TradeWaltz Inc. Takes the Stage at an International Chamber of Commerce Japan Hosted Event to Present “TradeWaltz Inc.’s Vision of Future Trade”

 TradeWaltz Inc. (Hirohisa Kojima, President & CEO), which operates the trading-related information-sharing platform known as “TradeWaltz,” took the stage for a presentation at an event on February 2nd hosted by the International Chamber of Commerce Japan. TradeWaltz Inc.’s business activity, trends of trade digitalisation, and more were discussed to go with the theme, “TradeWaltz Inc.’s Vision of Future Trade: The Global Boom in Trade Digitisation and Japan’s Efforts.”

■ICC Outline and TradeWaltz Inc’s Involvement
　The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is an organisation that develops international rules and regulations for the fair conduct of global commerce, trade, and investment activities by private companies around the world, and advocates on various issues surrounding the global economy (e.g., environmental and social issues). In 2016, it became the first private world business organisation to be admitted as an observer to the United Nations General Assembly.
　In June 2021, TradeWaltz Inc. joined ICC Japan, and has been working with the ICC DSI (*1), which is promoting the creation of new digital trade rules, URDTT (*2), to confirm the draft of URDTT in Japan.
(*1) https://www.dsi.iccwbo.org/
(*2) https://2go.iccwbo.org/explore-our-products/uniform-rules-for-digital-trade-transactions-urdtt-version-1.html

　ICC Japan holds regular seminars to provide information on trade and commerce, and this time TradeWaltz Inc.’s business and future development were introduced.

Name	ICC Members Only Webinar, “TradeWaltz Inc.’s Vision of Future Trade“
Date	14:00 – 15:30 February 2, 2022 (Japan Time)
Host	ICC JAPAN
Content	1) Webinar Introduction and Greetings (ICC JAPAN, Mr. Sasaki) 2) Presentation (TradeWaltz Inc., Mr. Kojima) 3) Q&A
Pictures from the Event

■ Upcoming ICC-related Events
　At the G7 Ministerial Declaration held in Cornwall, UK, from June 11-13, 2021, the theme of electronic international trade records was raised (*3), with the UK moving to revise its laws to handle trade documents digitally.
(*3)：https://www.meti.go.jp/press/2021/10/20211022008/20211022008.html

　With this in mind, ICC United Kingdom organised the ICC Digital Trade Conference to be held in April 2022, bringing together the world’s major players involved in trade digitalisation. TradeWaltz Inc. from Japan will be speaking at the conference, which is open to non-members of the ICC.

【Comments from People Involved】
ICC JAPAN, Executive Director, Kazuhito Sasaki
The ICC has been engaged in various activities to promote global trade and services, and this year we would like to accelerate our efforts to make trade more electronic and efficient. This was a valuable opportunity to introduce to a wide range of Japanese industries the business activities of TradeWaltz Inc., which stems from all sectors across all Japan. The Japan Committee will continue to promote the active participation of Japanese companies in the creation of international rules.

ICC united kingdom, Secretary General:　Chris Southworth
“We’re delighted to have Satoru Someya, Managing Director, TradeWaltz speak at the ICC United Kingdom’s Digital Trade Conference on 6-8 April. This event comes at a critical moment as we prepare the ground for the international trading ecosystem to become fully digitalised and interoperable. This event will bring together experts from industry, government and international standards bodies and take a sectoral approach to showcase best practice and understand the bottlenecks and solutions to mass adoption of open, interoperable systems.”

TradeWaltz Inc., President & CEO, Hirohisa Kojima　
I would like to express my sincere appreciation for the opportunity to speak to ICC Japan. The complete digitalisation of trade doesn’t stop with Japan, but when the country of the other party becomes digitalised, as well. That is why I hope we can continue to work closely with international organisations such as the ICC. I will be attending the conference in the UK in April, so I hope to see you there as well.

■About TradeWaltz Inc.
Company Name                TradeWaltz Inc.
Representative                  Hirohisa Kojima, President & CEO
Headquarters                   2F, Marunouchi Nijubashi Building,2-2 Marunouchi 3-Chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan
Date Established              April 2020
Main Operations               Delivery of the TradeWaltz® SaaS(*2), a trading-related
                                            information-sharing platform built with blockchain technology
Employees                         Fulltime: 27
URL                                   https://www.tradewaltz.com
Register of shareholders  NTT DATA Corporation
                                             UTokyo Innovation Platform Co., Ltd.
                                             Mitsubishi Corporation
                                             Toyota Tsusho Corporation
                                             Kanematsu Corporation
                                             Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
                                             Mitsui-Soko Holdings Co., Ltd.
                                             Nissin Corporation
                                             MUFG Bank, Ltd.
                                             Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.
（*1）「TradeWaltz」is a registered trade mark in Japan of TradeWaltz Inc. Any other names of products, companies, groups, etc., are names and registered trademarks of their own.
（*2）SaaS stands for Software as a Service. It is a model that makes software available for use over the Internet.