Charged Affairs, Washington, 23 February 2025) The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID and foreign aid programs could reshape U.S. global influence, with a focus on strategic investments over humanitarian assistance. The shift may open opportunities for China to expand its influence,...
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2025/03/04
Country: China, USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Human Rights, Transparency
2024/11/30
Country: China, USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Climate Change
(Washington Examiner, Washington, 10 November 2024) The U.S. Export-Import Bank faces scrutiny over a $2.5 billion giveaway to green energy development in Angola that benefits foreign companies with ties to China and the Angolan president, despite the bank’s claims that it will support...
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2024/10/31
Country: China, France, USA
Issue: Climate Change, Human Rights, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
(Mongabay, Menlo Park, 17 October 2024) A group of 28 NGOs have written to 34 banks, insurance companies and the Chinese government, urging them to deny financing and other support for oil and gas projects in Uganda. The letters, written by U.S.-based Climate Rights International (CRI) and 27...
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2024/07/30
Country: China, USA
ECAs: Sinosure
Issue: Debt
(Harris Sliwoski, Los Angeles, 17 July 2024) US law firm accuses Sinosure of pressuring clients to pay off Chinese factories for allegedly owed money. They claim the Chinese state-owned export credit insurance company actively pursues overseas companies for alleged unpaid debts on behalf of...
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2024/07/30
Country: China, USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States, Sinosure
(C-Span, Washington, 27 June 2024) Reta Jo Lewis, president and chair of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, testified before the House Financial Services Subcommittee National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions on oversight of bank operations and U.S.-China economic...
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2024/07/30
Country: China, USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Common Approaches, Transparency
(US Congress, Washington, 24 June 2024) The US Congress House Financial Services Subcommittee Chairman on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, led by Chairman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), held a hearing entitled “The Role of the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank...
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2024/06/30
Country: Australia, Canada, China, USA
ECAs: Export Development Canada, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining, Renewables
(Mining News, Perth, 19 June 2024) Australian Strategic Materials (ASM) is aiming to become the first global company to go from rare earths mining all the way through to metals. Rare earths are considered critical minerals and demand is set to surge, making ASX-listed ASM well-placed to...
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2024/05/31
Country: China, USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: European Union, Human Rights, Transparency
(ABC News, Washington, 27 May 2024) After Lithuania allowed Taiwan's de-facto embassy in Vilnius to bear the name Taiwan, instead of Taipei — Taiwan's capital city — as preferred by Beijing, Lithuanian businesses saw their cargo shipments to and from China stranded, and they were warned by...
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2024/04/29
Country: China, USA
ECAs: Sinosure
Issue: Transparency
(Yahoo Finance, Washington, 18 April 2024) China late Wednesday called on the United States to end its investigation into its shipbuilding industry, denouncing the probe as a politically motivated "mistake." The official statement from China's Ministry of Commerce was issued hours after U.S....
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2024/03/30
Country: Canada, China
ECAs: Export Development Canada
Issue: Human Rights
(Yahoo Finance, New York, 26 March 2024) A Canadian watchdog is calling for penalties against Dynasty Gold Corp. after it concluded the company used forced labor at its Chinese mine, which the miner denies. The Canada Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise, an arm of the federal government...
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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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2023/05/30
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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2023/02/27
Country: China, USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
(Benzinga, Detroit, 12 February 2024) A U.S. delegation to a major mining conference in South Africa last week included officials from the Treasury and State departments and the chair of EXIM. Mining and building infrastructure on the continent hasn't traditionally been a U.S. government...
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2023/01/30
Country: China, France, Korea, Russia, USA
Issue: Nuclear
(Columbia University, New York, 25 August 2022) This report, part of wider work on nuclear energy at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy, compares the financing terms offered between 2000 and 2021 by the world’s major exporters of nuclear power plants: Russia, France, the...
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2022/11/29
Country: Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, Korea
(The Saxon, Salisbury, ? November 2022) Canada continues to heavily subsidize fossil fuels despite its international commitments, according to a report by Oil Change International. The nonprofit estimates that Canada has, on average, given up to US$8.5 billion annually to projects related to...
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