World economic expansion is poised to continue for the rest of the year as economists' predictions remain robust for the second quarter in a row, according to the latest International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Ifo World Economic Survey, released on May 22nd.

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) announced on May 21st the appointment of Jason Fry to the position of Secretary General of the ICC International Court of Arbitration.

Experts gathered in Tokyo on 9 May for a conference ahead of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) which will take place in Brazil later this year.

Growth in the economies of the Arab world has been accompanied by the need for a greater understanding of arbitration. Traditionally, arbitration has been seen as a last resort once all communication between parties has broken down.

The International Chamber of Commerce has appointed Louise Kantrow, a former United Nations (UN) official with extensive experience in the government and nonprofit arenas, as its new permanent representative to the UN.

CC's World Chambers Federation (WCF) has stepped up activity on the international scene to showcase its work in the standardization of issuance procedures for non-preferential certificates of origin.

Counterfeiting and piracy are a global epidemic, reaching a scale now too great for individual governments, industry sectors or companies to solve.

With particular focus on Central and Eastern Europe developments on corporate governance, ICC hosted its fourth Corporate Governance Roundtable last month in Prague.

A three-day bilingual training seminar on techniques of amicable dispute resolution took place at the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris on 16, 17 and 18 April 2007.

For the first time in the US, the ICC International Court of Arbitration will host a two-day arbitration workshop. Taking place in San Francisco on 10-12 June, the workshop will enlighten participants on strategies and tactics in drafting arbitration documents under the ICC Rules.

By a unanimous vote of 71-0, the ICC Commission on Banking Technique and Practice approved an updated version of its widely acclaimed publication, International Standard Banking Practice for the Examination of Documents under Documentary Credits (ISBP). The voting took place at the commission's meeting in Singapore on April 26th.

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