The International Chamber of Commerce has launched a new guide to assist countries considering or embarking on the liberalization of their communications infrastructure.
ICC has released a preview of a new book on corporate governance, The Contractual Governance of Private Equity and Hedge Funds.
ICC’s new online training services for documentary credits and UCP 600, developed with technology partner Coastline Solutions, are becoming increasingly popular within the international trade community for keeping up with the latest changes in letter of credit and trade finance practice.
ICC has commended global efforts to meet the challenges of climate change, including this month’s Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, recent UNFCCC Vienna Intercessional talks and the upcoming UN High Level Event on climate change in New York. They are all helping to build momentum towards the 13th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Convention of the Parties, which will take place at the end of the year in Bali.
ICC Chairman Marcus Wallenberg met with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim in Stockholm today, during their official state visit, to review the latest developments in the Doha round.
Business is well represented this week in Geneva during the latest round of preparatory meetings for the next session of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).
As global trade negotiations enter a crucial new phase, ICC has published a list of recommendations for World Trade Organization members in upcoming talks and has expressed its broad support for the significant progress made on trade facilitation.
The paper, prepared by the ICC Commission on Customs and Trade Regulation, comes amid the issuance of compromise texts by the heads of the WTO negotiating groups on agriculture and industrial tariffs. These texts are designed to broker consensus on the WTO’s Doha Development Agenda (DDA).
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon this week confirmed the 47 members of the multistakeholder advisory group who will help prepare a global gathering to discuss issues of critical importance to the Internet. Several ICC/BASIS representatives are among the names selected to lend business expertise to the planning of the UN-linked Internet Governance Forum (IGF) which will take place in Rio de Janeiro in November.
The global economy is set to expand in the second half of the year in all major regions, as expectations for the current quarter and the next six months are revised upwards, according to the latest ICC and Ifo World Economic Survey released today.
The ICC Counterfeit Intelligence Bureau (CIB) has previously reported that counterfeit cigarettes have been known to contain a mixture of lethal substance well in excess of the toxins found in ordinary cigarettes. Now a new report issued by a special division of Canada's national police force has identified even more disturbing items found inside counterfeit cigarettes
To assist in the worldwide quest for greater energy efficiency and more secure energy supplies, ICC published two papers this month, authored by its Commission on Environment and Energy, that spell out the crucial role business will continue to play and the policies that will underpin this process.
An updated version of ICC’s popular banking publication, International Standard Banking Practice (ISBP) for the Examination of Documents Under Documentary Credits, is now available.
Concerned about the increasing prevalence and danger of counterfeit electrical goods on the US market, ICC's Counterfeit Intelligence Bureau (CIB) is reminding consumers to purchase only certified products from authorized retailers.
ICC strongly supports the issuance of compromise texts today by the heads of the Doha round agriculture and non-agricultural market access negotiating groups as a practical way forward to reach consensus in the World Trade Organization’s Doha Development Agenda.
ICC, in a policy statement prepared by its Commission on Taxation, has outlined the conditions under which a European Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base could create a more efficient tax system for companies operating in Europe, in anticipation of the European Commission’s intention to present a legislative proposal on this subject during 2008.
As detailed in the recently released Q2 2007 Report on Piracy Against Ships, ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) research indicates that acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships in the second quarter of 2007 have jumped by 37% when compared to the second quarter of 2006.
ICC outlined its views on the role of the UN in promoting corporate social responsibility in a statement released today by its Commission on Business in Society on the occasion of the forthcoming Global Compact Leaders Summit, to be held on 5-6 July at the UN in Geneva.
“Voluntary initiatives by business for integrating social and environmental dimensions in its operations and in its interaction with stakeholders can make a significant contribution to business competitiveness, efficiency and reputation,” said Erik Belfrage, Chair of the Commission on Business in Society, ICC’s working body on corporate responsibility.
ICC very much regrets what appears to be a further setback to the Doha round of world trade negotiations, which we consider to be of major importance to the future health of the world economy.
ICC today called on leaders of the G4 countries (Brazil, EU, India and US) to reach consensus on a framework agreement for agriculture and industrial tariffs, which is absolutely essential for a successful conclusion of the Doha round of global trade negotiations by the end of the year.