The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), with its global network of national committees, the ICC World Chambers Federation, and Junior Chambers International (JCI) – at the 8th World Chambers Congress in Doha – agreed to launch the ICC G20 Business Advisory Council.
ICC and the Business for Peace Foundation have announced the five recipients of the 2013 Oslo Business for Peace Award, the highest form of recognition given to business professionals for efforts to foster peace and stability.
Senior decision-makers from governments, law enforcement, customs and the private sector are gathered in Istanbul, Turkey, for the Seventh Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy, to seek innovative responses to the illicit trade in counterfeit and pirated goods.
More than 60 chamber trade experts from more than 36 countries have met to continue a series of dialogues on electronic certificates of origin (eCOs), preferential certificates of origin (PCOs) issuance and self-certification. Strengthening trade documentation ties among the chamber network and reinforcing its central role in global trade facilitation, discussions took place in Doha at a Certificate of Origin Council meeting in Doha.
ICC has presented Victor K. Fung, ICC Honorary Chairman and Chair of the ICC Business World Trade Agenda, and Adnan Kassar, former ICC Chairman, with the ICC Merchant of Peace Award, established by the world business organization to recognize members of the business community who have made a significant contribution to advancing ICC’s mission to promote peace and prosperity through international trade and investment.
ICC is pleased to announce it has elected Harold McGraw III to become Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce, and Sunil Bharti Mittal to become Vice-Chairman, effective 1 July. The current ICC Chairman, Gerard Worms, will become ICC Honorary Chairman.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) today on behalf of global business finalized recommendations for World Trade Organization (WTO) member countries to salvage parts of on-going Doha trade negotiations that could boost global GDP by US$960 billion.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) today launched the ICC Antitrust Compliance Toolkit, a practical tool for both small- and medium-sized enterprises and larger companies. The ICC Commission on Competition presented the toolkit during the 5th ICC Roundtable on Competition Policy being held on the sidelines of the annual International Competition Network (ICN) conference in Warsaw.
The World ATA Carnet Council (WATAC), the body responsible for managing the international guarantee chain for ATA Carnets that allow for temporary duty- and tax-free export and import of goods, today announced the election of new Chair Cindy Duncan, Senior Vice President of Carnet and Trade Services at the United States Council for International Business (USCIB).
The ICC Institute of World Business Law is pleased to announce that for the very first time the annual PIDA Training on International Commercial Arbitration will be conducted in both English and Arabic. The PIDA training will take place in Paris from 10-12 June.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) today launched the Uniform Rules for Bank Payment Obligation (URBPO), a 21st century standard in supply chain finance that will facilitate international trade. The rules were developed by the Banking Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), with a partnership established with financial messaging provider SWIFT to take into account the legitimate expectations of all relevant sectors.
A new ICC Commission on Customs and Trade Facilitation held its first meeting in Paris this week, establishing an agenda to expand the trade facilitation work undertaken by the former ICC Committee on Customs and Trade Regulations to include international multi-modal transport and logistics issues.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) today issued Global Risks – Trade Finance 2013 providing a timely, accurate and comprehensive outlook on the risks in trade finance from the global trade finance industry’s perspective.
Madagascar will adopt the ATA Carnet System next week in order to facilitate foreign trade and boost the country’s economic development. ATA Carnets, already used in more than 70 countries, will enable companies to move goods in or out of Madagascar for up to a year without paying duties or taxes.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) latest quarterly report on Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships recorded a total of 66 incidents worldwide in the first three months of 2013. This is down markedly from the 102 incidents reported for the corresponding period in 2012.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has emphasized the essential contribution of business to Internet governance and development during Internet governance and development sessions held at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN ) 46th Public Meeting taking place in Beijing this week.
Registration has opened for the 4th Global Conference of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Young Arbitrators Forum (YAF) on 27-29 June in New York City.
Speaking to participants at a Paris forum to address resource-efficient productivity, ICC Secretary General Jean-Guy Carrier emphasized that trade and investment can serve as global accelerators of green growth provided that governments work cooperatively to establish the right frameworks for business to operate.
The International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) publication entitled The Law of Letters of Credit in China: Commentary and Materials on the Chinese Supreme People’s Court’s Judicial Interpretations of Letters of Credit (LC) offers immense help to anyone doing export/import business in China.
The ICC Institute of World Business Law will hold its annual four-day training programme on international contracts on 3-6 June in Paris. The programme is entitled “International Contracts: Negotiating and drafting key clauses, dispute resolution, different cultural and legal approaches.”