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2005/07/05
June 23, 2005 (Source: Le Gouvernement Wallon, Belgium) — The Belgian Government of the Walloon Region has revoked the export license of arms company New Lachaussée to build an ammunition factory in Tanzania; the Belgian ECA Ducroire will not be... more
ECAs: Ducroire/ Nationale Delcrederedienst
Issue: Arms Trade
2005/07/04
July 2, 2005 (Financial Express) — A recent airshow in Paris saw a number of large aircraft orders from India, both from established airlines such as Jet and newer entrants. This has naturally elicited a substantial amount of interest in the area of how aircraft purchases are financed. Longer term... more
2005/07/03
May 19, 2005 (Source: Fondation Camerounaise pour une Action Rationalisée des Femmes sur l'Environnement [FOCARFE], Cameroon) — One year after the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline's opening, numerous claims from affected populations continue to arise.... more
2005/07/02
July 6, 2005 (Source: IRN) — The Merowe/ Hamadab dam is the largest hydropower project that is presently being developed in Africa. The International Rivers Network and Cornerhouse summarize the responses to their report on the Merowe Dam Project in Sudan published in early May 2005 and other... more
2005/07/01
June 22, 2005 (Source: ECA Watch) — Today the ECA Watch campaign participant FERN organized a meeting with the EU's Council Working Group on Export Credits in Brussels. Civil society representatives highlighted four key issues. Their presentations are outlined below.
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2005/06/12
June 16, 2005 (Source: ECA Watch [FERN, WEED]) — Turkish community representatives have gone to Brussels to ask the EU to monitor plans for the Ilisu dam as Turkey progresses toward membership, claiming that the project doesn't... more
2005/06/11
June 14, 2005 (Source: ECA Watch) — A number of news items in the press this month highlight the important role of export credit agencies in the finance of new aircraft, primarily from Boeing and AirBus, but with some competition from Bombardier of Canada and Embraer of Brazil, especially for... more
2005/06/10
May 27, 2005 (Xinhuanet, China) — The Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras has announced the signing of four agreements with Japan, including one establishing a strategic partnership between the firm and the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), consolidating old ties between... more
2005/06/09
May 27, 2005 (EDIE.net, UK) — An ECGD-backed water project in Tanzania has been cancelled by the government, causing the British water company Biwater to file suit against the country. The contract was cancelled after complaints that the water supply had gotten worse, not better, since the contract... more
2005/06/08
May 24, 2005 (Rediff.com, India) — The plan to restart the ill-starred Dabhol power project has received another blow with two of the 19 foreign banks involved in financing the plant refusing to sign the proposed settlement with Indian banks. The settlement plan included steps to buy out the... more
2005/06/07
June 6, 2005 (Mid East North Africa Financial Network) — Given that nuclear technology sales to China would help the United States address its massive trade imbalance with the Chinese, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has cleared the transfer of technology while the US Export-Import bank has... more
2005/06/06
May 16, 2005 (Harold Doan) — The Export-Import Bank of the United States is making efforts to enhance its environmental exports programs and emphasize renewable energy projects in its portfolio, according to Linda Conlin, a board member of the Bank.... more
2005/06/05
May 26, 2005 (Oil Online) — The ECA US Export Import Bank has approved a USD $39M loan guarantee to support the sale of US equipment to be installed on one of the world's largest oil production platforms off the coast of Brazil.
2005/06/04
June 15, 2005 (Source: ECA Watch) — An independent dam expert has raised concerns about lax standards for new and existing dams in a letter to the OECD. As environmental campaigners up efforts to convince ECAs to precondition hydro power project finance on compliance with the World Commission on... more
2005/06/03
The Sakhalin II project is seeking up to USD $5B from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) of the US, UK and Japan.
A. Gazprom... more
A. Gazprom... more