Regional and global disciplining of officially supported export credit insurance

In: Journal of European public policy, Band 2, Heft 3

Abstract

Gives an introduction to the market for export credit insurance; outlines governments' motives for entering this market and the regulations which already exist at the global level in order to keep this support in check. Examines the disciplining initiatives and development in this issue area within the EU. Examines which strategies have been chosen in the case of state aids through credit insurance and which factors have dominated this process. Describes the interaction between policymaking at the regional and global levels. Unhappy with progress in Europe, the UK decided to bring the credit insurance issue to the OECD.