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Export-Import Bank might shake years of reduced powers

by Tracey Samuelson
May 7, 2019
The Senate will vote on confirming three new board members who would enable the Export-Import Bank to perform its full mission. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
People arrive for the U.S. Export-Import Bank's annual conference in Washington, D.C., in 2013.
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Ex-Im Bank sparks fight over its role and leader

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Aug 3, 2017
There’s a sharp division in the Republican Party between libertarians, who believe in free markets without government interference, and more mainline, pro-business Republicans, who want the government to intervene in markets to help U.S. businesses. The latest example of this? The Export-Import Bank, which provides loans to foreign businesses or governments so they can buy U.S. […]
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Why US Export-Import Bank backers are lobbying furiously

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jun 30, 2016
The bank is hobbled in making big foreign deals. Critics call the loans 'corporate welfare.'
Banks are lobbying congress over the U.S. Export-Import Bank, a government agency that makes loans to foreigners.
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The Export-Import Bank gets a congressional reprieve

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 28, 2015
But why was this small agency that doesn't cost the government anything a target?
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Checking in with the secretary of commerce

by Daisy Palacios and Kai Ryssdal
Jul 1, 2015
Kai talks to Penny Pritzker about the Export-Import bank and TPP.
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker wants to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank.
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Export-Import Bank reports $675 million earnings

by Kai Ryssdal
Oct 9, 2014
The government agency that gives loans to American exporters is raking in interest payments.
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Commerce Sec. Penny Pritzker on our export economy

by Kai Ryssdal
Sep 2, 2014
Host Kai Ryssdal crunches the numbers with Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker.
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A look at the Export-Import bank

by Lizzie O'Leary
Jul 18, 2014
The Export-Import Bank of the United States might lose it's funding. But does it matter?
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