Meetings and events

On 22 April 2013 in Doha, Qatar, ICC and the Qatar Chamber of Commerce will host the ICC World Trade Agenda Summit, a high-level business gathering being held within the framework of the ICC World Chambers Federation (WCF) 8th World Chambers Congress.

The Summit will bring together business leaders and key policymakers to dialogue with participants on defining business priorities for effective 21st century trade and investment policy.

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Regional consultations

Importantly, input into the business proritities is being sought through an open and broad-based consultation process with business leaders and experts in ICC's global network.

A series of regional consultations organized by ICC with the support of its partner, the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry is seeking input on these initial recommendations and to help define a broadly-shared agenda of business priorities for presentation to governments.

With these business priorities, ICC hopes to set a forward-looking multilateral trade and investment policy agenda that will lead to growth and jobs for the global economy.

Latin America, 7 November 2012, Mexico City, Mexico

ICC Mexico organized a consultation to discuss the initial recommendations of the ICC World Trade Agenda (WTA) initiative designed to inject global business leadership into the multilateral trade negotiation process.

The meeting brought together senior Mexican business representatives, including Luis de la Calle Pardo – Vice-Chair of the ICC Commission on Trade and Investment Policy – who contextualized the WTA initial recommendations with an analysis of Mexican trade priorities at unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral levels, with particular focus on economic relations between Mexico and Brazil.

The presentation of the initial WTA recommendations was positively received by the audience of business experts and led to lively questions-and-answers session on how these tie into other Mexican trade priorities, and the importance of trade and investment for Mexico’s and Latin America’s economies.

Middle East & North Africa, 18 November 2012, Doha, Qatar

Business leaders from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) gathered in Doha to provide regional input on the recommendations of the Business World Trade Agenda to drive World Trade Organization (WTO) multilateral trade talks out of an 11-year deadlock and “beyond Doha”.

“The ICC Business World Trade Agenda has great potential benefits for economies in the Middle East and North Africa,” said Qatar Chamber and ICC Qatar Chairman, Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani. “As economies in this region continue to grow, it is becoming increasingly important for countries to diversify their export of goods and services and to further integrate themselves into the global economy.”

According to the Peterson Institute for International Economics, a WTO agreement on trade facilitation is expected to deliver gains of at least US$130 billion per year worldwide and millions of new jobs, which will particularly benefit developing economies.