ICC's Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP) and the International Trademark Association (INTA) today welcomed news that the Council of Ministers had confirmed the proposed mandate authorizing the European Commission to open negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) between the EU and key economic partners, including the United States, Japan, South Korea, Mexico and New Zealand.
There were 49 attacks reported to the Piracy Reporting Centre in the first three months of 2008 as compared to 41 for the corresponding period in 2007, states the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) in its latest quarterly piracy report.
ICC’s Committee on Maritime Transport acknowledges and supports the amendments on vessel air emissions proposed by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) on 4 April 2008.
The French sailing cruise vessel LE PONANT, hijacked near the approaches to the Gulf of Aden on 4 April 2008, was released by its hijackers on 12 April 2008.
The ICC World Chambers Federation (WCF) met this week in Paris with the World Customs Organization (WCO) to explore ways to work together more systematically on facilitating international trade.
ICC has published three new books on the recently revised Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, ICC’s rules on letters of credit, which govern billions of dollars in trade transactions annually. The latest revision of the rules, UCP 600, came into effect on 1 July 2007.
A French yacht has been hijacked off the Somali coast, just the latest incident in waters identified by the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) as being amongst the world's most dangerous.
Chambers from across the Americas are putting their bids together to host the 7th World Chambers Congress when it returns to the region in 2011.
ICC addressed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bangkok this week, delivering a presentation on sectoral strategies as a possible path to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Annik Dollacker, Head, International Affairs/Sustainability, Bayer Crop Science, and Michael Hauser, International Policy Director, Monsanto, have been appointed as the new co-chairs of ICC’s Task Force on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) under the ICC Environment and Energy Commission.
Expert witness testimony supplied by the Financial Investigation Bureau (FIB) has helped conclude a major fraud and money laundering case.
In a meeting yesterday with Pascal Lamy, Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), ICC Secretary General Guy Sebban lent the strong and unswerving support of world business behind a final push to conclude the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations by the end of the year.
Economists worldwide say that a one day “blackout” of the Internet would have a major impact on the global economy, according to a survey conducted by ICC and the Ifo Institute for Economic Research and released today.
The survey asked economists to predict the impact on their country’s economy if the Internet completely shut down for a day worldwide. A total of 1,004 responses from economists in 90 countries were received.
The Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce is offering to sponsor 10 delegates from the ICC World Chambers Federation (WCF) to attend the American Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 30 July to 2 August.
The Dubai Chamber of Commerce has released the names in the winners circle for its coveted Mohammad bin al Rachid Maktoum business awards, in front of a packed house of high-level ministers, business executives and diplomatic officials at the Almaza Ballroom in the Monarch Dubai.
ICC led a prominent business delegation to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 10th Special Session of the Governing Council/ Global Ministerial Environment Forum and Global Civil Society Forum.
ICC’s Commission on Trade and Investment Policy has urged governments to safeguard freedom of investment by avoiding investment protectionism in a new policy statement.
Ukraine has joined the ATA Carnet system, the 66th country to enter for fold since the launch of the system 45 years ago.
In consultations regarding the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) today, ICC made a number of recommendations on how to strengthen the next IGF, which is scheduled to take place in India in December.
ICC said that the UN-linked IGF must maintain its multi-stakeholder format, broaden participation, widen the discussion to include issues surrounding innovation, and focus on capacity building and development priorities.
ICC’s Commission on Trade and Investment Policy has issued a policy statement calling on all members of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA) to uphold the agreement in both letter and spirit.