Market window

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A market window is a government-owned or directed institution claiming to operate on a commercial basis, but that benefits from some level of government support.

In trade policy, esp. export promotion activities, market windows like for example Export Development Canada (EDC) or Germany`s Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) most often provide financing/lending activities that offer flexible terms and conditions that fall outside of the discipline of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Arrangement for Official Export Credit Agencies.

[edit] See also

• commercial diplomacy

[edit] References

• The 2002 National Export Strategy, Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee, Report to the United States Congress, http://www.ita.doc.gov/media/Publications/pdf/nes2002FINAL.pdf