Fwd: 236 business organisations call for WTO reform at MC14

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Subject:	236 business organisations call for WTO reform at MC14
Date:	2026-03-26 19:09
From:	Valerie Picard <icc>
To:	g.stoev/BJEC/CCIBGK
Reply-To:	icc

ICC delivers a Global Business Statement to WTO Director General as ministers meet in Yaoundé
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For business. For you.

Dear GEORGI STOEV,       World Trade Organization (WTO) ministers are meeting this week in Yaoundé, Cameroon for the WTO 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) – at a moment when the multilateral trading system faces unprecedented strain.    In the lead-up to the conference, ICC published an MC14 Call to Action, calling on ministers to launch a structured, time-bound reform process needed to restore and modernise the WTO's core functions – and to equip the system to address current and future trade challenges, including by renewing the WTO Moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions.    To back that call, ICC rallied over 236 chambers of commerce and business organisations from every region in the world behind a Global Business Statement addressed to WTO ministers.    Today, moments before the conference's opening session, ICC Secretary General John W.H. Denton AO formally presented the statement to WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala – delivering a powerful signal of business resolve on the future of the multilateral trading system.    See the full list of signatories and learn more about our work on revitalizing the multilateral trading system.

List of signatories

Best regards,

Valerie Picard Head of Trade     Shubhangi Dutta Policy Advisor, Trade & Customs   Paula Baena Global Policy Lead, Customs   Huidi Feng  Policy Advisor, Trade & Customs

As the World's Business Organization, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is committed to securing what business needs at the WTO's 14th Ministerial Conference in March 2026. Learn more about our work on restoring the multilateral trading system.

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