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Business leaders and experts drawn from the ICC membership establish the key business positions, policies and practices on e-business, information technologies and telecommunications through the EBITT Commission.

Archives 2003 :

The final business statement - WSIS Geneva
Geneva, 12 December 2003
Speech by Richard D. McCormick*

Business confirms its support for ICANN
Geneva, 10 December 2003  Business today called for the strengthening of ICANN as the coordinator of the internet's domain names and numbers system.

New proposal on internet governance to be tabled at summit
Geneva, 8 December 2003  International business leader, Mr Talal Abu-Ghazaleh will tomorrow use a high-level meeting at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) to propose creation of an internet governance forum balancing the interests of governments, civil society and business.

ICC launches toolkit for e-business
Paris, 8 December 2003  ICC has launched a new series of booklets - 'ICC tools for e-business' - to coincide with this week's World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva.

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"Get real" is business plea to WSIS
Paris, 24 October 2003 

Investment crucial to building the information society
Geneva, 19 September 2003   Business is calling for more emphasis on competition and investment as preparations for the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) enter their final phase.

Business hails Hague jurisdictional treaty draft
Paris, 29 August 2003  The International Chamber of Commerce today said a draft treaty governing jurisdiction in cross-border business contract disputes was shaping up to give a boost to trade.

Kill spam - but not legitimate e-business
By Maria Livanos Cattaui - Singapore, 27 August 2003   Only a few years ago, the Internet was billed as the great leveller that allowed small businesses to reach out to vast markets at negligible cost. All they needed, so we thought, was a product people wanted to buy.

World poll puts Internet jurisdiction under scrutiny
San Francisco, USA, 7 August 2003  Is the Internet being stifled as a business medium by the constant tug-of-war over which country's law applies when disputes arise?

Don't sidetrack ICANN is business plea
Paris, 10 July 2003   The International Chamber of Commerce is opposing imminent moves to create a new intergovernmental organization to manage the Internet domain name system.

EU taxman causes VAT headaches outside Europe
Paris, 2 July 2003   As the European Union this week started imposing value-added tax on electronic products and services supplied by non-EU firms, many small companies outside Europe fear that the levy will compromise their ability to serve EU consumers.

Industry groups join forces to avert data retention laws
Brussels, 4 June 2003   A coalition of industry groups have joined forces to resist government moves towards mandatory data retention prior to meetings of European Telecommunications and Justice and Home Affairs Ministers this week.

Jurisdictional certainty is essential in international contracts
Paris, 2 April 2003   An unexpectedly large proportion of companies are dissuaded from going ahead with international contracts because of doubts about which national courts would resolve any dispute, an ICC survey disclosed today.

Business heads to e-summit as "key provider of solutions"
Geneva, 17 February 2003   Business is ready to reprise its role as the "key provider of solutions" at the upcoming UN Summit on the Information Society but only if governments play their part, ICC Secretary-General Maria Livanos Cattaui said today.



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