Sunday, December 29, 2013

Why US Export-Import Bank Backs Australian Billionaire Heiress Gina Rinehart; Here Are Some Of The Major Ex-Im Bank Deals For 2013



Why US Export-Import Bank Backs Australian Billionaire Heiress Gina Rinehart; Here Are Some Of The Major Ex-Im Bank Deals For 2013
By Angelo Young
on December 20 2013 3:22 PM
Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) and Atlas Copco AB (STO:ATCO-A), a Swedish industrial holding company, are the latest beneficiaries of credit financing from the U.S. Export-Import Bank.

The federal government’s export-promoting agency said Thursday it would extend $694.4 million in loans (backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. taxpayer should the lending go sour) to Australia’s Roy Hill Holdings.

The mining giant controlled by Australian heiress Gina Rinehart is trying to shore up $6.2 billion in capital before the end of the year to fund a massive $8.9 billion iron ore project in Pilbara, a mineral-rich region in the arid western part of the country. The announcement came two days after the Korea Export-Import Bank committed $1 billion to one of the world’s largest financing deals to fund a private project, reported The Australian on Saturday, local time.

This is one of the larger Ex-Im financing offers this year, especially excluding the megadeals in which the U.S. extends credit or loan guarantees to foreign airlines to buy U.S.-made airplanes and engines, primarily from The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) and GE, the largest U.S. aircraft engine maker.

U.S. Export-Import Bank
William H. Draper III was the chairman for the Export-Import Bank of the US, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Note: Boeing Company gets export financing support from the Export-Import Bank of the US.
Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr. is a director at the Boeing Company, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Stanley O. Roth is the VP for the Boeing Company, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Stanley Ebner was the SVP for the Boeing Company, and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
James L. Jones Jr. was a director at the Boeing Company, and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Rozanne L. Ridgway was a director at the Boeing Company, and the co-chair for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Thomas R. Pickering was the SVP for the Boeing Company, and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Sean O'Keefe was the head of GE Aviation, Washington for the General Electric Company, and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the Committee for Economic Development.
Ann M. Fudge is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a director at the General Electric Company.
Mayer Brown was the lobby firm for the General Electric Company.
Robert A. Helman was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), is a partner at Mayer Brown, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
William M. Daley
Professional career
Daley returned to the practice of law, as a partner with the firm Mayer Brown (then Mayer, Brown & Platt) from 1993 to 1997.
William M. Daley was a partner at Mayer Brown, the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration, and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Penny S. Pritzker is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a director at the Export-Import Bank of the US.
Sandi Jackson was the VP for Congressional affairs for the Export-Import Bank of the US, and married to Jesse L. Jackson Jr.
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Jesse L. Jackson Jr. is married to Sandi Jackson, and Michelle Obama babysat him.
Michelle Obama babysat Jesse L. Jackson Jr., and a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Newton N. Minow is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Sidley Austin LLP was the lobby firm for the General Electric Company.
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the General Electric Company, and the Boeing Company.
Michael Fitzpatrick was a partner at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, and is the senior manager & senior counsel for the General Electric Company.
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Valerie B. Jarrett is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.  
W. James McNerney Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company.
Barbara G. Fast was a VP at the Boeing Company, and a VP for the CGI Group Inc.
CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.
Obamacare is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.
Donna S. Morea was the EVP for the CGI Group Inc., and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.
Frank P. Doyle is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and was the EVP for the General Electric Company.
Benjamin W. Heineman Jr. is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and was the SVP & general counsel for the General Electric Company.
Sean O'Keefe was the head of GE Aviation, Washington for the General Electric Company, and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
William H. Draper III was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and the chairman for the Export-Import Bank of the US.
Boeing Company gets export financing support from the Export-Import Bank of the US.
Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr. is a director at the Boeing Company, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Stanley O. Roth is the VP for the Boeing Company, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Stanley Ebner was the SVP for the Boeing Company, and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
James L. Jones Jr. was a director at the Boeing Company, and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Rozanne L. Ridgway was a director at the Boeing Company, and the co-chair for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Thomas R. Pickering was the SVP for the Boeing Company, and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.





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