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            • ICC Chairman addresses major Chinese economic conference

              Beijing, 03/07/2009

              ICC Chairman Victor Fung told a group of high-level international business leaders and government officials today that governments must avoid the temptation to seek isolation from the global recession through protectionist measures to restrict imports and foreign investment.

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            • News on governance of the Foundation

              Paris, 01/07/2009

              The ICC Research Foundation was established in February 2009, with private funding, to extend the intellectual leadership of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), by commissioning independent research that contributes to public knowledge, education and debate on the benefits of global trade and investment.

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            • Disruptive forces still at play as financial markets recover

              Monaco, 01/07/2009

              The recovery of the world’s financial markets depends on the interaction between regulation, finance and the real economy. However, other major driving forces including social, cultural and political factors are playing an increasingly important role in shaping the process, a workshop on the future of world financial markets concluded.

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            • CCS issues new warning following South Africa’s largest corporate fraud

              London, 26/06/2009

              With the news that hundreds of wealthy investors from South Africa and other parts of the world have been defrauded of more than one billion rand in an audacious Ponzi fraud, ICC Commercial Crime Services (CCS) have warned investors to be on the lookout for more scams of this type.

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            • ICC-IFA to draft trade finance forfaiting rules

              Paris, 24/06/2009

              ICC and the International Forfaiting Association (IFA) have created a joint drafting group to prepare new global forfaiting rules, the ICC Banking Commission announced today.

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            • Attacking the proceeds of crime

              London, 22/06/2009

              ICC Commercial Crime Services (CCS) recently hosted the organization’s 9th annual Economic Crime lecture. The event was held in London, on 16 June, 2009 in conjunction with Lawrence Graham, Solicitors. This year’s keynote speech was delivered by Paul Evans of the UK’s Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA).

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            • ICC calls on G8 to avoid economic nationalism

              Rome, 12/06/2009

              The G8 summit should resist pressures to resort to economic nationalism and should further strengthen international cooperation to meet the challenges posed by the global recession, climate change and product counterfeiting, ICC urged Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi today.

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            • ICC provides business views on UN transport treaty

              Paris, 12/06/2009

              The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has issued a statement on a United Nations treaty that will provide uniformity for the international carriage of goods.

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            • ICC Banking seminar to focus on the future of world financial markets

              Paris, 08/06/2009

              The challenges of rebuilding the world’s financial markets in the aftermath of the global recession will be the theme of a seminar hosted by ICC later this month in Monaco.

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            • World Chambers Congress addresses food, water and energy crises

              World Chambers Congress addresses food, water and energy crises

              Kuala Lumpur, 05/06/2009

              The challenges surrounding the sustainability and delivery of the world’s food, energy and water resources were the focus of debate among business leaders today at the 6th World Chambers Congress, which has brought some 1,000 delegates to Kuala Lumpur from over 100 countries.

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            • 2009 World Chambers Competition winners announced

              2009 World Chambers Competition winners announced

              Kuala Lumpur, 05/06/2009

              The winners of the 2009 World Chambers Competition were announced today during a special ceremony held at the 6th World Chamber Congress in Kuala Lumpur.

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            • Chambers of commerce pledge to contribute business solutions to climate change

              Chambers of commerce pledge to contribute business solutions to climate change

              Kuala Lumpur, 05/06/2009

              Leaders of the global chambers of commerce community issued a statement today at the World Chambers Congress here, identifying the current global economic crisis and the impacts of climate change as two major challenges that transcend national borders and require concerted international cooperation.

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            • World Chambers Network and OpenEntry announce partnership for global e-commerce

              World Chambers Network and OpenEntry announce partnership for global e-commerce

              Paris, 04/06/2009

              The World Chambers Network (WCN) – a partnership between the International Chamber of Commerce, the World Chambers Federation and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris) together with the OpenEntry e-commerce platform, jointly announce a partnership to help their 14,000 member chambers take full advantage of the opportunities opened up by global e-commerce.

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            • ICC World Chambers Federation opens its 6th Congress

              ICC World Chambers Federation opens its 6th Congress

              Kuala Lumpur, 03/06/2009

              The ICC World Chambers Federation opened its 6th biennial World Chambers Congress today under the theme “Leading sustainable growth and change”, with a call to business leaders to address major challenges such as climate change.

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            • ICC appoints seasoned international executive as new Secretary General

              ICC appoints seasoned international executive as new Secretary General

              Paris, 02/06/2009

              Jean Rozwadowski, a businessman with broad international experience, was today named Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce.

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            • UN to Sign Key Agreement with ICC World Chambers Federation

              UN to Sign Key Agreement with ICC World Chambers Federation

              Paris, 02/06/2009

              Cooperation Reaches Out to Vendors from Developing World and Countries with Economies in Transition Read more
            • Research results to be made public at December CEO Forum

              Kuala Lumpur, 02/06/2009

              The results of the first three ICC Research Foundation projects will be made public in December, 2009 at a presentation hosted by ICC India in New Delhi, said the Foundation’s Chairman, Victor K. Fung at a speech in Kuala Lumpur.

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            • Chambers’ membership increases during global downturn

              Chambers’ membership increases during global downturn

              Paris, 27/05/2009

              A majority of chambers registered increases in their membership during the 2009 first quarter according to a survey by the ICC World Chambers Federation (WCF).

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            • ICC sponsors roundtable on shaping competition rules

              Paris, 20/05/2009

              Improving cooperation between government agencies and the private sector in shaping competition rules will be the subject of an upcoming ICC sponsored roundtable in Switzerland next month.

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            • Global economic index rises for first time since 2007

              Paris, 19/05/2009

              The world economic climate index rose in the second quarter of the year for the first time since 2007 as a result of more favourable expectations for the coming six months, but the assessment of the current economic situation worsened yet again, falling to a new record low, ICC and the Ifo Institute for Economic Research said in their latest survey.

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