(Kyiv Post, Kyiv, 8 January 2019) The Export-Import Bank of the United States has reopened its programs for Ukraine after a five year pause, the Washington-based U.S.-Ukraine Business Council stated. Through ten months of 2018 bilateral trade between Ukraine and the U.S grew slightly to $3.1...
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2019/01/30
Country: USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
(Eakinomics, Washington, 17 January 2019) The Export-Import Bank is due to be re-authorized in September 2019. The re-authorization of Ex-Im in 2015 became a pitched battle over whether it was an appropriate role for the government. While the arguments against market intervention make sense,...
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2019/01/30
ECAs: Atradius, EXIM Bank China, Export Import Bank of Korea, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Macauhub, Macau, 11 January 2019) The government of Mozambique has been involved in the last few weeks in intense negotiations with seven countries to secure funding for one of its largest natural gas projects and overcome scepticism about whether it will honour its debt commitments. The...
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2019/01/30
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(AzerNews, Baku, 11 January 2019) A consortium for the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) construction has successfully completed the financial closure of the project in 2018,...
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2019/01/29
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Renewables, Transparency
(UK Parliament, London, January 2019) The Terms of Reference, membership, witness submissions, witness guidelines and the calendar of the UK Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee inquiry into UK Export Finance are now available online.
2019/01/29
(Afreximbank, Cairo, 17 January 2019) The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has signed a facility agreement lending $170 million to Egypt-based conglomerate Orascom Investment Holding (OIH) to assist the company expand its pan-African activities in pursuit of its short and medium-term...
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2019/01/29
Country: India
(News Today, Chennai, 4 January 2019) The Indian government has to provide three per cent [export credit] interest subsidy to merchant exporters, entailing an expenditure of Rs600 crore (US$84 million), to enhance liquidity with a view to boosting outbound shipments. Sectors that will be...
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2018/12/30
Country: Brazil
Issue: Debt
(Folha de Sao Paulo, Brasilia, 26 December 2018) After Mozambique, Venezuela, and Cuba defaulting, the Brazilian government froze credit lines for new exports, a measure that will affect mostly small and medium-sized businesses. The Brazilian Treasury Department will spend US$ 6 million (R$ 23,...
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2018/12/30
Country: Mexico
ECAs: Atradius, Export Development Canada, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(US News, New York, 18 December 2018) Mexican energy producer Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) will look to banks and export credit agencies (ECAs) to finance part of its deficit next year, as the company enters 2019 under a new government and uncertain conditions in the international capital...
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2018/12/30
Issue: Human Rights
(ZDK-Solutions, Luxembourg, 11 December 2018) The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) is rolling out a credit programme in six African countries to support women-led export-oriented SMEs. Among the first to benefit are Ethiopian businesses, following an agreement...
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2018/12/30
Country: China, Japan, Korea
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing
(Science X, Isle of Man, 5 December 2018) Even as China struggles to curb domestic coal-fired power and the deadly pollution it produces, the world's top carbon emitter is aggressively exporting the same troubled technology to Asia, Africa and the Middle East, an investigation by AFP has shown...
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2018/12/30
Country: Spain
ECAs: Compañía Española de Seguros de Crédito a la Exportación
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Southern Heald, 12 December 2018) State-owned petroleum company Petroperú has closed a US$1.3bn export credit agency-backed financing as part of its US$5bn Talara refinery modernisation project. Deutsche Bank acted as facility agent for the syndicate, which also involves BBVA, BNP Paribas,...
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2018/12/30
Country: Spain
ECAs: Compañía Española de Seguros de Crédito a la Exportación
Issue: Large Dams
(Global Trade Review, London, 30 November 2018) BBVA has granted a five-year €16.5mn loan to a hydroelectric project in Colombia with backing from Cesce, Spain’s export credit agency (ECA). The operation has been certified as “green” by consulting firm Aecom in line with the...
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2018/12/30
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Dunya News, Islamabad, 29 November 2018) Finance Minister Asad Umar on Thursday said the government is committed to improving the fundamentals of economy and achieving sustainable and balanced economic growth. The secretary also briefed the meeting about the economic reforms which the Economic...
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2018/12/30
Country: Turkey
Issue: Arms Trade
(Janes Defence News, London, 29 November 2018) The Philippines Department of National Defense (DND) has edged closer to a decision to procure the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) T129 ATAK multirole combat helicopter to meet a long-standing requirement in the Philippine Air Force (PAF). The...
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