Global Trade Review, London, 18 January 2023) Finland’s export credit agency (ECA), Finnvera, can now offer credit directly to foreign customers of Finnish export companies after the country’s parliament approved a necessary amendment last week. Finnvera says that the goal is to give smaller...
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2023/02/01
Country: Netherlands
ECAs: Atradius
Issue: Climate Change
(Argus Media, Amsterdam, 30 January 2023) The Dutch government does not provide a "clear and complete" overview about the state's climate expenditure, while certain fossil fuel subsidies are "at odds" with domestic climate goals, according to a report by the Dutch court of audit. The court of...
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2023/01/30
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
(City A.M., London, 20 January 2023) (UK Export Finance has agreed a post-Brexit deal with one of Egypt’s biggest construction and engineering firms, Hassan Allam Holding, to increase cooperation across Africa. Hassan Allam has a vast a portfolio of projects ranging from solar power and water...
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2023/01/30
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Power Engineering International, Maarssen, 20 January 2023) GE and KUKE, Poland’s Export Credit Agency (ECA), have confirmed a €1 billion ($1.1 billion) export finance co-operation agreement which will help facilitate capital investment, and enable a mix of renewable and gas power projects...
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2023/01/30
Country: India
Issue: BRIC countries, Debt
(Asia News Initiative, New Delhi, 14 January 2023) India's EXIM bank and State bank of India extended export credit facilities worth USD 1,500 million to Sri Lanka for the import of essential commodities. India has extended aid worth USD 3.9 billion to help Sri Lanka sustain itself in face of...
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2023/01/30
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Offshore Energy, Schiedam, 13 January 2023) A London court has ruled that the UK government’s funding of up to $1.15 billion of financing for the Mozambique LNG project led by French energy major TotalEnergies is lawful. According to reports by Reuters, the decision by London’s Court of Appeal...
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2023/01/30
Issue: Climate Change, Debt, End Coal Financing, Oil, Gas and Mining, Renewables
(Engineering News, Johannesburg 12 January 2023) The path to decarbonizing the energy sector is not a “one-size-fits-all” between developed and developing markets. Given the historical strain between developed economies (which modernized with fossil fuels) and developing economies (now being...
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2023/01/30
(The East African, Nairobi, 12 January 2023) After eight years of non-execution, the Uganda government has terminated the contract of China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to build the country’s first phase of standard gauge railway (SGR), a 273km line from Malaba to Kampala. Kampala says...
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2023/01/30
Country: China
ECAs: Sinosure
Issue: BRIC countries
(Xinhua, Beijing, 14 January 2023) SINOSURE stepped up efforts to boost the country's foreign trade in 2022, data from the company showed on Saturday. The insurer handled underwriting totaling 899.58 billion U.S. dollars for insured businesses throughout the year, serving over 170,000 clients,...
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2023/01/30
Country: Mexico
Issue: Debt, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Yahoo News, Mexico, 3 January 2023) Mexico’s Finance Ministry expects Petroleos Mexicanos to pay debt coming due in the first quarter without government help. Refinancing debt could include but won’t be limited to bank loans, bond issuance, direct financing or financing guaranteed by export...
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2023/01/30
Country: China, France, Korea, Russia, USA
Issue: Nuclear
(Columbia University, New York, 25 August 2022) This report, part of wider work on nuclear energy at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy, compares the financing terms offered between 2000 and 2021 by the world’s major exporters of nuclear power plants: Russia, France, the...
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2023/01/30
Country: Italy, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
ECAs: SACE S.p.A.
Issue: BRIC countries, Climate Change
(Arabian Business, Abu Dhabi, 27 January 2023) The agreement envisages establishing a framework for mutual reinsurance to enhance the presence of Saudi exports in Italian markets. Saudi Export-Import Bank CEO Saad bin Abdul Aziz Alkhalb hailed the agreement as a step forward in the bank’s...
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2023/01/30
Country: Ukraine
Issue: Debt, European Union
(Global Finance, New York, 3 January 2023) According to the World Bank, Ukraine’s GDP over 2022 will have contracted by some 35%. Further decline is expected for 2023, as the full economic implications of Russia’s war become clear. The huge drop-off in trade has of course severely impacted...
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2023/01/30
Country: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: Bpifrance, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Export Development Canada, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance, SACE S.p.A., UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Arms Trade, G7
(UKEF, London, 22 January 2023) Acknowledging the G7 Leaders’ Statement on Support for Ukraine, as heads of the official export credit agency (ECA) schemes of the G7 nations – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America – we wish to express our...
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2023/01/30
Country: Spain
ECAs: Compañía Española de Seguros de Crédito a la Exportación
Issue: Climate Change
Member: Oil Change International
(Price of Oil, Washington, 23 January 2023) Spain has released a new policy for CESCE, the Spanish government export credit agency, restricting public finance for oil and gas. Spain is a major public financier of international fossil fuel projects, providing USD 2.1 billion a year between 2018-...
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