During the months of February and March 2015, USCIB hosted the second joint ICT conference titled “Promoting Inclusive Growth in the Digital Economy: The OECD Evidence and Practice Base” and hosted the first-ever joint USCIB/ICC Customs and Trade Facilitation Symposium, “Finding Solutions to Cross-Border Challenges.”
Staff and members met with Everett Eissenstat, Chief International Trade Counsel for the Senate Finance Committee and William Danvers, Deputy Secretary General of the OECD, as well as officials from the Department of Homeland Security, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the U.S. Trade Representative, the EPA and multiple bureaus of the State Department; participated in public consultations with the OECD on tax, investment and ICT; and represented member views on panels in California, Washington, DC, Geneva, Brussels and Paris.
