Leaders of some of the world’s top companies formed a unique coalition to take the fight against theft of intellectual property to the highest international level.  Meeting under the banner of BASCAP (Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy), they said theft of intellectual property rights threatens the basis of the 21st-century economy.

At United Nations negotiations last month in Vienna, USCIB members worked through the International Chamber of Commerce to support a risk-based approach to chemicals management.  Following up on the UN’s 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, the UN Environment Program has organized several meetings to identify a “Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management.”

China could overtake the U.S. and Germany to become the world’s largest exporter in the next five years, according to a survey conducted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.  The rollout of this OECD first-ever economic survey of China, compiled in collaboration with numerous Chinese agencies and statistical experts, was unveiled at a recent USCIB meeting in New York.

American readers of ICC's popular publications may not notice the difference when they log on to www.iccbooksusa.com.  But the marketing and distribution of the trade, law, finance and reference materials in the United States is now being managed by USCIB.