worth $200 million to purchase Russian-made military...
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2018/03/31
Country: Germany, Turkey
ECAs: Euler Hermes Deutschland AG
Issue: Arms Trade, Human Rights
(Handelsblatt, Berlin, 7 March 201) Turkey and Germany recently agreed to try to “normalize” their fraught relationship. Turkey had adopted hostage-taking as an instrument of foreign policy, with Germany being a target. Germany’s response was to reconsider economic aid and export credit...
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2018/03/31
Country: Australia
ECAs: Export Finance & Insurance Corporation Australia
Issue: Arms Trade
(Defence Connect, North Sydney, 13 March 2018) The latest Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) report looking at trends in international arms transfers has seen Australia move up to 19th place among the top 25 largest exporters of major arms. News of the move to 19th place...
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2018/02/28
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Aircraft, Arms Trade
(Reuters, London, 12 February 2018) BAE Systems will provide Malaysia a UK government-backed financing deal if it decides to replace its fleet of combat jets with the Eurofighter Typhoon, senior company officials said. Malaysia has for several years been weighing France’s Rafale jet and the...
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2018/02/28
Country: Australia
ECAs: Export Finance and Insurance Corporation
Issue: Arms Trade
(Associated Press Australia, Sydney, 28 February 2018) The Defence Department can't say exactly how many Australian jobs will be created out of the Turnbull government's plan to make the country a top 10 global arms exporters in the next decade. The issue was canvassed during a robust exchange...
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2018/01/31
Country: Australia, France, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: COFACE, Export Finance & Insurance Corporation Australia, Export-Import Bank of the United States, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Arms Trade
(Global Trade Review, London, 31 January 2018) The Australian export credit agency (ECA), Efic, has been armed with A$3.8bn to help companies sell military equipment overseas. Over the years, ECAs have been heavily criticised for selling arms which often help prop up tyrannical regimes and...
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2018/01/31
Country: France, Italy, Turkey
ECAs: COFACE
Issue: Arms Trade
(Daily Sabah, Istanbul, 5 January 201) President Erdoğan's first visit abroad in 2018 was marked by a groundbreaking defense agreement that includes the joint development of missile systems by Turkish, French and Italian firms, among other commercial and economic deals. The Export Credit Bank...
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2018/01/31
Country: Australia
ECAs: Export Finance and Insurance Corporation
Issue: Arms Trade
(Guardian, Sydney, 30 January 2018) The financial aspects of the Turnbull government’s plan to turn Australia into an arms exporting powerhouse are baffling, a leading defence expert says, but the decision to promote defence products overseas is welcome. Andrew Davies, the Australian Strategic...
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2017/12/31
Country: Russia, Turkey
Issue: Arms Trade
(Prensa Latina, Moscow, 28 December 2017) Turkey will acquire, for 2.5 billion dollars, four divisions of the modern Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile divisions, which will be delivered in 2020. The finance ministries of Turkey and Russia have concluded negotiations for the granting of an...
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2017/12/31
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Arms Trade
(The Guardian, London, 20 December 2017) As the spectre of Brexit emerges, so do the first meaningful signs of the Tory vision of “building a global Britain”. The Department for International Trade, set up by Theresa May to put some flesh on the bones of her slogan, has prioritised arms sales...
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2017/10/29
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Arms Trade
(Quwa Defence News, Qatar, 10 October 2017) As part of its letter-of-intent to acquire 24 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft, Qatar also requested six Hawk trainers from BAE. In regards to the prospective Qatari order, BAE Systems added that it is in negotiations with Doha, which – if...
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2017/10/29
Country: Russia
Issue: Arms Trade
(ARKA, Yerevan, 12 October 2017) At its regular Thursday meeting, the Armenian government okayed a proposal to sign a $100-million loan agreement with Russia to purchase defense armaments. In accordance with the agreement, Russia will provide an export credit loan to Armenia for financing...
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2017/10/29
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Arms Trade
(Devex, Washington, 27 October 2017) This summer, the British Conservative Party, through their manifesto and the pages of the Daily Mail, issued the OECD DAC — a multilateral group of donors that sets the definition of aid — an ultimatum: allow us to widen the definition [of aid] to include...
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2017/08/30
Country: USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Arms Trade
(GAO, Washington, 29 August 2017) Every year, the Government Aaccountability Office (GAO) reports on the Export-Import Bank, which helps finance U.S. companies' exports. The Bank may not finance defense goods and services, but it can finance exports that have both civilian and military uses (...
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