{"id":25146,"date":"2025-08-22T18:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/?p=25146"},"modified":"2025-08-24T17:32:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T13:32:56","slug":"us-exim-bank-approves-half-billion-dollars-of-financing-to-counter-growing-chinese-influence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/22\/us-exim-bank-approves-half-billion-dollars-of-financing-to-counter-growing-chinese-influence\/","title":{"rendered":"US EXIM Bank Approves Half-Billion Dollars of Financing to Counter &#8216;Growing Chinese Influence&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a press release issued on 21 August 2025, the Export and Import Bank of the United States of America (<a href=\"http:\/\/exim.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EXIMUS<\/a>) announced that its Board of Directors approved USD 514 million in financing to support American exports and jobs. USD  448 million has been earmarked as guarantee to allow Pennsylvania-based Wabtec to export locomotive kits to Kazakhstan, and USD 66 million is going to support the setting up of the National Data Center in Cote d&#8217;Ivoire by Cybastion, based in Washington DC. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"b4a094\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #b4a094;\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/EXIMUS-01W-jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-25152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/EXIMUS-01W-jpg.webp 640w, https:\/\/gbc1.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/EXIMUS-01W-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wabtec Locomotive<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s approvals underscore EXIM\u2019s commitment to supporting nearly 1,300 quality jobs across the United States\u2014from small business innovators in Washington, DC, to skilled manufacturing workers in Pennsylvania. By backing U.S. companies in strategic sectors like data infrastructure and rail, these transactions strengthen our economic competitiveness, expand American exports, and ensure that American workers\u2014not competitors in China\u2014remain at the forefront of global trade.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>US EXIM Bank Chairman James Cruse<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"62646c\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #62646c;\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"806\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/EXIMUS-00-jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-25151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/EXIMUS-00-jpg.webp 806w, https:\/\/gbc1.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/EXIMUS-00-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/gbc1.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/EXIMUS-00-768x511.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">James Cruse, Chairman of US EXIM Bank<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The credit is provided under EXIMUS&#8217;s <strong>China and Transformational Exports Program (<a href=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/tag\/ctep\/\">#CTEP<\/a>)<\/strong> and is also in line with the Presidential strategy to &#8216;<strong>Make America Great Again (<a href=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/tag\/maga\/\">#MAGA<\/a><\/strong>)&#8217;. In addition, it will serve to counter the growing influence of China around the world by promoting American technology and solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a press release issued on 21 August 2025, the Export and Import Bank of the United States of America<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":0,"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[952,951],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.12 - 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