Global trade

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

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is representing the global business community this week at a major United Nations (UN) conference on South-South Cooperation. The conference was convened to mark the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the Buenos Aires Plan of Action for Promoting and Implementing Technical Cooperation among developing countries.

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) will host an international symposium on 9 April 2019 in Tokyo to feed outcomes from the online Global Dialogue on Trade into inter-governmental dialogue on global trade reform.

The first digitally-enabled dialogue on the future of the multilateral rules-based trading system will be extended until 1 March 2019.

The World Chambers Federation (WCF) of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) welcomes China’s advancement of the scope of application of the ATA Carnet system. As of 9 January 2019, the Asian nation will now accept professional equipment and commercial samples.

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.

The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) 2018 Public Forum kicks off in Geneva, Switzerland this week under the theme ‘Trade 2030’.

ICC has welcomed a statement from G20 ministers recognizing the need to step up efforts to mitigate risks and enhance confidence in international trade at what they describe as “a critical juncture for international trade and investment cooperation.”

In an interview broadcast live on the American news network MSNBC, International Chamber of Commerce (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 globalization.

The World Chambers Federation (WCF) of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has launched the first stage of a pilot project to digitalise the ATA Carnet, a customs document allowing duty- and tax-free movement of goods for up to one year.