Chambers from around the world are invited to join the fourth meeting of France’s local and regional chambers (CCIPRO) as they showcase their latest products and services on 1 - 2 July in Nice, on the French Riviera.
Rona Yircali, Chair of the ICC World Chambers Federation, recently met with chamber organizations in Asia and Africa in a bid to strengthen the global chamber network and garner insight into chamber needs in those regions.
The 7th World Chambers Congress in Mexico City is exactly one-year away and as preparations gear up, the ICC World Chambers Federation has unveiled a new website and ways for delegates to participate to mark the occasion.
The International Chamber of Commerce’s BASCAP group today launched a set of intellectual property (IP) guidelines designed to help businesses manage copyright and branded materials and deter trade in counterfeit and pirate goods.
The WCF World ATA Carnet Council (WATAC), responsible for monitoring ATA operations, has re-elected Chairman Peter Bishop to serve a further three-year term.
An ICC Taxation Commission conference onTransfer Pricing Document and Dispute Resolution: Making or Breaking the Corporate Tax has been hailed a great success. The spring conference in Paris was sold out, demonstrating the significance and interest in the topic.
The ICC Financial Investigation Bureau (FIB) has urged caution over sourcing commodities from online suppliers, particularly from those who offer a wide range of products but lack established credentials.
Theo Keijzer, Vice President Tax Policy at Shell International in The Hague, has taken over the helm as Chair of the ICC Commission on Taxation. Having served as Vice-Chair since May 2006, Mr Keijzer replaces Robert Couzin, who stepped down from the post at the spring meeting of the commission in Paris last month.
Despite improvements over the last year, trade finance markets remain fragile and it would be premature to wind down official support, at least for the immediate future according to the Expert Group on Trade Finance who met in Geneva last week under the chairmanship of World Trade Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy.
The Republic of Moldova will become the 67th country to join the ATA Carnet system as of 1 July 2010. With a modest recovery predicted for the Moldova economy in 2010, the move will help facilitate trade and open new business opportunities with the country.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) are pleased to open nominations for the 2010 World Business and Development Awards in support of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – eight internationally-agreed goals to alleviate poverty by 2015.
Public deficits, a decrease in tax revenues and schemes to reduce government deficits and debt accumulation, could be detrimental to the strength and durability of the economic recovery, according to the quarterly ICC/Ifo World Economic Survey released today.
Addressing the 13th session of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD), Subramanian Ramadorai, Vice-Chairman of Tata Consultancy Services, and Chair of the ICC initiative Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS) said that when it comes to technology in our highly connected world it is no longer a case of “business as usual”.
ICC recently issued a policy statement on “Transfer Pricing and Customs Valuation” aimed at supporting companies that face the challenge of determining the appropriate related party valuation of goods.
As governments gather in New York for the 18th session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), ICC has stressed the critical role of the private sector as a partner for creating solutions to today’s pressing sustainability challenges.
When Internet policy is implemented the effects are far-reaching, transcending national and regional boundaries, and affecting all. That is why no one group can or should address Internet governance alone.
ICC has expressed concern that proposals to introduce a new framework to limit excessive leverage in the world’s banking system may have unintended, negative consequences on trade finance, and it urged the creation of a special trade finance working group to examine the problem.
Results of research projects supported by the ICC Research Foundation on global trade and investment will feature prominently on the program of the ICC World Business Summit in June, 2010. The Summit addresses issues related to the transformation of the global economy, with shifts in political and economic power, emergence of new markets, new technologies, new actors and new business models.
The Chambers of Commerce from Dubai and Qatar have placed their bids to host WCF’s 8th World Chambers Congress in 2013, bringing the event for the first time to the Middle East.