(Reuters, Kampala, 25 September 2023) Uganda is in advanced talks with Chinese export credit agency SINOSURE to provide credit for its crude oil pipeline after pressure from environmentalists forced some Western banks to recoil from the project, a top official said on Monday. The 1,445-...
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2023/08/31
Country: Brazil, China, India, Russia, South Africa
Issue: BRIC countries, European Union, G7, OECD, World Trade Organization
(Project Syndicate, Cairo, 18 August 2023) by Hippolyte Fofack, Chief Economist and Director of Research at the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). Given the BRICS’ economic success, more than 40 countries have shown an interest in joining the group and 22 have formally applied for...
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2023/08/31
Country: China
ECAs: Sinosure
Issue: Debt
(China Daily, Beijing, 9 August 2023) China's foreign trade grew steadily in the first seven months of the year but exports in July declined at a steeper-than-expected pace amid subdued global consumer demand, which highlights the need to roll out stronger policy steps to further boost the...
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2023/08/31
Country: Australia
ECAs: Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Export Development Canada
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(AUManufacturing, No Address Provided, 31 July 2023) Arafura Rare Earths pushed ahead with engineering work and construction of its giant Nolans rare earths project in the Northern Territory in the latest quarter despite a softening market for the critical metals. Arafura has received a letter...
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2023/08/31
Country: China
ECAs: Sinosure
Issue: Transparency
(Lexology, London, 22 August 2023) China’s Sinosure, a major (virtually the only) provider of export credit insurance to China’s factories, plays an instrumental role in facilitating trade between Chinese suppliers and international buyers. However, there’s an under-discussed aspect of their...
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2023/08/31
Country: Australia
ECAs: Export Finance & Insurance Corporation Australia
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining, Renewables, Transparency
Member: Jubilee Australia
(Jubilee Australia, NSW, 18 July 2023) Jubilee Australia, a human rights and environmental organisation, has filed legal proceedings this morning (18th July) in the Federal Court of Australia against federal government agencies that subsidise new fossil fuel projects but don’t disclose the full...
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2023/07/30
Country: China
Issue: End Coal Financing
(Resiliance, US-UK-AU, 11 July 2023) The global energy crisis fueled by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sparked widespread fears of a “return to coal” – yet, to date, there is scant evidence of this. Indeed, in the world of project financing, any supposed rebound has been illusory. The financing...
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2023/07/30
Country: Canada, Japan, Korea
ECAs: Export Development Canada, Export Import Bank of Korea, Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Issue: Renewables, Transparency
(Pulse News, Soeul, 24 July 2023) The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Eximbank) is gearing up to upgrade its traditional model of financial support for promoting exports of Korean companies to a new level with the introduction of Export Credit Agency (ECA) Version 2.0. The management...
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2023/07/30
Country: China
ECAs: Sinosure
Issue: BRIC countries, Debt, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
(ZAWYA, Dubai, 11 July 2023) Cedar Rose, a Cyprus and Dubai based corporate data, credit, risk and compliance firm, has reaffirmed its longstanding partnership covering over 25 years of relationship with Sinosure, a prominent Chinese state-owned enterprise responsible for export credit...
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2023/07/30
Country: Brazil, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, United Kingdom, USA
(BN Americas, Santiago, 7 July 2023) Although the energy transition and ESG issues are gaining traction, many banks and credit export entities keep financing oil and gas undertakings, such as floating production storage and offloading units (FPSOs) ordered by Brazil’s federal oil firm Petrobras...
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2023/07/30
Country: China, India
Issue: Debt
(MINT, New Delhi, 6 July 2023) India plans to allow Sri Lanka up to 12 years to repay its debt to help ease the financial burden on the island-nation, India’s Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC) Ltd’s chairman-cum-managing director M.Senthilnathan said. Sri Lanka, facing its worst...
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2023/06/29
Country: Japan
ECAs: Nippon Export and Investment Insurance
Issue: BRIC countries
(Zawya, Dubai, 19 June 2023) Japan’s export credit agency, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI), has acquired a stake in the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI), a Pan-African guarantee institution, following a capital infusion of $14.8 million. The equity investment supports the...
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2023/05/30
Country: Australia
Issue: Climate Change, Renewables
(Infrastructue Investor, Sydney, 19 May 2023) Australia’s infrastructure sector has centred on privatisations for decades. But a rapidly changing world calls for more greenfield development. Australia’s transition prospects have recently been boosted by the country’s most significant emissions...
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2023/05/30
Country: Australia
Issue: Human Rights, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Upstream, Perth, 29 May 2023) Australian oil giant Santos denied claims of human rights abuses against Indigenous Australians relating to domestic gas and LNG projects planned or under development that have been alleged to some of the company’s investors and financiers. Equity Generation...
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2023/05/30
Country: China
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, Oil, Gas and Mining
(South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, 4 May 2023) The number of financial institutions globally that have committed to coal divestments has doubled in the past three years, but it remains negligible in China, according to a new IEEFA study. While more than 200 “globally significant” companies...
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