(The Telegraph, London, 6 February 2021) The Government promised last year to end taxpayer support for fossil fuel projects overseas. The UK is poised to back a major Brazilian offshore oil project that will contribute the same emissions as 800,000 cars annually, despite its promise to end...
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2021/02/28
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
2021/02/28
Country: China, Russia
Issue: Human Rights
(S&P Global, New York, 4 February 2021) Since Feb. 1, Britain and other high-income countries such as Israel and the United Arab Emirates have continued their vaccination programs apace, while even relatively rich African countries such as South Africa continue to lag. This stark divide in...
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2021/02/28
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Debt
(Bloomberg, London, 26 February 2021) U.K. companies pummeled for nearly a year by pandemic shutdowns are turning to a century-old government agency with roots in the country’s drive to rebuild trade after the Great War to help them raise funds. Subsea 7 Ltd. on Thursday sealed a $500 million...
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2021/01/30
Country: Netherlands
ECAs: Atradius
Issue: Climate Change, European Union, Renewables, Transparency
Member: Both ENDS
(Both ENDS, Amsterdam, 29 January 2021). Atradius Dutch State Business (ADSB) recently launched the so-called “Green Label”. This is a methodology to determine whether a transaction can be qualified as a green transaction. Such green transactions are eligible for export credit insurance with...
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2021/01/30
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Aircraft
(Centre for Aviation, Sydney, 31 December 2020) On 31-Dec-2020 IAG announced that its subsidiary British Airways had received commitments for a GBP 2 billion five-year term loan facility underwritten by a syndicate of banks. On 8-Jan-2021 easyJet announced a GBP1.4 billion five year facility,...
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2020/12/30
Country: Italy, Japan, Korea, USA
ECAs: Export Import Bank of Korea, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Climate Change, Corruption, Debt, Human Rights, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Korea Times, Seoul, 14 December 2020) The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) said Monday it will provide $500 million (545 billion won) in financial support for a major integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique. The project financing by the state-run lender is aimed at...
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2020/12/30
Country: Russia
(TXF News, New York, 9 December 2020) Egyptian National Railways (ENR) raised the benchmark for big-ticket export finance collaboration at the end of 2019, after the state-owned company signed a €1 billion ($1.17 billion) dual ECA-backed buyer’s credit facility to back the procurement of 1,300...
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2020/12/30
Country: Italy
ECAs: SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Arms Trade
(Middle East Eye, London, 11 December 2020) Government sources in Egypt familiar with economic and military cooperation with Italy have revealed that an agreement is imminent between the Egyptian government and the Italian Export Credit Agency (Sace),...
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2020/12/30
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Debt
(The NEWS, Islamabad, 11 December 2020) The UK on Thursday asked Pakistan to expedite utilisation of 1.5 billion pounds of annual UKEF credit line by facilitating UK businesses investing in and exporting to the South Asian economy. British High Commissioner to Pakistan Christian Turner said £1....
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2020/12/29
Country: Russia, United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Arms Trade
(Eurasia Daily Monitor, Washington, 15 December 2020) In October 2020 a funding pledge was made by the UK’s export credit agency in the amount of 1.25 billion pounds ($1.68 billion) for the construction of missile boats and new naval infrastructure in Ukraine. Missile boats and naval bases are...
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2020/12/29
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: European Union, OECD, Transparency
(Reuters, London, 7 December 2020) Britain’s government said on Monday it would offer a wider range of loan guarantees to promote exports as part of a drive to boost overseas sales following the country’s departure from the European Union, its biggest foreign market. Lenders will receive a...
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2020/12/29
Country: Italy
Issue: European Union
(Schengenvisainfonews, Prishtina, 7 December 2020) Operators together and travel agencies in Italy affected by the Coronavirus outbreak will receive financial support to get out of the current economic crisis, as the European Union Commission has approved €625 million Italian scheme, under the...
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2020/12/29
Country: Russia
(RT News, Moscow, 7 December 2020) On December 9, the 'Made in Russia’ International Export Forum will hold a roundtable on “Fine-tuning the export support framework: countering the downturn in global trade.” Russian and foreign experts are expected to focus on the current state of global trade...
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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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2020/11/30
Country: Canada, Indonesia, United Kingdom
ECAs: Export Development Canada
Issue: Corruption
(Compliance Week, Boston, 6 November 2020) The U.K. Serious Fraud Office (SFO) on Thursday confirmed it is investigating plane maker Bombardier over suspected bribery and corruption in relation to contracts and orders from Indonesian airline carrier Garuda Indonesia. According to the...
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