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What will you give to help women gain equal opportunity? #IWD2026 👐 This year’s International Women’s Day theme, #GiveToGain, highlights a simple truth. Progress grows through generosity. Sharing knowledge, visibility, resources and support creates the conditions that help women thrive. When women succeed, businesses grow stronger, communities become more resilient, and economies prosper. Real progress happens through collective action.

The US Supreme Court ruling on emergency tariff powers may ease pressure for some businesses, but it creates new uncertainty for trade policy. Read our full statement ⤵️

Are you building AI solutions that help small businesses #trade internationally? The Small Business Champions Initiative is calling for AI-driven tools, training and initiatives that support micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises in global trade. If you are developing technology, delivering capacity-building programmes, or already using AI to help MSMEs navigate supply chains, logistics, finance, or regulation, this is your chance to share what works. Winning proposals will be invited to participate in the International Telecommunication Union AI for Good Global Summit in July 2026, helping scale real-world solutions that empower small businesses worldwide. Submissions are open until 16 March 2026. Read more and apply here: bit.ly/3O5imBw International Trade Centre World Trade Organization

The multilateral trading system is under sustained pressure, and patchwork solutions are no longer enough. That’s why, on the sidelines of the @WorldGovSummit in Dubai and in partnership with @DubaiChambers, we convened a high-level roundtable bringing together governments and business leaders to tackle this reality head-on. The message from the room was clear: Business is ready to step up and work with willing partners across sectors to deliver tangible solutions at the WTO’s 14th Ministerial Conference and beyond. As #globaltrade enters a new phase, the priority must shift from recommendations to delivery. That means practical action on technology, digitalisation and finance to restore predictability, strengthen resilience and give businesses across MENA the confidence to invest, #trade and grow with partners around the world. Read the ICC Compact for Trade, Growth and Jobs: bit.ly/4iOhBbb

Everything you buy online shouldn’t cost more. The WTO moratorium keeps digital tools, apps, and content affordable across borders. Without it? Expect more costs, more barriers, and less innovation. More: bit.ly/3LqaCJk | #Tradematters

At a moment when uncertainty is weighing heavily on the global economy, the EU-Mercosur trade agreement is a clear statement in favour of open markets, effective cooperation and rules-based trade. If effectively implemented, this deal will create meaningful opportunities for growth, entrepreneurship and job creation across both regions — improving market access, lowering technical barriers to trade and giving businesses the predictability they need to invest and expand across borders. ICC looks ahead to the formal signature of the deal expected next week. We stand ready to work with governments to ensure the agreement delivers practical, real-economy benefits for companies of all sizes — and reinforces trust in trade as a driver of shared prosperity. More: politi.co/4aM0CEx

Guess what now accounts for most of #globaltrade? Digital trade is gaining global momentum. In just two years, global exports operating under MLETR-aligned frameworks surged from 34% to 61.5% — a major leap toward paperless, interoperable trade. To track this momentum, the ICC Digital Standards Initiative, together with UNCITRAL and @UNESCAP, developed the MLETR Tracker — offering a real-time view of global alignment. Explore the tracker: digitalizetrade.org/mletr