Chamber News:

• ICC report: extreme weather events cost economy $2 trillion over the last decade. Source

• Eurochambres Economic Survey 2025: Europe’s competitiveness is at a tipping point. Source

• Hundreds of chambers urge congress to back Disaster & Resilience Funding. Source

• Hawaii Chamber of Commerce unveils its 2030 Blueprint. Source

• Indonesian Chamber: China, Indonesia firms to ink $10 Billion in deals. Source

• Dubai Chambers signs MoU with Thai Chamber of Commerce. Source

• Uganda Chamber: Hundreds of UAE investors to attend Kampala business forum. Source

• Tajikistan Chamber and Germany’s BVMW signed MoU. Source

• Uzbekistan's Chamber of Commerce and Industry to open representative office in Morocco. Source

• India and South Africa to establish bilateral chamber of commerce. Source

Publications

• The Truth about Cross-Cultural B2B Relationships. Source

• Boosting Association Revenue in Africa. Read more

• ICC announces Wave 3 of the Principles for Sustainable Trade to drive global trade sustainability across all sectors. Read more

• The World Bank releases its Business Ready (B-READY) 2024 report. Read more

Events

• How AI shapes and is shaped by international trade, November 21st. Discover

• Re-imagining the Future of Trade, December 5th. Discover

• Connecting European Chambers, December 9-10 2024. Discover

• ICC MENA Conference on International Arbitration, 10-11 February 2025.Discover

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

Podcast of the week

Every week, we publish a new podcast episode from the chamber world, in partnership with Brandon Burton’s Chamber Chat Podcast, a podcast for chamber professionals.

👉️ Listen to the latest episode: First Reaction of the Chamber Industry with Dale Kooyenga and don’t forget to subscribe and listen on your favourite platform!