Is European debt a foreign debt?
No. The main difference between foreign bonds and European bonds is: 1. The main difference between foreign bonds and European bonds lies in the different issuing currencies. 2. Foreign bonds are bonds issued in the currency of the country where the issuing market is located. For example, when the United States issues bonds in China, it is called foreign bonds denominated in RMB. Eurobonds are bonds issued in the currency of a third country other than the issuer and the issuing country. For example, when the United States issues bonds in China, the bonds issued are called Eurobonds. 3. Foreign bonds are bonds issued outside the borrowing country and priced in the currency of the issuing place. Eurobonds are underwritten by syndicates and issued in countries other than the pricing currency countries. Article 2 of the detailed rules for the implementation of foreign debt registration? Foreign debt refers to all debts that are directly borrowed from abroad and bear contractual repayment obligations in foreign currency. The specific contents include: (1) loans from international financial organizations: loans provided by international and regional financial organizations such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the United Nations Fund for Agricultural Development; (2) Loans from foreign governments: refers to official development assistance loans provided by foreign governments to China; (3) Loans from foreign banks and non-bank financial institutions: refers to loans provided by overseas banks, other non-bank financial institutions and syndicated organizations; (4) Buyer's credit: loans provided by foreign banks that provide export credit to import departments or banks in China to purchase equipment from exporting countries; (5) Loans from foreign enterprises refer to loans provided by overseas non-financial institutions; (6) Issuance of foreign currency bonds: refers to bonds issued by domestic institutions in overseas capital markets, and the face value of bonds is expressed in foreign currency; (7) International financial leasing: refers to the financial leasing provided by overseas leasing institutions to domestic institutions; (8) Deferred payment: refers to the financing provided by foreign exporters to the domestic import department, and the import enterprise will not pay the foreign payment until three months after the imported goods enter the country; (9) Debt paid directly in cash in compensation trade: refers to the debt paid in cash as stipulated in the compensation trade contract or changed from commodity repayment to cash repayment upon approval for some reason, including the debt compensated by export income. Other forms of foreign debt, including: 1. Foreign currency deposits of overseas institutions or individuals absorbed by domestic financial institutions; 2. Loans from domestic enterprises (including foreign-invested enterprises) to domestic foreign-funded or Sino-foreign joint venture banks, etc. In addition, the following situations are also regarded as foreign debts: 1. Debt transferred to China by overseas registered institutions in various forms and actually repaid by domestic institutions; 2. Foreign debts of overseas institutions that are not registered overseas; 3. The foreign-invested enterprise borrows money in the name of a foreign party, and the loan is used for investment in funds or equipment other than the enterprise's share capital, and there are debts between the foreign party and the enterprise that are stipulated by the contract or other legally binding documents to be repaid by the enterprise; 4. Debts for which China has issued foreign debt guarantee and actually fulfilled repayment obligations; 5. The debt of a wholly foreign-owned enterprise to its parent company.