ICC's 6th Geneva Business Dialogue in it's hybrid form was a success and we are very pleased to offer you the video recording of the event now:

To stimulate and facilitate dialogue among international organisations and the respective diplomatic representations in Geneva, we continued our Geneva Business Dialogues. We were pleased with the discussions on the topic of “The Role of Multinationals in the Economic Recovery”. A very warm thank you to our speakers and participants! Thank you all for a successful evening with a very interesting and engaging panel discussion.

ICC hat eine deutsche Version der „ICC Force Majeure and Hardship Clauses 2020“ veröffentlicht. Mit der Aufnahme der Klauseln in ihre internationale Verträge treffen Unternehmen eine klare Regelung für den Fall, dass eine Vertragspartei aufgrund von höherer Gewalt nicht liefern kann.  Erstmals hat die ICC auch eine kürzere, vereinfachte Fassung veröffentlicht, die sich insbesondere an kleinere und mittelständische Unternehmen richtet.

Der höheren Gewalt ("Force Majeure") werden im internationalen Handel unvorhersehbare, unabwendbare Ereignisse zugeordnet, die außerhalb der Kontrolle aller an einem Handelsgeschäft Beteiligten liegen und die unter den gegebenen Umständen mit angemessenen, zumutbaren Mitteln nicht zu vermeiden waren. Dazu gehören z.B. Kriege, Bürgerkriege, Revolutionen, Erdbeben, Hurrican, Feuer oder Pandemien. In diesen Fällen entfällt die Lieferverpflichtung.

Force Majeure wird je nach den von der jeweiligen nationalen Gesetzgebung entwickelten Grundsätze jedoch höchst unterschiedlich interpretiert. Daher bietet die ICC eine Force Majeure-Klausel an, um Vertragspartner die Einigung auf eine international akzeptierten Text zu erleichtern. 

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6th Geneva Business Dialogue - The Role of Multinationals in the Economic Recovery

To stimulate and facilitate dialogue among international organisations and the respective diplomatic representations in Geneva, ICC Switzerland continues its Geneva Business Dialogue with a series of high-ranking roundtables. We are pleased to invite you to the sixth of such discussions, on the topic of the role of multinationals in the economic recovery after COVID-19. We strive for an action oriented and forward-looking debate. The event takes place alongside Geneva Trade Week 2020.

Date: 30th September 2020

Venue: Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues, Geneva

Kindly find more information in the programme as well as more information on the speakers. If you are interested in participating, please register here and send the complited form to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

At our Annual Assembly yesterday, we had a look on this year's activities and looked ahead what next year will have to offer. Our guest of honour, Mr Jacques Pitteloud, Swiss Ambassador to the United States of America, joined us virtually and gave us a firsthand view from Washington on the situation of the US. Thank You to Jacques Pitteloud for the amazing Keynote Speech!

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on global trade, revealing the fragility of highly complex global value chains, making this week-long event more important than ever. It has put a spotlight on and accelerated the need to act on policy issues such as digitisation as a way to create greater societal equality and sustainability.

ICC International Trade & Prosperity Week (ITPW) will look at the various issues and provide a set of policy recommendations for how global value chains can further evolve to come back better, stronger and smarter, kick-starting the economic recovery.

More Information and registration here.  Participation FREE for all ICC Members!