(VESTNIK, Moscow, 13 August 2018) Arms supplies on credit are a usual practice. Almost all countries involved in the sphere of military-technical cooperation practice it. The reasons for this may be different, but usually they are of purely political nature: this is the way a country that...
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2018/08/29
Country: France, Russia
Issue: Nuclear
(Trend News Agency, Baku, 24 August 2018) French CIFAL company is ready to help Uzbekistan in the development of nuclear energy noting they are ready to provide their technological solutions and share experience to train specialists of Uzbekistan in the field of nuclear energy. CIFAL plans to...
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2018/08/29
Country: Australia, Canada, France, Korea
ECAs: Export Development Canada, Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, Export Import Bank of Korea
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Global Trade Review, London, 22 August 2018) Peruvian miner Minsur has secured US$900mn in project financing for its Mina Justa copper mine. The lenders are: BBVA Continental, BBVA, Banco de Crédito del Perú, Crédit Agricole, Export Development Canada (EDC), Export Finance and Insurance...
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2018/08/29
Country: Netherlands, Turkey
(OECD Watch, Amsterdam, 20 August 2018) NCP finds company failed to do due diligence and breached the Guidelines at Turkey's Ilisu mega-dam. On 20 August 2018, the Dutch NCP released its...
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Issue: Human Rights, Large Dams, OECD, Transparency
2018/08/29
Country: Australia, India
ECAs: Export Finance & Insurance Corporation Australia
Issue: End Coal Financing
(Business Standard, New Delhi, 9 August 2018) For the Ahmedabad-headquartered Adani group, the fate of its ambitious coal mine-to-rail project in Australia could hinge on a court case filed by native owners of the land in question, near the Carmichael mine in the province of Queensland....
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2018/08/28
Country: China, India, USA
(Business Standard, New Delhi, 7 August 2018) India can focus on numerous goods for expanding its exports to the US and China markets following the hike in duties by both countries on imports from each other, said the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). With the US imposing additional duty...
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2018/08/28
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Aircraft
(Global Trade Review, London, 24 August 2018) UK Export Finance (UKEF), the country’s export credit agency, is providing a guarantee for a US$125mn loan from Citi to El Al Israel Airlines to finance their purchase of one Rolls-Royce-powered Boeing 787 aircraft. The deal is part of Rolls-Royce’s...
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2018/08/28
Country: Iran, USA
(Global Trade Review, London, 18 August 2018) Two weeks after renewed US sanctions against Iran, it appears trade credit insurers are winding down the little business they had reinstated in the country since 2016. Arash Shahraini, board member and deputy CEO of the Export Guarantee Fund of Iran...
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2018/08/28
Country: Australia, China, Japan, USA
(NASDAQ, New York, 3 August 2018) The United States, Japan and Australia are collaborating to form an alliance that will aim to finance infrastructure projects across Asia. The partnership is a move to lower China's influence on the Indo-Pacific region through the Chinese government's Belt and...
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2018/08/28
Country: USA
ECAs: Export-Import bank of the United States
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
Member: Friends of the Earth USA
(Washington Examiner, Washington, 23 August 2018) The Senate Banking Committee on Thursday voted 25-0 in favor of Kimberly Reed to lead the U.S. Export-Import Bank, the U.S. export credit agency, which the group Friends of the Earth fears could be a move to subsidize fossil fuel...
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2018/08/28
Country: Germany, Turkey, USA
Issue: Arms Trade, Corruption, Human Rights
(ECA Watch, Ottawa, 28 August 2018) When President Trump...
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2018/08/28
Issue: European Union, Transparency
(Bankwatch, Prague, 9 July 2018) The European Ombudsman has sided with the civil society demanding the European Commission to improve its oversight of the EU Export Credit Agencies (ECAs). The decision upholds an earlier ruling that required the Commission to ensure better compliance of these...
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2018/07/28
Country: Russia
Issue: Nuclear
(Sputnik International, Moscow, 13 July 2018) The construction work on the second unit of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP), which is the first ever nuclear power plant for Bangladesh, is scheduled to be launched next Saturday. On July 8, the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority (...
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2018/07/28
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Reuters, London, 12 July 2018) Exxon Mobil will expand its Rovuma liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique by half to cut production costs as the partners prepare to book the plant's supply and formally tap lenders in September, the company told Reuters. The U.S. oil giant took charge...
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2018/07/28
Country: France, Germany, Italy
ECAs: Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Azernews, New York, 28 July 2018) A presentation titled “Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline: A new energy Great Silk Road to provide access to reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all” was organized at the headquarters of the United Nations Development Program (...
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