United States International Trade Commission
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| Formed | September 8, 1916 |
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| Jurisdiction | International Trade Issues |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
| Employees | 365 (as of Dec. 6, 2016) |
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| Website | www |
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The United States International Trade Commission (USITC, sometimes I.T.C.) is an independent, bipartisan, quasi-judicial, federal agency of the United States that provides trade expertise to both the legislative and executive branches. Furthermore, the agency determines the impact of imports on U.S. industries and directs actions against unfair trade practices, such as subsidies, dumping, patent, trademark, and copyright infringement.
The USITC was established by the U.S. Congress on September 8, 1916, as the U.S. Tariff Commission. In 1974, the name was changed to the U.S. International Trade Commission by section 171 of the Trade Act of 1974. The agency has broad investigative powers on matters of trade. The USITC is a national resource where trade data is gathered and analyzed. This data is provided to the President and Congress as part of the information on which U.S. international trade policy is based.
Statutory authority for the USITC's responsibilities is provided by the following legislation:
The U.S. International Trade Commission seeks to:
In so doing, the Commission serves the public by implementing U.S. law and contributing to the development and implementation of sound and informed U.S. trade policy.
The USITC's five operations are:
The President nominates and the U.S. Senate confirms the six commissioners, who head the USITC. The President and the Secretary of State sign the formal commission.
Commissioners terms are nine years, or when fill a vacated seat for the remainder of a term. Their terms are staggered to end 18 months apart. Commissioners may not be reappointed at the start of a new term unless they have served less than five years, although commissioners stay on past the end of their term until their successor is appointed and confirmed. No more than three of the Commissioners may be of the same political party.
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