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• ICC, DCSA, BIMCO, FIATA and SWIFT launch the Future International Trade Alliance and signed a memorandum of understanding to standardise digitalisation of international trade.

  17/02/2022
  ICC, DCSA, BIMCO, FIATA and SWIFT have launched the Future International Trade Alliance and signed a memorandum of understanding to standardise digitalisation of international trade...

• ICC Releases Technical Advisory Briefing No. 1

  02/02/2022
  For many years, the ICC Banking Commission has issued official opinions, DOCDEX decisions, and decisions and guidance papers on a range of topics...

• ICC issues a positioning paper for Standards for Sustainable Trade & Sustainable Trade Finance as a roadmap and vision for industry, policymakers and traders worldwide

  10/11/2021
  While a number of related standards for sustainable goods and services and financial products exist, none are readily adapted to robustly define and demarcate sustainable trade...

• ICC release new rules – Uniform Rules for Digital Trade Transactions (URDTT)

  01/10/2021
  Text of the rules can be obtained here for free...

• ACCESS TO FREE TRAINING MODULES UNTIL THE END OF MAY 2021 !

  07/05/2021
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• WTO, TFG and ICC release publication 'Accelerating trade digitalization to support MSME financing'

  04/05/2021
  On 30 March 2021, the World Trade Organization (WTO), Trade Finance Global (TFG) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) launched their latest publication ‘Accelerating trade digitalization to support MSME financing’...

• ICC releases a User's Guide to the eUCP

  11/02/2021
  In July 2019, the ICC Banking Commission released electronic supplements to the existing Uniform Rules for Collections (URC 522) and Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP 600) rules, namely eURC Version 1...

• CDCS Examination April 2021

  18/01/2021
  The CDCS examination will be held on 16 & 17 April 2021, depending on your location...

• ICC releases the 2020 Global Survey on Trade Finance incorporating an assessment of the impact of COVID-19

  21/07/2020
  The International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) 11th annual Global Survey on Trade Finance reveals that banks are optimistic about the evolving nature of trade finance, though unsurprisingly expect various industry-wide challenges and disruption as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic...

• ICC issues addendum to the 2014 Guidance Paper on the use of Sanction clauses in trade finance-related instruments subject to ICC rules

  08/05/2020
  The ICC has noted a resurgence in the use of sanctions clauses in documentary credits and in demand guarantees, particularly in the form of non-specific clauses that create uncertainty...