(Quartz Africa, New York, 22 October 2019) The first-ever Russia-Africa summit will be held from Oct. 23-24 in Sochi, Russia, marking the culminating point of the return of Russia to Africa, with more than 50 African leaders and 3,000 delegates invited. This convening is only another...
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2019/10/30
Country: Australia
ECAs: Export Finance and Insurance Corporation
Issue: Arms Trade
(Australian Defense Magazine, Canberra, 3 October 2019) New figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the world’s leading authority on global military spending, show that Australia has become the world’s second largest weapons importer but has dropped to 25th in...
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2019/10/30
Country: China
ECAs: Sinosure
Issue: BRIC countries
(Xinhua, Beijing, 27 October 2019) China's only policy-oriented insurer specializing in export credit insurance reported steady business growth in the first three quarters of this year. China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation, also known as SINOSURE, had served over 110,000 clients,...
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2019/09/29
Country: China, Korea
ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Export Import Bank of Korea
Issue: Climate Change
(Eco-Business, Singapore, 25 September 2019) Three months ago, 11 international banks including Citi, Société Générale and ING signed a framework to promote responsible ship finance called the Poseidon Principles whose framework will tie shipping finance to climate targets that are in line with...
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2019/09/29
Country: Australia
ECAs: Export Finance & Insurance Corporation Australia
Issue: Arms Trade
(Mirage News, 6 September 2019) Government support for Australia’s defence industries is on the increase, as two government agencies extend collaboration. Under the Australian Government’s ...
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2019/08/30
Country: Japan
ECAs: Nippon Export and Investment Insurance
On the side lines of the Tokyo International Conference of Africa’s Development (TICAD7), ATI signed MoUs with Japan’s three largest banks and Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI), Japan’s export credit agency; ATI...
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2019/08/30
Country: Australia, China, Indonesia
ECAs: EXIM Bank China
Issue: Debt, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Bloomberg, Suai, 28 August 2019) Colonized by Portugal, invaded by Indonesia, suckered by Australia, Timor-Leste doesn’t need another abusive relationship. But the clock is now ticking for Timor-Leste to find international funding for a $12 billion energy project so work can start before its...
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2019/08/30
Country: China
(The Mast, Livingstone, 28 August 2019) Zambia's Trade Development Bank has been invited by a Chinese investment group, China Everbright, as co-managers of a US$1 billion Green Fund which will...
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2019/07/30
Country: China
ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Sinosure
Issue: Corruption, Debt
(Asia Times, Hong Kong, 23 July 2019) China's US$1 trillion Belt and Road Initiative, along with other foreign funding, has become a magical mystery tour, baffling the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Or, according to critics, a diplomatic car crash waiting to happen. “Compared...
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2019/07/30
Country: China, Italy
ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Sinosure
Issue: BRIC countries
(Islamic Business and Finance, Dubai, 25 July 2019) UAE ECA Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI) has signed partnership agreements with China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation (SINOSURE), Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and Bank of China to boost trade, investments and bilateral...
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2019/07/29
Country: China
ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Sinosure
(Xinhua, Beijing 2 JJuuly 2019) China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation has underwritten 46.08 billion U.S. dollars worth of insured businesses made by Chinese enterprises in Africa from 2018 to the end May of this year, China Securities Journal reported. Of the total, the insurer...
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2019/06/30
Country: China, USA
ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Sinosure
(Reuters, Washington, 28 June 2019) China provided as much as $130 billion in government export financing support in 2018, dwarfing every other country and fueling a new export lending arms race, the U.S. Export-Import Bank said in a report on Friday. In the last full year that EXIM had...
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2019/06/30
Country: China
Issue: BRIC countries, End Coal Financing
(Financial Times, London, 27 June 2019) A Kenyan court has halted construction of the country’s first coal-fired power station on environmental grounds in a blow for the $2bn project’s Chinese backers and the green credentials of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Owned by the Kenya-based Amu...
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2019/06/30
Country: China
ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Sinosure
(Peace FM Online, Accra, 25 June 2019) African Foreign Ministers attending the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Coordinators’ meeting in Beijing yesterday met Chinese financial institutions who introduced them to their array of financial products. This is in line with Chinese...
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2019/06/30
Country: Austria, China, Germany, Switzerland
ECAs: Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG, Swiss Export Risk Insurance
Issue: Common Approaches, European Union, OECD
(Global Trade Review, London, 19 June 2019) Hermes, OeKB and Serv – the export credit agencies (ECAs) of Germany, Austria and Switzerland respectively – have agreed to join forces to improve opportunities for their exporters in the face of increased competition from Asia. While the statement...
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