prevent a complete drying up of trade finance markets during the current financial crisis. Given that export credit agencies … in times of crisis. This paper highlights a number of issues requiring attention in the decision whether to establish …

availability of trade finance. In response to these concerns, governments are turning to their export credit agencies (ECAs …)tostep-in and attempttofill the financing gaps,as they didinresponse tothe 2008-2009 financial crisis. …

Agencies (ECAs) to fill any financing gaps left by the private market and to mitigate the impact of the crisis by engaging in … credit transaction). ECAs may therefore have a role to play in ST trade finance by acting on liquidity and increasing … capacity. However for MLT trade finance, ECAs might have fewer levers for action, especially if the pandemic is affecting the …