USCIB News
December 2004   VOLUME XXV ISSUE 9  
CONTENTS
Critics of OECD Tax Work Attempt to Hold Up Funding
USCIB Calls for Practical Steps by UN on Business and Human Rights
Introducing the New-Look ATA Carnet
Stabilizing Energy Supply: Good Governance Is the Key
ILO Governing Body Marked by Debate on Globalization
Business Presses for Updated Customs Terminology
World Bank Briefing for Manhattan Finance Community
Russia’s WTO Accession Tops Agenda at USCIB Meeting
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Critics of OECD Tax Work Attempt to Hold Up Funding
http://www.uscib.org/index.asp?documentI...

Criticism of the OECD’s work on international taxation has held up a vote on a key Congressional appropriations measure and threatened to cut off U.S. funding for the organization.
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USCIB Calls for Practical Steps by UN on Business and Human Rights
http://www.uscib.org/index.asp?documentI...

As a key United Nations agency works to finalize a report on business and human rights, USCIB continues to call for practical actions by the UN, both to spur more effective government action to uphold international human rights standards and to dispel mounting confusion about companies’ responsibilities.
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Introducing the New-Look ATA Carnet
Widely used “merchandise passport” gets a face-lift
http://www.uscib.org/index.asp?documentI...

The new ATA Carnet ATA Carnets, the internationally recognized customs documents that speed the temporary export of many categories of goods, have been around since the 1950s.  And like many people of a similar age, they’re getting a face-lift.
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Stabilizing Energy Supply: Good Governance Is the Key
http://www.uscib.org/index.asp?documentI...

A meeting, organized by BIAC and its French affiliate, brought together high-level business and government representatives such as Hubert Védrine, the former French foreign minister, and Claude Mandil, executive director of the International Energy Agency, under the banner of “Reliable Energy Supply for Economic Growth: New Challenges for Energy Security and Investment.”
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