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2009/01/08
(Radio Netherlands, Amsterdam, 16 January 2009) The Dutch government has announced a raft of measures to ease the ongoing crisis in the economy. The measures are intended to make lending easier without making a hole in the government's budget and include the expansion of insurance for export credit... more
2009/01/07
(JBIC, Tokyo, 19 December 2008) The Japan Bank for International Cooperation has signed an agreement on China Environment Fund III, L.P. (CEF III), which makes investments in environment and energy efficiency projects... CEF III is a private equity fund with a focus on projects in the sectors... more
2009/01/06
(JIBC, Tokyo, 23 January 2009) JBIC has started to conduct an environmental review of the highly sensitive Goro Nickel mining project in New Caledonia.
2009/01/05
Germany said on Monday it had taken no decision to stop giving credit guarantees to domestic firms exporting goods to Iran, but had become far more restrictive in providing them.
2009/01/04
(The Atlantic, Boone IA USA, 9 January 2009) The Obama transition plans to name Fred Hochberg, Dean of Milano, the New School for Management, to head the Import-Export bank. During the Clinton administration, Hochberg served as acting administrator of the Small Business Administration.
2009/01/03
(Energy Current Editorial, Houston, 28 January 2009) The Sakhalin saga shows the complex interplay of political, economic and environmental concerns that now shape the global oil and gas industry. Sakhalin II has been the focus of a global campaign involving at least 146 NGOs in 22 countries. In... more
2009/01/02
(ECA Watch, Ottawa, 29 January 2009) A plethora of articles this month show the importance of official export credit support for commercial aircraft sales. German, French and U.S. ECAs are offering more support to buyers of new Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft amid fears that the reluctance of... more
2009/01/01
(Environmental Finance, London, 8 January 2009) The German, Swiss and Austrian export credit agencies (ECAs) have suspended guarantees for the controversial Ilisu dam project in Turkey... issuing a joint statement saying that the project has failed to meet the World Bank’s minimum standards... The... more
2008/12/06
(Tehran Times, Tehran, 21 December 2008) Trade restrictions against Iran have disappointed the Israelis, angered the German business community and made the Iranians even more defiant... Berlin has been trying for some time to shed the reputation of being a boycotter of sanctions. One step taken by... more
2008/12/05
(Oxford Analytica, Toronto, 22 December 2008) The sharp decline in availability of syndicated loans and bond finances means that companies will increasingly turn to state financial institutions, such as Vneshekonombank [Russia's ECA] (and possibly international export credit agencies) to finance... more
2008/12/04
(JIBC, Tokyo, 19 December 2008) JIBC has released its list of new projects for the period from November 13 to December 19.
2008/12/03
(Journal of Commerce, Newark, 24 December 2008) Just when supply-chain managers were hoping that the trillions of dollars being injected into the global banking system would loosen the strings choking trade finance, another danger has risen. International trade executives are becoming more... more
2008/12/02
2008/12/01
(Reuters Beijing, 21 December 08) - China said on Sunday it had consistently respected the rules of the World Trade Organization and would work with the WTO on a suit lodged against it by the United States aimed at halting export subsidy programs. The subsidies include cash grant rewards for... more
2008/11/07
(International Rivers Network, Berkeley, 15 July 2008) Chinese dam companies and financial institutions are outpacing their competitors in overseas dam contracts. This guide provides useful information for groups concerned about dam projects in which Chinese companies and financiers are involved,... more