(CNBC, Paris, 11 September 2023) The U.S. export credit agency is working through a $5 billion pipeline of applications related to the space industry, as companies look to fund projects in orbit in a tighter capital market. The Export-Import Bank of the United States, or EXIM, is no stranger to...
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2023/08/31
Country: Canada
ECAs: Export Development Canada
Issue: Debt, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Bowen Island Undercurrent, BC, 2 August 2023) The federal government is trying to reclaim nearly $350 million in insurance paid to Suncor Energy Inc. by Export Development Canada in the wake of political unrest in Libya. The oil giant claimed $300 million in risk mitigation payments for losses...
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2023/08/31
Country: USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
(Common Dreams, Portland, 29 August 2023) More than two dozen advocacy groups from Papua New Guinea, the Asia Pacific region, and the United States on Tuesday urged the U.S. export credit agency to reject a liquefied natural gas project that they warned “presents significant financial risks and...
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2023/08/31
Country: USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
(Al Jazeera, Washington, 30 July 2023) While the president's rhetoric aligns with global climate promises, his administration has approved massive fossil fuel projects. Ahead of its Climate...
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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: 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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2023/07/29
Country: USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
Member: Oil Change International
(Price of Oil, Washington, 18 July 2023) Last Friday, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) — the official export credit agency of the U.S.— insured USD 400 million in revolving credit facilities for global commodities trader Trafigura. The newly approved transaction will allow...
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2023/06/29
Country: Indonesia, Italy, Korea, USA
ECAs: Export Import Bank of Korea, Export-Import Bank of the United States, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
Member: Oil Change International
(Reuters, Jakarta, 24 June 2023) Indonesia's state energy company Pertamina (PERTM.UL) reached a $3.1 billion financing deal with a number of export credit agencies and commercial banks to fund the upgrade of its Balikpapan refinery, the company said on Saturday. The lenders include export...
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2023/05/30
Country: Canada
ECAs: Export Development Canada
Issue: Renewables
(Railway Gazette, Suttton UK, 24 May 2023) Alstom and Export Development Canada have signed a C$3·5bn three-year sustainable global corporate partnership covering export financing support and insurance in the transport sector. The export credit agency will focus its support on digital systems...
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2023/05/30
Country: Australia, China, India, Japan, USA
(Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 21 May 2023) The leaders of the US, Japan, Australia and India met for the Quad Summit on the sideline of the G7 conclave in Hiroshima and agreed to work on a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) between the export credit agencies of the governments to strengthen...
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2023/05/30
Country: Canada
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining, Renewables, Transparency
(Environmental Defence, Ottawa, 15 April 2023) In a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau, a broad range of Canadian organizations note that it has been over a decade since Canada first committed to ending inefficient fossil fuel subsidies. Instead of fulfilling this promise, the Government of...
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2023/04/30
Country: USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Climate Change, Corruption, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
Member: Friends of the Earth USA
(Friends of the Earth, Washington, 13 April 2023) Friends of the Earth has filed an open records request of the Alaska...
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2023/03/30
Country: Brazil, USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Aircraft
(ARGS, London, 9 March 2023) Embraer has closed a US$ 200 million credit facility to finance purchases from direct suppliers in the United States. This financing is being provided by Citibank and guaranteed by the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), the country’s official export...
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2023/03/30
Country: Argentina, Canada, Netherlands
(Microcapital Monitor, Boston, 10 March 2023) Asociación de Cooperativas Argentinas (ACA), a network of 143 agricultural cooperatives in Argentina, recently borrowed USD 80 million from three institutions, led by the Dutch development bank Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden (...
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2023/03/30
Country: USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Debt, European Union, Transparency
(Global Echo, Washington, 8 March 2023) In November 2021 the U.S. provided $600 million in an export credit agreement to help Lithuania withstand pressure from China and joined the EU's WTO lawsuit in support of Vilnius. Days after the establishment in 2021 of the “Taipei Representative Office...
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