December 2003 - January 2004   VOLUME XXIV ISSUE 10  
TOPICS
Energy/Environment
Trade Policy
Foreign Investment
Labor and Employment
ATA Carnet
Global Affairs
Corporate Governance
Business and Security
Biotechnology
New Members
Upcoming Events
CONTENTS
$16 Trillion in Worldwide Energy Investment Needed by 2030, IEA Chief Says
Governments Urged to Strive for an Ambitious FTAA Agreement
U.S. Lowers Protections for Overseas Investors
Reorganization Planned for Labor and Employment Committee
Key Export Indicator Hits an All-Time High
Two Groups in Bid to Stabilize Iraq’s Business Climate
U.S. Set to Sign UN Corruption Convention
Information Security Assurance for Executives
OECD Workshop on Harmonization of Regulatory Oversight
Exposing the Risks of International Trade Fraud
Meeting With EU Employment Commissioner
Global Economic Recovery Under Way, Says ICC Business Poll
Business Can Help Fight Terror
Conference Focuses on OECD’s Tax Work
Bangladesh Conference on Challenges of Multilateralism
$16 Trillion in Worldwide Energy Investment Needed by 2030, IEA Chief Says
"If present trends continue, the world will need to invest $16 trillion over the next three decades to maintain and expand energy supply," the head of the Paris-based International Energy Agency told a USCIB audience in New York on November 13...
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Governments Urged to Strive for an Ambitious FTAA Agreement
As trade ministers from across the hemisphere wrapped up their November meeting in Miami, USCIB urged the U.S. and its negotiating partners to continue working toward a broad, market-opening FTAA agreement, despite the failure to make real progress on the negotiating text...
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U.S. Lowers Protections for Overseas Investors
At a time when American companies must invest heavily in overseas markets to remain competitive (or to meet our growing energy needs, see related article), the U.S. government is making it more difficult for them to do so in a safe and predictable manner...
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NEW MEMBERS

We are pleased to welcome the following new members of USCIB: Citrix Systems, Inc., a global leader in access infrastructure solutions and enterprise access, headquartered in Florida; International Paper, a diversified, global paper company, headquartered in Connecticut, with manufacturing operations in the western hemisphere, Europe, Asia and Africa; and Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., the nation's third largest labor and employment law firm, specializing exclusively in the representation of management in all types of employment-related legal matters, based in Washington D.C.


 
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