United States International Trade Commission

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UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

500 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20436

Phone, 202-205-2000. Internet, http://www.usitc.gov.

Chairman Stephen Koplan

Vice Chairman Deanna Tanner Okun

Commissioners Shara L. Aranoff, Jennifer A. Hillman, Charlotte R. Lane, Daniel R. Pearson

Administrative Law Judges Robert L. Barton, Jr., Charles E. Bullock, Sidney Harris, Paul J. Luckern

Director, Office of Administration/Chief Stephen McLaughlin

Information Officer

Deputy Chief Information Officer Pamela C. Dyson

Director, Office of Economics Robert B. Koopman

Director, Office of External Relations Lyn M. Schlitt

Congressional Relations Officer Nancy M. Carman

Public Affairs Officer Margaret M. O'Laughlin

Trade Remedy Assistance Program John J. Greer

Manager

Director, Office of Equal Employment Opportunity Jacqueline A. Waters

Director, Office of Industries Karen Laney-Cummings

Division Chief, Agriculture and Cathy L. Jabara

Fisheries

Division Chief, Natural Resources (vacancy)

and Metals

Division Chief, Chemicals and Dennis Rapkins

Textiles

Division Chief, Advanced Technology Michael Anderson

and Machinery

Division Chief, Services Richard W. Brown

Director, Office of Investigations Robert G. Carpenter

Director, Office of Operations Robert Rogowsky

Director, Office of Tariff Affairs and Trade David Beck, Acting

Agreements

Director, Office of Unfair Import Investigations Lynn Levine

General Counsel James M. Lyons

Inspector General Jean Smith, Acting

Secretary Marilyn R. Abbott

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The United States International Trade Commission furnishes studies, reports, and recommendations involving international trade and tariffs to the President, the U.S.

Trade Representative, and congressional committees. The Commission also conducts a variety of investigations pertaining to international trade relief.

The United States International Trade Commission is an independent agency created by act of September 8, 1916 (39 Stat. 795), and originally named the United States Tariff Commission. The name was changed to the United States International Trade Commission by section

171 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2231).

Six Commissioners are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate for 9-year terms, unless appointed to fill an unexpired term. The Chairman and Vice Chairman are designated by the President for 2-year terms, and succeeding Chairmen may not be of the same political party. The Chairman generally is responsible for the administration of the Commission. Not more than three Commissioners may be members of the same political party (19 U.S.C. 1330).

Activities

The Commission performs a number of functions pursuant to the statutes referred to above. Under the Tariff Act of 1930, the Commission is given broad powers of investigation relating to the customs laws of the United States and foreign countries; the volume of importation in comparison with domestic production and consumption; the conditions...