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How Much Credit for Export Credit Support Under the SCM Agreement?

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This contribution examines the degree of policy space the WTO leaves its Members to support export credits for non-agricultural goods. In the light of existing case law, it illustrates that export credit support offered by export credit agencies that aims at complementing the private trade finance market would in principle be prohibited under the SCM Agreement. However, while some low-income countries can rely on a specific exception on the prohibition on export subsidies, all WTO Members can, on the basis of the Illustrative List of Export Subsidies, justify certain subsidized export credits that are in accordance with the interest rate provisions of the OECD Arrangement. But, as the case law and the OECD Arrangement currently stand, subsidized export credit guarantees and insurance as well as subsidized short-term export credits cannot rely on this safe haven. Hence, the article shows that export credit agencies, except for those of some low-income countries, cannot play a complementary role to the private market in offering such support. Moreover, this contribution demonstrates that export credit support in accordance with the safe haven might still be countervailable and actionable. Finally, it is argued that an exception which can be modified by a subgroup of WTO Members, like the safe haven, can no longer be accepted. , Oxford University Press.

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  • Dominic Coppens, 2009. "How Much Credit for Export Credit Support Under the SCM Agreement?," Journal of International Economic Law, Oxford University Press, vol. 12(1), pages 63-113, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:oup:jieclw:v:12:y:2009:i:1:p:63-113
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    1. Andreas Klasen, 2014. "Export Credit Guarantees and the Demand for Insurance," CESifo Forum, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 15(3), pages 26-33, August.
    2. Andreas Klasen, 2014. "Export Credit Guarantees and the Demand for Insurance," CESifo Forum, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 15(03), pages 26-33, August.
    3. Vazgen Abgaryan & Shane Rosenthal, 2017. "Supporting Exports: Challenges and Opportunities for Credit Insurance in Armenia," Global Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 8(3), pages 408-412, September.
    4. Alexander Braun & Marius Fischer & Csilla Schreiber-Orosz, 2024. "Why banks insure structured commodity trade finance risk: evidence from a worldwide survey," The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan;The Geneva Association, vol. 49(3), pages 537-570, July.

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