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Airbus Looks to Insurers to Fill Export Trade Funding Gap After Europe’s Freeze

Airbus said on Monday it is working with private insurance firms and banks to help fill a two-year gap in trade funding left by a European freeze on government export credits, but expects limited public financing to resume soon. Airbus …

House, Senate Transportation Bill Compromise to Address Auto Safety

The multiyear transportation bill that passed the U.S. House this week parcels out a number of provisions on auto safety and environmental regulation sought by interest groups including automakers, dealers and safety advocates. Following are six measures that will now …

House Advances Export Import Bank Bill

The dormant U.S. Export-Import bank moved a step closer to revival on Monday as Republicans and Democrats approved a rarely successful maneuver to force a vote to renew the trade lender’s charter. The move effectively bypasses House Financial Services Committee …

House May Attempt to Revive Export-Import Bank

U.S. lawmakers will begin voting on Monday on legislation to revive the shuttered Export-Import Bank, a spokeswoman for a leading Republican backer of the bank said on Friday. A so-called “discharge petition,” a procedural maneuver that has been successful only …

Senate Moves Export/Import Bank Renewal with Transportation Funding

The Senate advanced a proposal to extend the U.S. Export-Import Bank’s charter as part of legislation to finance highways and mass transit for three years. The 67-26 vote during an unusual Sunday session moves forward the Senate’s effort to pass …

Congress Leaves Export-Import Bank Facing Lending, Insurance Lapse

The U.S. Export-Import Bank faced an imminent shutdown of its new lending and insurance activities as lawmakers left Washington on Thursday for an 11-day break without renewing the trade lender’s charter. Ex-Im’s authority to make new loans or write new …

Lawmakers Revive Export-Import Bank Legislation

A group of U.S. Republican lawmakers introduced a bill on Wednesday to extend the term of the U.S. export credit agency for five years past its current June deadline. The Export-Import Bank, which provides support to U.S. exporters and the …