To promote an open global economy that encourages cross-border trade and investment by business to foster job creation, sustainable development, and improve living standards.

Projects for 2013

• Contribute to defining the World Trade Agenda and shaping G20 deliberations on trade and investment.
• Encourage moving towards a high-standard multilateral framework for international investment to foster a predictable, secure and stable climate for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) that will contribute to global economic growth and job creation.
• Articulate business views on the changing nature of international trade, its implication for trade policies and the impact on growth and job creation.
• Develop recommendations on the issue of forced localization.