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- eca subsidies
2010/01/02
(ECA Watch, 22 January 2010) ECA Watch has requested that the analysis of fossil fuel subsidies to be prepared for the next G-20 summit, with a view to phasing them out, include a review of export credit subsidies, despite apparent efforts within the OECD to exclude ECAs from the scope of the... more
2009/09/07
(New York Times, Geneva, 4 September 2009) A preliminary report by the World Trade Organization has found that Airbus received illegal subsidies for the $13 billion A380 superjumbo jet and several other airplanes, hurting Boeing in the battle for sales, American and European officials said Friday... more
2006/12/05
(ECA Watch, Paris, 13 December 2006) Exxon, winner of the Worst EU Lobbying Award, has received US$1.76 Billion in US Ex-Im Bank and OPIC subsidies since 1995.
2012/10/31
(Financial Times, Washington, 28 October 2012) Amid subsidy battles between big economies, one front is usually relatively quiet: the export credits that states extend to foreign buyers to finance purchases from their own country... But the rise of trading powers such as China has disturbed the... more
2008/08/05
(IPP Media, Dars Es Salaam, 12 August 2008) The Doha Round trade negotiations which failed at the end of July, included provisions to eliminate export subsidies by 2013, including subsidies hidden in export credits. Trade gains would have increased developing world incomes by less than a penny per... more
2019/12/31
Country: China, Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom, USA
Issue: OECD, Transparency, World Trade Organization
(Zdnet, York PA, 26 December 2019) Huawei Technologies has lashed out at a Wall Street Journal report that suggests the tech giant's success is fuelled by billions of dollars in financial support from the Chinese government, arguing that its ties are no different from any other "private company...
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2005/04/12
April 26, 2005 (Source: ECA Watch) — Having won its WTO challenge to US cotton export subsidies, Brazil is now questioning the basic fairness of the OECD... more
2021/04/29
Country: Canada
ECAs: Export Development Canada
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(The Narwal, Victoria, 15 April 2021) Despite repeated promises to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, Canada’s federal government dedicated $18 billion in 2020 to assist the country’s oil and gas sector, according to a new report from Environmental Defence that outlines additional support for the...
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2021/06/29
Issue: Climate Change, G20, Human Rights
(Human Rights Watch, New York, 7 June 2021) Government financial support for fossil fuels, including through subsidies, presents a key obstacle to achieving emissions reductions urgently needed to address the climate crisis. Subsidies artificially reduce the costs of fossil fuel production and...
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2005/05/01
May 13, 2005 (Source: ECA Watch) — Prior to the April meetings at the OECD, NGOs offered support for subsidies covering truly new renewable energy projects, but rejected the inclusion of large hydro dams in this category because of the massive and irreversible social and environmental damages they... more
2019/06/30
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, G20, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Reuters, London, 24 June 2019) Despite promising a decade ago to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, the world’s leading economies more than doubled subsidies to coal-fired power plants over three years, putting climate goals at risk, energy researchers said Tuesday. Between 2014 and 2017, G20...
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2008/08/04
(Reuters, Ottawa, 7 August 2008) Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL) and Canadian engineering giant SNC-Lavalin have requested billions of dollars in Canadian government subsidies for two Ontario nuclear power generators, citing competition from Westinghouse and Areva of the USA and France... more
2005/12/02
(ECAW, Paris, 21 December 2005) With all the press coverage this week of WTO talks in Hong Kong dominated by the question of agricultural subsidies, it is interesting to look back at the history of this issue and see what role export credit agencies have played in an ongoing North/South conflict.
2015/12/31
Country: India
Issue: World Trade Organization
(Hindu Business Line, NewDelhi, 20 December 2015) The World Trade Organisation’s Ministerial in Nairobi failed to deliver anything concrete for India and other developing countries in the areas of food security and farmer protection. Worse, it has saddled them with the burden of doing away with...
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2010/01/05
(Reuters, Geneva, 22 January 2010) Rich-country members of the World Trade Organisation have blocked calls by developing countries to examine the possible protectionist impact of bailouts and financial stimulus packages. As noted in What's New article #4 above, ECAs played a significant role in... more