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2012/08/15
Lawsuit Launched Against Multi-billion-$ U.S. Ex-Im Subsidy of Fossil Fuel Projects in Australia(Pacific Environment, San... more
Region: Asia and the Pacific
Country: Australia
ECAs: EXIM Bank China
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
2020/09/30
Country: China, USA
ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Sinosure
(EXIM, Washington, 9 September 2020) EXIM announced today the appointment of 17 members to its Advisory Committee, and establishment of a new EXIM Advisory Committee Subcommittee on Strategic Competition with...
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2017/09/30
Country: Canada, USA
ECAs: Export Development Canada, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Aircraft
(Washington Post, Washington, 28 September 2017) The Commerce Department signaled its intent to impose a 219 percent tariff on Canadian-made jetliners, claiming aircraft maker Bombardier has been unfairly propped up by the Canadian government... But critics of the decision say Boeing itself...
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Briefings & reports from ECA watch members
2005/08/18
Issue: Large Dams, OECD
Member: Corner House, FERN
(August 29, 2005) Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) have a long history of granting support for large dams in the South - often at great costs for the poorest sectors of society. The world’s most powerful ECAs have negotiated a special agreement within the OECD which will give dam...
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2014/10/24
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: OECD, World Trade Organization
(Fibre2Fashion News, Ahmedabad, 2 October 2014) The United States and Brazil have agreed to settle their long-standing cotton dispute over U.S. agricultural export subsidies under the US Farm Bill and the USDA GSM-102 programme. As per the agreement, Brazil will relinquish all rights to...
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2014/07/29
Country: France
ECAs: COFACE
Issue: Climate Change
(Le Figaro, Paris, 6 July 2014) The French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development has called for an end to public subsidies for fossil fuels. After warning that our addiction to fossil fuels will destroy more wealth than it creates, he called on public and private investors...
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2014/11/27
Country: France, USA
ECAs: COFACE, Export-Import Bank of the United States
(SpaceNews, Paris, 12 November 2014) The French government will reform its Coface export-credit agency to enable it to offer financial backing to satellite projects at the same rates as its American counterpart... Coface used to dominate export credits for satellite projects. But in the past...
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2005/10/03
4 Feb. 4 2005, IMF Washington: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) prepared a report on ECAs in a changing world which was cited by the OECD ECG Chair as a background reference for their own Oct.3, 2005 consultation, "highlighting the key challenges facing ECAs, including... facilitating... more
2015/04/30
Country: USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Aircraft, OECD, World Trade Organization
(The Hill, Washington, 15 April 2015) During congressional hearings, Republicans criticized Treasury Department officials for not negotiating with foreign governments to end subsidized export credit programs, as was mandated in the 2012 reauthorization bill. The Secretary of the Treasury had...
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2010/10/02
(Flight International & Bloomberg, 6 October 2010) American airlines are protesting that Emirate and Gulf airlines receive favourable financing of aircraft purchases via export credit agency support which is denied to OECD based airlines. They have even accused ECAs of creating overcapacity... more
2007/08/08
(Canadian Press, Toronto, 30 July 2007) The Canadian aerospace industry is hopeful it will get a lift from an international agreement establishing enforceable rules on government export credit subsidies for aircraft... more
2023/03/29
Country: Italy
ECAs: SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
Member: Re:Common
(ReCommon, Rome, 29 March 2023) The decision by the government of Italy and SACE to break their climate promise made during COP26 in Glasgow has aroused strong indignation. SACE, Italy’s export credit agency, will continue to finance fossil fuel projects abroad until at least 2028, thus...
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2015/06/30
Country: USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Aircraft, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Al-Monitor, Washington, 11 June 2015) Companies from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates together pulled in about $12 billion in trade financing over the past five years — 8.5% of the $141 billion global total — to help pay for nuclear reactors, industrial power generators and new fleets...
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2007/02/02
2005/09/02
Issue: Large Dams
The OECD is facilitating negotiations to include hydropower under subsidies for renewable energy projects approved in April 2005. The documents linked below present NGO concerns with this development.
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