Congress also prohibits it from competing with commercial lenders, which is why the foreign buyers who utilize Ex-Im credit typically are unable to access private-sector financing.

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Upon receiving the dividend, X Co. is permitted to utilize a foreign tax credit to reduce the U.S. tax applied to the dividend, preventing the same income from being taxed twice: once when earned by Foreign Co. and a second time when distributed to X Co.

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Indeed, of the nearly 6.2 GW of newly installed wind energy projects that elected the cash grant incentive, the LBNL analysts discount nearly 60% of them as projects for which the grant may not have been essential for completion (e.g. projects were already completed or would have otherwise been able to utilize the production tax credit, or PTC, to help finance the projects).

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These securities are held in a separately managed account and utilize liquid ETFs and exchange traded options, avoiding bank credit risk.

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