The meeting will focus on the Commission's new projects for 2021, and will be an opportunity to hear from the IP Commission’s leadership, members and National Committees.
The Governing Body is the executive body of the International Labour Organization (the Office is the secretariat of the Organization). It meets three times a year, in March, June and November. It takes decisions on ILO policy, decides the agenda of the International Labour Conference, adopts the draft Programme and Budget of the Organization for submission to the Conference, and […]
The next meeting of the ICC Commission on Environment and Energy will take place virtually on March 17, 2021, 9:00am-12:00pm (EST). For more information, please contact Norine Kennedy (nkennedy@uscib.org). Â
Date: Friday, Mar 19, 2021 Time: 10am – 11:30am ET Location: Video-/tele- conference The United States Council for International Business (USCIB), The USCIB Foundation, and Business Partners for Sustainable Development (BPSD) have launched Business Partners to CONVINCE, a global communication and education initiative to promote COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among private sector employers and employees. If you are not on the Business […]
We will hold the 2021 1st quarter meeting of the ICT Policy Committee on Tuesday, March 23, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. EST. Please RSVP to Erin Breitenbucher (ebreitenbucher@uscib.org) to receive the Teams Calendar invitation. An agenda will be shared closer to the date.
The USCIB Trade and Investment Committee will hold its first meeting of 2021 virtually onMarch 25, from 10:00-11:30am EDT. We are pleased that the new senior White House NSC Senior Director for International Economics and Competitiveness, Peter Harrell will be our guest speaker. To register to attend the meeting and to get the videoconference information please contact Chris Olsen (colsen@uscib.org). […]
The Pandemic is not deterring the OECD from pushing ahead with its annual Investment Treaty Conference and other elements of their traditional Spring Investment Policy week. Details on upcoming OECD investment sessions are shown below, please save the following dates. For more information about these meetings contact Chris Olsen (colsen@uscib.org). USCIB welcomes and encourages member involvement in these sessions. OECD […]
On Monday, March 29, from 6:30-9:00am EDT, the OECD is hosting its Sixth Annual OECD Investment Treaty Conference on the Future of Investment Treaties. This event is open to the public, and you can register here, view the preliminary agenda here, and the full conference website here. The event will feature as a speaker USCIB member Kimberly Claman, Citi’s Director, […]
Join the ICC International Court of Arbitration and Mayer Brown for a program on various challenges that arise when arbitrating disputes with Brazilian parties. Brazil being the United States’ and Canada’s largest trading partner in South America, the panel will explore the different expectations that parties and practitioners from North America and Brazil may bring to their disputes, including with […]
Then, on Wednesday, March 31, from 7:30-9:30 EDT, the OECD FDI Qualities Network Meeting will take place. This OECD FDI Qualities project, supported by the Dutch and Swiss Governments, focuses on developing toolkits to strengthen the linkage between Foreign Direct Investment and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Shaun Donnelly will be participating in this event on behalf of USCIB and […]