Chamber News:

• Indonesian Chamber’s former Chairman to serve as CEO of the upcoming $900 Billion sovereign wealth fund. Source

• AmCham EU’s position on the Clean Industrial Deal. Source

• British Chambers: Encouraging signals on U.S. Trade. Source

• 492 chambers of commerce and trade associations urge Congress to extend pro-growth tax reforms. Source

• Abu Dhabi Chamber, Shanghai Federation of Industry and Commerce signed a cooperation agreement. Source

• Dubai Chamber launches Indonesian Business Council, its 59th. Source

• Pakistan to establish Chamber of Commerce in Azerbaijan. Source

• Standard Chartered first major bank to adopt ICC’s sustainable trade finance principles. Source

• ASCAME publishes its February newsletter. Source

• Building Mental Fortitude, by Todd Letts. Source

Opportunities

• Submit your Side Event Proposal at WCF Africa Summit. Apply

• Chamber of the Year Award applications. Apply

• 2025 World Chambers Competition. Apply

• Small Business Champions 2025. Apply

Publications

• ICC published the “Global Trade Outlook 2025”. Source

• Ontario Chamber published the “2025 Ontario Economic Report”. Source

• Trade Promotion Europe published “The Returns of Export Promotion for TPE members“. Source

• ITC published the“SME Competitiveness in Francophone Africa 2024“. Source

• ACCE introduced the Horizon 2035 report. Source

Events

• First Informative Session of the ICC Agri-Food Initiative 2025, March 6, 2025. Register

• WCF Africa Summit 2025, April 9-11, 2025. Discover

• World Chambers Congress, September 2-4 2025. Discover

• JCI World Congress, November 4-8 2025. Discover

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