For one, in a predatory global market, we would be eliminating a facility that constitutes a vital source of financing for the commercial industrial base for foreign sales.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Fund But Verify the Export-Import Bank

The Dow Jones industrial average got a modest lift from the deal, which required financing from a consortium of five banks, and gained 120 points, or 1.5%, to 8, 197.

FORBES: Magazine Article

An editor of the biggest national daily, the Corriere della Sera, resigned under pressure from the industrial interests behind the paper, who felt it unwise to be critical of the Prime Minister when they needed public financing.

NEWYORKER: Booted