Diane Katz, who has analyzed and written on public policy issues for more than two decades, is a senior research fellow in regulatory policy at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research.
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A coalition backing government export subsidies will host several executives of purportedly “small” businesses at a briefing Tuesday to build support for the Export-Import Bank… Read More
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Two of the four Russian firms targeted for economic sanctions by President Obama this week received substantial subsidies from the Export-Import Bank. The financial ties… Read More
Twelve years ago, in the aftermath of 9/11, Congress created a “temporary” subsidy program for insuring losses from terrorist attacks. That temporary program, the Terrorism… Read More
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Two reports in recent days have focused on the fate of the Boeing Co. in the event Congress opts against reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank…. Read More
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When the U.S. Chamber of Commerce aligns with a disciple of Fidel Castro and hires a working-class hero to lobby Congress, when a liberal economist… Read More
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Officials of the Export-Import Bank are peddling all sorts of reasons to continue subsidies for foreign firms that purchase U.S. products. Most of the claims… Read More
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One of the Export-Import Bank’s largest investment partners, BNP Paribas SA, pleaded guilty on Monday to violating U.S. sanctions against Sudan, Iran and Cuba. This… Read More
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Few Americans know much about the Export-Import Bank, and yet this obscure government agency is currently the focus of intense debate in the nation’s capital…. Read More
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On Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported that four employees of the Export-Import Bank have been removed in recent months amid allegations of kickbacks and… Read More
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The Wall Street Journal in recent days has published a variety of opinions on congressional reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank—which doles out subsidies to foreign… Read More
