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February 26th, 2013
ICC and the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry will host the ICC World Trade Agenda Summit, a high-level business gathering being held within the framework of the ICC WCF 8th World Chambers Congress.
This one-day business summit is a major milestone for the ICC Business World Trade Agenda initiative, launched in 2011 by ICC in partnership with the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
This...
February 26th, 2013
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) met with business leaders and government officials in Berlin to set business priorities – based on challenges faced by large and small companies around the world – for bringing to the attention of G20 leaders in the lead up to the G20 Summit in Russia.
The meeting was convened by the ICC G20 Advisory Group, comprising 30 CEOs from major global...
January 14th, 2013
Business leaders presented to World Trade Organization (WTO) permanent ambassadors and representatives, at WTO headquarters in Geneva on 6 December 2012, their initial recommendations for driving international trade negotiations out of an 11-year deadlock and boosting the global economy.
See ICCWBO article to read more
May 3rd, 2012
This ICCRF supported project by the Peterson Institute examines prospects for breaking the negotiating impasse for the WTO Doha Round and alternative approaches for achieving key trade reforms over the next few years covering agriculture, manufactures, and services. In this policy brief, Gary Hufbauer and Jeffrey Schott provide a short diagnosis of Doha Round issues and concise recommendations...
April 25th, 2012
The World Trade Organization (WTO) recently featured an interview on their online video series "WTO Forum" with ICCRF Chairman and ICC Honorary Chairman Victor K Fung and ICC Vice-Chairman Harold McGraw III discussing "What do businesses want and expect from the WTO and the global trading system?"
For more on this see the news feature on the ICC website or watch the WTO video
March 14th, 2012
Geneva, 14 March 2012
More than 70 business experts – including CEOs, senior corporate executives, and representatives of business organizations – together with World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy, met in Geneva for the first conference on the ICC Business World Trade Agenda, an initiative of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) proposing that business works...
October 11th, 2011
The International Chamber of Commerce launched the International Open Markets Index, ranking countries by order of openness to international trade and investment. The project to develop the index was funded by the ICC Research Foundation. The index was developed by economist Dr Michael Finger, in consultation with ICC and experts from various multilateral organizations.
See ICC Press Release
May 2nd, 2010
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.
In...
April 1st, 2010
There is a shared sense that globalization is a powerful engine that has already contributed to lifting many out of poverty and that, if properly harnessed, could further promote growth and development to the benefit of all. For many years, however, concerns have been raised regarding certain effects of globalization on jobs, wages and job insecurity. In this context, a number of observers have...
March 1st, 2010
This ICC Research Foundation supported project evaluates trade and employment policy responses of the recession which began in 2007-08
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Focus on the countries most severely affected by the 2008 recession, namely the nations (members of the G7) which experienced the largest decline in global trade, the greatest worsening of labour markets, and the biggest deterioration of government...
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