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2012/01/01
(Reuters, Stockholm, 10 January 2012) The Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK) has for the first time issued a bond in local Chinese currency (RMB) for long-term financing of a Swedish exporters local operations in China. The transaction is a milestone in the financing of Swedish export... more
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2011/12/26
Issue: Debt
(Dec 2011) Export Credit Agencies and the roots of developing country debt. This report from...
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2011/12/12
(Reuters, Washington, 2 December 2011) The U.S. Export-Import Bank, which helps big exporters such as Boeing and Caterpillar make foreign sales, might have to stop operations unless Congress raises its $100 billion "exposure cap," said U.S. government and business officials.
2011/12/11
(Bloomberg, Sydney, 22 December 2011) Santos Ltd., the Australian energy company building the $16 billion Gladstone liquefied natural gas project in Queensland state, obtained $1.2 billion in debt facilities backed by three government export credit agencies. Export credit agencies from Australia,... more
2011/12/10
(This Day, Kano, 13 December 2011) Nigerian Export Import Bank (NEXIM Bank) has disclosed that the bank has disbursed a total of about N70 billion (US$431 million) and US$322 Million in supporting over 900 export projects.
2011/12/09
(CEDHA, Buenos Aires, 25 November 2011) Barrick Gold’s mining operations in Argentina and Chile, particularly at the Pascua Lama gold project (set to commence in the near future), but also at the adjacent and related Veladero project which has been in operation for several years, fail to comply... more
2011/12/08
(Brookings Institute, Washington, 6 December 2011) Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are increasingly a product not only of conflicts and natural disasters, but also of a growing number of private or public sector infrastructure projects building mines, plants, dams, roads, etc. with finance made... more
2011/12/07
(Forex News, 6 December 2011) Boeing forcasts airlines will avert a shortfall in aircraft financing next year by relying increasingly on capital markets and alternative sources as pressure grows on European banks... Export credit agencies such as the Export-Import Bank in the United States should... more
Issue: Aircraft
2011/12/06
(CreditMan, London, 5 December 2011) “Despite the co-ordinated Central Banks’ actions over the last months we need quick and powerful solutions this week”, says Johan Schrijver, President of the Berne Union. This is the world association of export credit insurance companies, insuring annually $ 1.5... more
2011/12/05
(Ekklesia, London, 30 December 2011) The Department for International Development admits that if the UK writes off export credit debt owed by Sudan, the money will be counted as aid. But critics point out that Sudan has made no repayments for 27 years and that nobody realistically expects them to... more
2011/12/04
(ECA Watch, Ottawa, 8 December 2011) ECA Watch's submission notes, despite growing clarity that there is a state duty to protect human rights, which includes the operations of state institutions, including export credit agencies (ECAs), ECAs continue to finance exports and investments that are... more
2011/12/03
(Eurodad, Brussels, 6 December 2011) Export Credit Agencies are debt-creating agencies. The loans they create are driven by the interests of exporters and their home countries, rather than a concern for whether the loans are useful to the host country. This report shows that export credit... more
2011/12/02
(Independent, London, 11 December 2011) NGOs say Ministers have reneged on a coalition promise to champion British firms investing in clean energy. A deal, which will see UK Export Finance guarantee a loan to the Brazilian oil firm Petrobras for deep-water oil drilling, is contrary to a government... more
2011/12/01
(ECA Watch, Ottawa, 30 December 2011) In June 2007, the OECD's Export Credit Working Group agreed "in the light of experience, [to] review all elements of [the Common... more
2011/11/12
(Telegraph, London, 10 November 2011) The Government has torn up its sixth-month-old small business export assistance targets in the face of the weakening economy, trade minister Lord Green has said... The Export Credit Guarantee Department, which insures exporters against the risk of their... more