(Global Trade Review, London, 31 March 2021) French energy major Total has been forced to suspend operations at its liquified natural gas (LNG) project in northern Mozambique for the second time this year, after a fresh attack by insurgents which killed dozens of local and foreign citizens,...
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2021/03/31
Country: China, France, India, Japan, Korea, United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: COFACE, Export Import Bank of Korea, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Human Rights, Oil, Gas and Mining
2020/12/29
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, SACE S.p.A., UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Sydney Morning Herald, London, 12 December 2020) British taxpayers will stop subsidising overseas fossil fuel projects under a pledge by Prime Minister Boris Johnson which opens a new front in the push for more urgent international action on climate change. Johnson will announce the "world-...
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2020/09/30
Country: France, Germany, South Africa, Sweden
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing
(Swedwatch, Stockholm, 25 September 2020) The coal industry is well-known for its serious climate implications and effects on local communities. Still, European export credits have contributed to expand the coal industry in countries already dependent on coal, including South Africa, a new...
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2020/09/29
Country: Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Russia, United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, EXIM Bank China, Export Development Canada, Export Import Bank of Korea, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A., UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Transparency
(Global Trading Magazine, Dallas, 25 September 2020) At the Sept. 9 end of the two-day 2020 G12 Heads of Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) meeting, which EXIM Bank hosted virtually from its Washington, D.C. headquarters, the 12 Heads of ECAs issued its first-ever G12 joint statement. ECAs involved...
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2020/09/29
Country: China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, Oil, Gas and Mining, Renewables
(Reuters, London, 18 September 2020) International lenders have lined up about $9.5 billion in financial support for a Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, a document seen by Reuters showed, even as such projects come under greater scrutiny over climate concerns. The $21 billion...
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2020/04/29
Country: France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom
ECAs: COFACE, Compañía Española de Seguros de Crédito a la Exportación, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Debt, European Union
2020/02/29
Country: France
ECAs: COFACE
Issue: Climate Change
(Reuters, Paris, 30 January 2020) French public investment bank Bpifrance has raised several billion euros from private and sovereign investors for a new fund that can be used to fend off activist investors targeting French companies. The new fund would give extra financial firepower to...
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2019/11/29
Country: France
ECAs: COFACE
Issue: Arms Trade, Human Rights, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
Member: Les Amis de la Terre
(Sum Of Us, Paris, 7 November 2019) - A report published today by L'Observatoire des armements and SumOfUs in collaboration with Les Amis de la Terre France, documents the militarisation of Total's activities in Yemen since the 1980s. Open sources and witness testimony reveal that Total’s gas...
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2019/11/28
Country: France
ECAs: COFACE
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Reuters, Paris, 5 November 2019) France is considering halting funding guarantees for energy projects abroad that involve fracking or flaring, according to a finance ministry report. The government aims to make its program of state guarantees for export financing more environmentally friendly...
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2019/02/27
Country: France, Japan, Turkey
ECAs: COFACE, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance
Issue: Nuclear
(Daily Sabah, Istanbul, 25 February 2019) Turkey's second nuclear power plant to be built in Sinop under a Japanese-French partnership, will make a breakthrough by obtaining a ground license this year. The plant, which will have an installed capacity of 4,480 megawatts (MW) and consist of four...
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2018/07/27
Country: Canada, France, Germany, United Kingdom
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Export Development Canada, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Aircraft
(Daily Monitor, Kampala, 24 July 2018) Uganda hurriedly firmed up plans to revamp the country’s defunct airline in March 2019, after signing a purchase agreement for four Canadian Regional Jets 900 series, while at the Farnborough airshow in the United Kingdom. Uganda also signed a memorandum...
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2018/05/31
Country: France, Germany, Iran, United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: European Union, Nuclear
(Reuters, Paris/Brussels, 3 May 2018) France, Britain and Germany all say they will stay in the deal even if the United States withdraws, and try to protect and foster European trade and ECA support with Iran, which has soared since the European Union lifted most of its economic sanctions. Iran...
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2018/02/28
Country: France, Germany, United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Export-Import Bank of the United States, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Aircraft
(The Economist, Singapore, 8 February 2018) A management shake-out may reawaken national rivalries at the European aerospace giant. “The success of Airbus is intimately linked to the success of John [Leahy],” says Eric Schulz, successor to John Leahy, who has been chief salesman for the...
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2018/01/31
Country: France, Germany, United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Export-Import Bank of the United States, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Aircraft
(Fox Business, Dublin, 22 January 2018) Boeing and Airbus officials have signaled optimism that problems denting their access to government-backed plane financing are nearing resolution. Boeing and Airbus last year both delivered a record number of planes. Though commercial financing for the...
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2018/01/31
Country: Australia, France, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: COFACE, Export Finance & Insurance Corporation Australia, Export-Import Bank of the United States, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Arms Trade
(Global Trade Review, London, 31 January 2018) The Australian export credit agency (ECA), Efic, has been armed with A$3.8bn to help companies sell military equipment overseas. Over the years, ECAs have been heavily criticised for selling arms which often help prop up tyrannical regimes and...
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