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The U.S. Export-Import Bank, popularly known as Ex-Im, is a Washington success story. Established in the depths of the Great Depression to help manufacturers obtain financing for overseas sales, it manages to support $50 billion in exports annually that sustain 250,000 jobs without costing taxpayers
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Date:
5/6/2013
At the Farnborough international airshow last week, the four European countries with a big stake in Airbus -- Britain, France, Germany and Spain -- held a press conference to discuss why the subsidies they give to the aerospace giant are permissible under World Trade Organization rules. The statement
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7/16/2012
The crash of a Sukhoi Superjet 100 with 47 people on board during bad weather in Indonesia is a tragedy that will deal a heavy blow to the Russian plane-maker's hopes of becoming a major player in the commercial transport market. Russian airliners do not have a good track record for safety or creature
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5/10/2012
An improbable debate has broken out in Congress over whether the Export-Import Bank should be reauthorized, and if so then on what terms. The bank is a federal agency set up during the Depression to provide loans and loan guarantees for U.S. exports when private-sector financing isn't available,
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4/18/2012
There's an arcane debate unfolding in Congress right now that helps explain why America -- the world's leading proponent of free trade -- is headed towards a $600 billion trade deficit this year. Arcane, but not academic: when a country runs a trade deficit equal to four percent of its gross domestic
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3/14/2012
A surprising fight has broken out between the people who operate airliners and the people who manufacture them over the role the U.S. Export-Import Bank plays in financing foreign purchases of U.S. planes. The Ex-Im Bank, as it is widely known, is the principle export credit agency of the federal
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Date:
10/13/2010

