The World Business Organisation

ICC Commissions

Why companies should join ICC

Committee Reports

World Chambers Federation

Officers of ICC United Kingdom

ICC Arbitration & Alternative Dispute Resolution

ICC 2004 Policy Statements, Discussion Papers and Issues Papers

Standing up for the global economy
Maria Livanos Cattaui, Secretary General of ICC

Business and the global economy
ICC statement on behalf of world business to the
Heads of State and Government attending the
2004 G8 Sea Island Summit


ICC recommendations for trade facilitation through
effective customs duty relief programmes
Prepared by the Commission on Customs and Trade Regulations

ICC recommendations for WTO negotiations on transparency
in government procurement
Prepared by the Commission on Trade and Investment Policy

Business perspectives on a long-term international policy
approach to address global climate change
Department of Policy and Business Practices

A business view on the benefits of opening
trade in financial services
Prepared by the Commission on Financial Services and Insurance

ICC Issues Paper on Internet Governance
Prepared by the Commission on E-Business, IT and Telecoms

ICC policy statement on ‘spam’ and unsolicited
commercial electronic messages
Prepared by the Commission on E-Business, IT and Telecoms

Business action to stop counterfeiting and piracy
An ICC initiative

ICC Discussion Paper on Access and Benefit-Sharing
for Genetic Resources
Prepared by the Commission on Biosociety and Commission
on Intellectual Property

Europe and Enlargement

Reforming Europe
Rt. Hon Tony Blair MP
Prime Minister

Our agenda for the Presidency of Europe
Rt. Hon. Jacqui Smith MP
Minister for Industry and the Regions

Challenges and opportunities in the new Europe
Rodrigo de Rato
Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

The new economic agenda for the enlarged EU
Günter Verheugen
Vice-President, European Commission and Commissioner
for Enterprise and Industry

Arbitration

Protecting Foreign Investments – Contract or Treaty?
Geoff Nicholas and Jonathan Sutcliffe
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

International commercial arbitration: reflections at the crossroads of the
common law and civil law traditions
Javier H. Rubinstein
Partner, International Arbitration Group, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

Current trends in investment treaty arbitration
Philip Dunham, Partner and George K. Foster, Associate
Coudert Brothers LLP

A comparison between the ICC and the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules
Eugene Lenhan Alway Associates

Economy and Finance

Encouraging financial capability
Stephen Timms MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury

The wind has changed:
the EU financial services agenda
Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner for the
Internal Market and Services

The international monetary system
Mervyn King Governor, the Bank of England

Merger policy in Europe: retrospect and prospect
John Vickers Chairman, Office of Fair Trading

Cross-country determinants of mergers and acquisitions
Stefano Rossi and Paolo Volpin
Institute of Finance and Accounting, London Business School

Business Environment

Addressing competing transfer pricing rules successfully
Danny Beeton Client Service Director, Transfer Pricing, Grant Thornton UK LLP

VAT recovery: issues for business
Nick Brandon Freelance Journalist

Private banking at the crossroads
Richard Willsher Freelance Journalist

ICT and e-Commerce

Digital Britain: broadcasting and new media
Stephen Carter Chief Executive Officer, Ofcom

ICT and the UK economy
Mike O’Brien MP Minister of State for Energy and E-Commerce

Voice over Internet Protocol: to regulate or not to regulate?
Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Susan Schorr, Nancy Sundberg, Tim Kelly and Eric Lie
International Telecommunications Union

ICT usage in America: the wireless broadband express
Michael K. Powell
Chairman, Federal Communications Commission

i2010: How to make Europe’s Information Society competitive
Viviane Reding European Commissioner for the Information Society and Media

Intellectual Property

Counter offensive: an IP crime strategy
Ron Marchant Comptroller General and Chief Executive, The Patent Office

Inward Investment and Corporate Relocation

Inward Investment in the UK
Rt. Hon. Patricia Hewitt MP
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

Inward investment: the UK’s competitive advantage
William Pedder, Chief Executive, UK Trade and Investment

Inward Investment and Corporate Relocation

Inward Investment in the UK
Rt. Hon. Patricia Hewitt MP
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

Inward investment: the UK’s competitive advantage
William Pedder, Chief Executive, UK Trade and Investment