As part of Indonesia’s move towards globalization, Indonesian Customs, jointly with ICC Indonesia and the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is preparing the implementation of the ATA System in Indonesia.
ICC Chairman Harold (Terry) McGraw III held a series of roundtable meetings with Australian business leaders and government officials to begin ICC’s planning process for the G20 Summit to be hosted in Brisbane in November 2014.
ICC welcomes Christopher Newmark as the new Chair of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, the body which drafts and revises various ICC rules for settling international disputes by means of arbitration, mediation, expert proceedings and dispute boards. Mr Newmark will start on his new role as of 1 January 2014.
ICC Chairman Harold McGraw III appeared on the morning edition of the Australian News Network’s programme Business Today, on Friday 2 August.
The ICC Executive Board has approved a name change for the ICC Commission on Arbitration. The commission’s new name is the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. The change aims to better reflect the broad scope of the commission’s activities, which primarily encompass international arbitration but also all other dispute resolution services offered by ICC.
The International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce has announced the promotion of Christian Albanesi to the position of Managing Counsel following the departure of Victoria Orlowski earlier this month.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has welcomed today’s publication of an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) action plan, created in response to a request by the G20, which identifies a set of domestic and international actions to address the problems of base erosion and profit sharing.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) today announced the appointment of three new technical advisors for its Commission on Banking – a leading global policy and rule-making body for the banking industry known worldwide for its trade finance products and services including Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, the most successful privately drafted rules for trade ever developed.
Somali piracy has fallen to its lowest levels since 2006, focusing attention on violent piracy and armed robbery off the coast of West Africa, the International Chamber Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB)’s global piracy report revealed today.
Speaking at the World Trade Organization Annual Aid-for-Trade Review yesterday, ICC Banking Commission Senior Policy Manager Thierry Senechal said that trade finance intermediation is crucial today as it provides real-time risk mitigation, while improving liquidity and cash flow of the trading parties. It also gives localized small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) much needed access to credit and working capital to finance exports and imports.
The ICC Commission on Taxation has released a handbook to help taxation professionals keep pace with the latest developments in the world of international taxation.
Business and legal professionals representing over 20 organizations came together in Paris this week at a meeting of the ICC Commission on the Digital Economy.
ICC has asked Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to remove B2B transactions from the scope of a proposed regulation on Common European Sales Law (CESL) when they vote on the adoption of a draft opinion on CESL on 9 July. The removal would limit the reach of the law to B2C transactions.
Speaking live on CNBC’s WorldWide Exchange programme this morning, ICC Policy Manager Nicolle Graugnard said that a successful outcome from United States-European Union (EU-US) trade deal talks, getting underway today, would depend on the level of political engagement on both sides but that progress could be made.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has issued a stern response to escalating trade tensions between the European Union and China, condemning protectionist measures and tit-for-tat retaliation as self-defeating and counterproductive. The tensions follow announcements by the EU to impose antidumping duties on imports of Chinese solar panels and the launch of a Chinese anti-subsidy investigation on wines imported from the EU.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the Institute of Financial Services have announced the renewal of their 15-year-old partnership in relation to the Certificate for Documentary Credit Specialists (CDCS®) qualification.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) 2013 survey on trade and finance, released today, has found that a continued shortage of trade finance for international trade remains a major challenge for economic recovery and development, with many traders depending on overdraft and other corporate loans to finance exports and imports.
The International Chamber of Commerce’s Regional Banking Commission Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in partnership with the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry today held a regional launch of the ICC Uniform Rules for Bank Payment Obligation (URBPO) at Dubai Chamber headquarters.
The International Chamber of Commerce Banking Commission has won the Trade and Forfaiting Review (TFR) 2013 Excellence Award for Best Non-Bank Trade Services Provider.
ICC and the Peterson Institute – in partnership with the United States Council for International Business and the Center for Strategic and International Studies – unveiled in the US a report showing that salvaging global trade deals would drive exports, generating 21 million jobs.