(The Telegraph, Berlin, 21 July 2017) Germany announced a series of hardline measures against Turkey on Thursday amid rapidly deteriorating relations between the two Nato partners. Sigmar Gabriel, the German foreign minister, accused the Turkish government of the “arbitrary” arrest of German...
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2017/07/30
Country: Germany, Turkey
ECAs: Euler Hermes Deutschland AG
Issue: European Union, Human Rights
2017/07/30
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
(Bloomberg, London, 13 July 2017) Five of the U.K.’s leading retail banks have pledged more financial support for small British exporters, with government backing, as Prime Minister Theresa May’s administration prepares the country for life after Brexit. The U.K. said its export credit agency...
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2017/07/30
Country: Russia
Issue: Debt, Nuclear
(Bloomberg, Moscow, 25 July 2017) As state secrets go, Russia’s program of export finance and loans to other nations might be one of the worst kept. While discussions about aiding cash-strapped allies frequently spill into the open, the Finance Ministry’s debt chief Konstantin Vyshkovsky says...
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2017/06/30
Country: China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Russia
(Financial Tribune, Tehran, 19 June 2017) Iran has held negotiations with Italy’s Medibank and SACE export guarantee for €2 billion ($2.24 billion), Exim Bank of China for $30 billion, China Development Bank for $15 billion, Korea Export–Import Bank for $8 billion and Korea Trade Insurance...
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2017/06/30
Country: Italy, USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Aircraft
(Seeking Alpha, Ra'Anana Settlement Israel, 31 May 2017) Boeing has sealed a deal for Italy's export credit agency to provide an initial $1.25B/year in guarantees for jetliner sales, partly to fill the void left by the U.S. Export-Import Bank, which has been restricted since July 2015 when some...
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2017/06/30
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
(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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2017/06/30
Country: China, France, Italy, Japan
ECAs: COFACE, EXIM Bank China, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Reuters, Maputo, 1 June 2017) Italian energy company Eni signed an $8 billion deal on Thursday to develop a gas field off the coast of Mozambique, the first of a series of projects that could transform the poor African nation into a major energy supplier to Asia. Developing the Coral South...
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2017/06/30
Country: China, France, Italy, Japan
ECAs: COFACE, EXIM Bank China, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(The Asset, Hong Kong, 14 June 2017) Three Chinese banks and 12 others as well as 5 ECAs, are participating in a US$8 billion-dollar syndicated project loan for a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) project being developed off the coast of Mozambique by Italian energy company Eni. A project...
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2017/06/30
Country: Netherlands
ECAs: Atradius
Issue: End Coal Financing
Member: Both ENDS
(Both ENDS, Amsterdam, 14 June 2017) Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) are key institutions governments employ to support private companies doing business overseas. ECAs offer a wide range of guarantees and insurances to private companies. This makes it easier for these companies to gain access to...
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2017/05/31
Country: France, Germany, United Kingdom
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Aircraft, Corruption
(Air Transport World, Arlington, 22 May 2017) Airbus has established a new independent compliance review panel (ICRP) to ensure “irreproachable” behavior, following allegations of fraud, bribery and corruption in its civil aviation business. The move follows an investigation by the UK Serious...
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2017/05/30
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Aircraft
(Reuters, Paris, 4 May 2017) Iran is in talks with Britain's export credit agency to facilitate the financing of aircraft sales to state airline IranAir as part of its pact with world powers to lift sanctions over its nuclear program, a senior Iranian official said. IranAir's plan to buy more...
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2017/04/27
Country: Germany
ECAs: Euler Hermes Deutschland AG
(Trade Arabia, Manama, 16 April 017) Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), a leading aluminium smelter, has secured commitments of about $700 million from Export Credit Agency (ECA) supported facilities to finance Line 6 Expansion project. The facilities are made-up of a dual tranche of c. $310 million and...
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2017/04/27
Country: China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, EXIM Bank China, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Kyiv Post, Moscow, 21 April 2017) The German and Swedish export credit agencies have decided to take part in the Yamal LNG project, Novatek CEO Leonid Mikhelson said during the annual general meeting of shareholders. The cost of the project is $27 billion. Yamal LNG has signed credit...
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2017/04/27
Country: Canada, United Kingdom
ECAs: Export Development Canada, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
(Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila, 24 April 2017) As offers of development funding from China and Japan pour in, Canada also wants a bigger piece of the Philippine growth story as its export credit agency Export Development Canada (EDC) seeks more opportunities to fund infrastructure projects...
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2017/04/26
Country: Portugal
ECAs: COSEC
(Financial Tribune, Tehran, 20 April 2017) Export Guarantee Fund of Iran (EGFI) and Portugal’s private insurance firm COSEC signed a memorandum of understanding in Tehran on Tuesday to expand cooperation. The two entities agreed to expand cooperation in co-insurance, reinsurance, credit...
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