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2018/02/28

U.S. Treasury official slams China's 'non-market behavior'

(Reuters, Washington, 21 February 2018) The U.S. Treasury’s top diplomat ramped up his criticisms of China’s economic policies on Wednesday, accusing Beijing of “patently non-market behavior” and saying that the United States needed stronger responses to counter it. He said market-oriented,...

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Country: China, USA ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Sinosure Issue: World Trade Organization

2017/06/30

Yamal LNG raises more financing with coverage by Swedish and German ECAs

(Your Oil & Gas News, Edinburgh, 1 June 2017) Yamal LNG announced the signing of agreements with several European banks, inter alia Raiffeisen Bank International AG and Intesa Sanpaolo for up to 425 million with insurance coverage provided by the Swedish export credit agency EKN and the...

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Country: China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, USA ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, EXIM Bank China, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A. Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining

2017/03/31

Export credit funds to finance Adani's Australian coal mine project

(Business Standard, New Delhi, 20 March 2017) Leading global financers, export credit funds from China and Korea and international banks which earlier refused to fund the Carmichael coal mine project of the Adani Group are in talks with the Indian conglomerate to fund the project. The...

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Country: Australia, China, India, USA Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining

2015/09/30

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB): regional solution or global threat?

(Global Capital, London, September 2015) The stated aim of the China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), officially launched in June 2015, is to respond to a need for massive spending across Asia. But its creation has caused political controversy, with supporters arguing it...

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Country: Canada, China, Japan, United Kingdom, USA ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Export Development Canada, Export-Import Bank of the United States, UK Export Finance (UKEF) Issue: BRIC countries

2015/09/30

China's 'highly polluting project' decision to spur coal export credit subsidy talks

(Reuters, London, 30 September 2015) China's promise to curb public funding of "highly polluting projects" has isolated Japan and increased the pressure to close a deal to phase-out coal export subsidies after months of wrangling. The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and...

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Country: China, Japan, USA Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining

2014/11/27

US/China economic negotiations include new export credit guidelines

(The White House, Washington, 12 November 2014) President Obama and President Xi recognize the importance of economic relations at the core of the U.S.-China bilateral relationship. The two Presidents commit to deepen bilateral economic ties. To this end, the United States and China commit to...

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Country: China, USA ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Export-Import Bank of the United States

2014/05/31

U.S. Ex-Im Should Pull Funding From Exxon’s Deadly PNG Pipeline Project

(Huffington Post, 2 May 2014) The Nation, Huffington Post,...

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Country: Australia, China, Italy, Japan, USA ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A. Member:

2014/05/31

China committed to Russian gas project

(Reuters, Moscow, 30 April 2014) Chinese investors are committed to financing part of Novatek's $27 billion Russian gas project, ensuring it has sufficient backing despite losing U.S. support because of sanctions, the company said on Wednesday. The U.S. export credit agency Ex-Im pulled out in...

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Country: China, USA Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining

2013/06/26

First Canadian Dim Sum bonds as EDC sells debt

(Bloomberg, Ottawa, 24 June 2013) Export Development Canada, a trade financing agency, sold the nation’s first offshore yuan- denominated bonds last week as exports to China grow. EDC, which supports Canadian businesses globally, raised 100 million yuan ($16.3 million) from a sale of 2.1 per...

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Country: Canada, China ECAs: Export Development Canada

2013/04/29

NGOs warn banks not to further finance PNG LNG project

(Banktrack, Nijegen, 18 April 2013) A coalition of seven NGOs (BankTrack, Jubilee Australia, Pacific Environment, Act Now! PNG, Mineral Policy Institute, International Accountability Project and Friends of the Earth France) today sent a letter to seventeen banks that are already involved in the...

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Country: Australia, China, Italy, Japan, USA ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance, SACE S.p.A. Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining Member: Les Amis de la Terre,

2012/12/31

US & China establish multilateral ECA working group on international guidelines

(US Treasury Dept., Washington, 4 May 2012) In February 2012, the United States and China established an international working group of major OECD and non-OECD providers of export financing to make concrete progress towards a set of international guidelines on the provision of official export... more
Region: Asia and the Pacific Country: China, USA

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