Global economy

Over 1,000 business and chamber delegates from around the world will connect at the Windsor Expo Convention Center in Rio de Janiero for the 11th World Chambers Congress which gets underway today.

Welcome remarks by ICC Secretary General John W.H. Denton AO on the occasion of the International Chamber of Commerce Centenary Summit

On behalf of 45 million companies worldwide, the International Chamber of Commerce has issued a declaration setting out a vision to shape the future of global business for the next century.

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) co-hosted an international symposium on 9 April.

A failure to deliver a deal on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU will add more barriers to global trade and risk thousands of UK jobs, says ICC Secretary General 

With the date for the United Kingdom (UK) to leave the European Union (EU) just months away, ICC has restated its position that the UK should seek the closest possible trading relationship with the EU to keep cross border trade as frictionless as possible.

Who is John W.H. Denton AO? The Secretary General tasked with seeing the world business organization into its next 100 years is leading a transformation in the organisation as it approaches its centenary year.

Speaking on behalf the world’s largest business organisation—representing over 45 million companies employing more than 1 billion workers—ICC Director of Global Policy Nikolaus Schultze talked trade wars with France 24’s Annette Young.

In an interview broadcast live on the American news network MSNBC, ICC Secretary General John W.H. Denton AO stressed that tit-for-tat tariffs were not the answer to legitimate grievances of marginalized groups who may have been negatively affected by globalisation.

Incoming Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce John W.H. Denton AO has warned against inward policies and other distractions that could threaten global growth in 2018.