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Few global supply chains have been spared from the wrath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Public lockdowns, export restrictions, and protectionist measures have pushed the global economy to the brink. Damien Bruckard, Deputy Director of ICC Trade and Investment, discusses ICC's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the steps that the organisation has taken to ensure open and free trade for all.

In this episode of ICC Trading Thoughts, ICC spoke with Timea Suto, Manager, ICC Knowledge Solutions, and Rene Summer, Director of Government and Industry Relations for Ericsson and ICC's Cyber Working Group Lead, about the steps businesses and policymakers can take to prevent cybersecurity threats.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, is celebrating it’s 60 anniversary this year. Since entering into force in 1961, the OECD has played a critical role in advancing multilateral solutions to global challenges. As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 crisis and other policy challenges, like climate change and global inequality, the OECD is in the process of selecting its next Secretary General. ICC speaks with one of the finalists for that position, the former European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom.

ICC sat down with Karima-Catherine Goundiam, the founder of B2bee Match to discuss her background as an entrepreneur and how business leaders and policymakers can enable SMEs with the tools and resources that they need to digitise their operations. B2bee Match is one of the official partners of ICC's Centre of Entreprenuership and will contribute to ICC's objective of digitsing 5 million SMEs in Africa.

ICC sat down with Lord Jack McConnell, the former First Minister of Scotland (2001-2007)and Member of the UK House of Lords, to discuss the importance of placing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals at the heart of the COVID-19 economic recovery.

THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (ICC) ELECTED AJAY BANGA, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF MASTERCARD, AS ITS CHAIR BACK IN JUNE. ICC SPOKE WITH AJAY ABOUT HIS VISION FOR HOW ICC CAN CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR PEACE AND PROSPERITY FOR ALL, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATING A VALUES BASED ORGANISATION, AS WELL AS WHAT STEPS GOVERNMENTS AND BUSINESSES CAN TAKE TO “SAVE OUR SMES” FROM THE ECONOMIC AND HUMAN CONSEQUENCES ASSOCIATED WITH COVID-19.

The ICC Commission on the Digital Economy has announced the appointment of Carlos Lopez-Blanco as Chair. In this episode of ICC Trading Thoughts, we discuss Mr Lopez-Blanco’s vision for the global digital economy, how businesses worldwide can help shape it, and what role the ICC Commission on the Digital economy can play to amplify the voice of private sector.

SINCE THE OUTBREAK OF COVID-19, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, OR FDI, HAS PLUMMETED DUE TO NEW TRADE RESTRITCTIONS, PROTECTIONIST MEASURES, AND PUBLIC LOCKDOWNS. AGAINST THIS BACKDROP, THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT, COMMONLY KNOWN AS UNCTAD, HAS RELEASED ITS ANNUAL WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT. ICC SPOKE WITH UNCTAD SECRETARY GENERAL MUKHISA KITUYI TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE REPORT’S FINDINGS AND COVID-19’S IMPACT ON FDI AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION.

THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 AROUND THE WORLD HAS LED TO CALLS FOR COORDINATED ACTION AMONG THE WORLD’S LARGEST ECONOMIES TO ADDRESS THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE VIRUS. KEVIN RUDD, THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA AND PRESIDENT OF THE ASIA SOCIETY POLICY INSTITUTE, HAS BEEN A LEADING PROPONENT IN THE CALL FOR MORE G20 ACTION TO RESPOND TO COVID-19. ICC SAT DOWN WITH MR RUDD TO DISCUSS COVID-19, AS WELL AS THE FUTURE OF MULTILATERALISM.

WHILE THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF COVID-19 ARE SEVERE, POLICYMAKERS, BUSINESS LEADERS, AND CITIZENS, CAN NOT AFFORD TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE ONGOING CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CRISES FACING OUR WORLD. PAUL POLMAN, CHAIR OF THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND CO-FOUNDER OF IMAGINE, A NEW ORGANISATION WHICH MOBILISES BUSINESS LEADERS AROUND THE WORLD TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL INEQUALITY. FROM 2009-2019, MR POLMAN WAS THE CEO OF UNILEVER, WHERE HE RECEIVED WIDESPREAD RECOGNITION FOR HIS IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABLE, ETHICAL, AND RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS PRACTICES.

ANGEL GURRÍA, THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE OECD, JOINS US TO DISCUSS WHAT STEPS POLICYMAKERS CAN TAKE TO RESPOND TO THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF COVID-19 AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO ENSURE AN INCLUSIVE RECOVERY FOR ALL.

