International Chamber of Commerce
Location: Paris
Founded: 1919
Membership: Business interests in over 140 countries
Role
The International Chamber of Commerce promotes international trade and investment, and helps business meet the challenges and opportunities of globalization. ICC has three main activities – rule setting, arbitration and policy – and provides essential services such as ICC Arbitration, training, commercial crime fighting and customs facilitation.
National committees, including USCIB, work with their members to help set priorities and provide input in the formulation of ICC positions, and they convey these positions to their governments. Worldwide, more than 2,000 experts drawn from ICC’s member companies feed their knowledge and experience into crafting the ICC stance on specific business issues. The United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the G20 and many other intergovernmental bodies, both international and regional, are kept in touch with the views of international business through ICC.
Recent News
ICC Releases Study on the Importance of WTO in Fostering Economic Growth and Development (4/29/2024) - The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has commissioned and released an independent study by Oxford Economics that demonstrates the vital importance of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in fostering global economic growth and development. The study, titled ‘The Impact on Developing Economies of WTO Dissolution,’ highlights the dire consequences of abandoning the WTO, particularly in developing countries. Dissolution of the WTO […]
Saudia Arabia and Philippines to Accept ATA Carnets (“Passport for Goods”) This Summer (4/24/2024) - USCIB, the national guaranteeing and issuing association for the ATA Carnet in the United States, has announced that both the Kingdom of Saudia Arabia and the Republic of the Philippines have joined the ATA Carnet system. These countries join a growing list of over 80 countries and customs territories that process the ATA Carnet.