(Daily Sabah, Istanbul, 5 January 201) President Erdoğan's first visit abroad in 2018 was marked by a groundbreaking defense agreement that includes the joint development of missile systems by Turkish, French and Italian firms, among other commercial and economic deals. The Export Credit Bank...
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2017/12/31
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Common Approaches, Corruption, Human Rights, OECD, Transparency, World Trade Organization
(Global Trade Review, London, 7 December 2017) UK Export Finance (UKEF) has announced plans for a new invoice financing scheme for exporters in a bid to boost exports through supply chain efficiency. GTR has learned that the new scheme will allow an exporter to set up a supply chain discounting...
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2017/12/31
Country: Russia, Turkey
Issue: Arms Trade
(Prensa Latina, Moscow, 28 December 2017) Turkey will acquire, for 2.5 billion dollars, four divisions of the modern Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile divisions, which will be delivered in 2020. The finance ministries of Turkey and Russia have concluded negotiations for the granting of an...
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2017/12/31
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Arms Trade
(The Guardian, London, 20 December 2017) As the spectre of Brexit emerges, so do the first meaningful signs of the Tory vision of “building a global Britain”. The Department for International Trade, set up by Theresa May to put some flesh on the bones of her slogan, has prioritised arms sales...
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2017/11/30
Country: United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Bloomberg, London, 29 November 2017) U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May said London is “extremely well-placed’’ to win a planned stock exchange listing by Saudi Arabia Oil Co., as she competes against U.S. President Donald Trump for the coveted initial share sale by the world’s largest crude...
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2017/11/30
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Aircraft, Corruption
(Guardian, London, 5 November 2017) A UK Serious Fraud Office probe into allegedly misleading statements made by Airbus to UK Export Finance, the government department that provides commercial support for major deals has ballooned with further allegations of corruption. The investigation...
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2017/10/31
Country: China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Sweden
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, EXIM Bank China, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
(ECA Watch, Ottawa, 30 October 2017) French ECA BPI has announced a €350 million guarantee contract with TechnipFMC for the development of the controversial $27 billion Yamal LNG project in Russia's far north. German Japanese,...
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2017/10/29
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Arms Trade
(Quwa Defence News, Qatar, 10 October 2017) As part of its letter-of-intent to acquire 24 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft, Qatar also requested six Hawk trainers from BAE. In regards to the prospective Qatari order, BAE Systems added that it is in negotiations with Doha, which – if...
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2017/10/29
Country: Russia
Issue: Arms Trade
(ARKA, Yerevan, 12 October 2017) At its regular Thursday meeting, the Armenian government okayed a proposal to sign a $100-million loan agreement with Russia to purchase defense armaments. In accordance with the agreement, Russia will provide an export credit loan to Armenia for financing...
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2017/10/29
Country: Italy
ECAs: SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Activists demand end of massive OECD support for fossil fuels, Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Global Trade Review, London, 11 October 2017) Italian engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor Sicilsaldo has secured an €80mn contract for a gas pipeline project in Mexico, with the backing of Italian export credit agency Sace. “Sace has backed 80% of the €80mn”, a...
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2017/10/29
Country: Japan, United Kingdom
ECAs: Nippon Export and Investment Insurance, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
(Reinsurance News, Brighton, 5 October 2017) The agreement supports a framework for reinsurance underwriting between NEXI and UKEF, and enables cooperation between the pair in relation to the export of Japanese products via a reinsurance transaction that also involves UK exporters. "When a...
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2017/10/29
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Transparency
(Specialist Banking, London, 29 October 2017) UK Export Finance (UKEF) – the UK’s export credit agency – has launched a new partnership with five major high street banks, Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, RBS/NatWest & Santander, enabling smaller businesses to access millions of pounds in government...
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2017/10/29
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Arms Trade
(Devex, Washington, 27 October 2017) This summer, the British Conservative Party, through their manifesto and the pages of the Daily Mail, issued the OECD DAC — a multilateral group of donors that sets the definition of aid — an ultimatum: allow us to widen the definition [of aid] to include...
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2017/10/29
Country: Canada, France, USA
Issue: Nuclear, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Mining Technology, London, 3 October 2017) GoviEx Uranium has received expressions of interest from export credit agencies and project finance banks to arrange $220m of senior debt financing for the construction of the Madaouela uranium project in Niger. Conditions for the debt financing...
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2017/09/30
Country: United Kingdom
Issue: Aircraft, Corruption
(Evening Standard, London, 15 September 2017) The Serious Fraud Office and French prosecutors are in close discussion over the terms of a £1 billion-plus settlement for Airbus over corruption allegations. The deal, called a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA), would be the largest ever in...
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