In this episode of Trading Thoughts, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) discusses how the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation is tapping into the skills, expertise, and resources of business, to advance development solutions for all.

MARY ROBINSON, THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF IRELAND, UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, AND CHAIR OF THE ELDERS, EXPLAINS WHY HOW THIS VIRUS IS IMPACTING SMALL BUSINESSES AND WHY WE NEED TO CONFRONT CLIMATE CHANGE WITH COVID-19 URGENCY.

Chambers of Commerce provide local businesses with essential services to grow, develop, and prosper. From enhancing local economic development to stregthening links between markets, chambers of commerce sit at the heart of ICC's mission and purpose. Gabriel Petrus, Deputy Director, ICC Membership & Services, discusses what steps ICC is taking to stregthen the role of chambers of commerce in the 21st century.

DOROTHY TEMBO, THE ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE, EXPLAINS HOW COVID-19 IS IMPACTING SMALLAND MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESSES IN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES…AND WHAT STEPS GOVERNMENTS CAN TAKE TO ASSIST THEM.

BUSINESSES AND GOVERNMENTS ARE INTRODUCING NEW MEASURES TO COMBAT THE SPREAD OF COVID-19. OFFICES ARE TRANSITIONING TO VIRUTAL WORKSPACES, GOVERNMENTS ARE CLOSING BORDERS, HOSPITALS ARE OVERBURDENED, AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES ARE UNDER THREAT. JOHN DENTON, ICC SECRETARY GENERAL, AND QUIN CARTHANE, ICC CHIEF OF STAFF DISCUSS WHAT STEPS ICC IS TAKING TO RESPOND TO THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK AND PROVIDE BUSINESSES, GOVERNMENTS, AND CITIZENS WITH HOPE DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES.

On this episode, we discuss the Incoterms® rules with Martijn Schippers, Manager, Global Trade & Indirect Taxation, Ernst & Young (EY). Martijn discusses the importance of the Incoterms® rules on taxation rules, standards, and contracts.

On this episode of A Day in the Life of the Incoterms® Rules, ICC sits down with Emiliano Introcaso, Trade Adviser, Export Development Canada, to discuss the importance of the Incoterms® Rules in Canada.

On this episode, we discuss the Incoterms® rules with Christoph Martin Radtke, a member of the Incoterms® 2020 Drafting Group. Christoph provides us with a behind-the-scenes look into the drafting group process, as well as some of the feedback he has received about the latest edition of the Incoterms® rules.

On this episode, ICC sits down with Daniel Kok, Managing Director of ICC Academy, to discuss official Incoterms 2020 training sessions and events.

Andrew Wilson, ICC Permanent Observer to the United Nations, discusses his objectives for the 2019 UN General Assembly, as well as the success of the Chambers Climate Coalition.

Since the 2016 referendum result, Brexit has been at the very heart of British political life. From the Irish backstop to lorry queues in Dover – the Brexit debate has covered it all. Now, with the ascendency of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, what is the future of Brexit? What does Brexit mean for business? Where do the Incoterms® rules fit into all of this? On this episode, ICC sits down with ICC UK Secretary General Chris Southworth to discuss the relationship between Brexit and the Incoterms® rules.

On this episode, ICC discusses the Incoterms® rules with Dorjee Sun. Dorjee is the co-founder of Perlin, a blockchain technology company based in Singapore. Over the course of his career, Dorjee has founded several companies, including a carbon emissions trading company for which he received several accolades, and was recognised as a hero of the environment by Time Magazine. ICC spoke to Dorjee about the future of the Incoterms rules, as well as the potential benefits of blockchain technology for international trade.

On this episode, the International Chamber of Commerce(ICC) discusses the Incoterms® rules with Daniel Maria Rojas Garcia, an LLM Candidate in the Advanced LLM Programme Air & Space Law at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Before moving to the Netherlands, Daniela was working in international arbitration with a specific focus on transport law. ICC spoke about her experience with the Incoterms® rules as a student as well as the future of the Incoterms® rules in space.

Since the publication of the first edition in 1936, the Incoterms® rules have established clear precedents for business operating within the rules-based international trade system. Despite economic, political and technological changes to our world over the past eight decades, the Incoterms® rules remain relevant to business, governments and individuals everywhere. In preparation for the release of Incoterms® 2020, ICC has launched “A Day in the Life of the Incoterms® rules” to tell the stories of Incoterms® rules users from around the world.