International Trade Commission

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independent federal agency quasi-judicial body

The International Trade Commission is an independent U.S. federal agency that investigates and adjudicates matters involving international trade, including unfair trade practices and import injury to domestic industries.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
United States International Trade Commission 1
Office of Unfair Import Investigations 1
U.S. International Trade Commission 1
USITC 1
United States Tariff Commission 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf independent federal agency ⓘ
quasi-judicial body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs International Trade Commission ⓘ
chairDesignationBy President of the United States ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateFormed 1916 ⓘ
dateReorganized 1974 ⓘ
decisionType cease and desist orders ⓘ
exclusion orders ⓘ
injury determinations in trade remedy cases ⓘ
employerOf administrative law judges ⓘ
foundedBy United States Congress ⓘ
hasDivision Office of Economics ⓘ
Office of Industries ⓘ
Office of Operations ⓘ
Office of Tariff Affairs and Trade Agreements ⓘ
International Trade Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Office of Unfair Import Investigations

Office of the General Counsel ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
legalAuthority GATT Article XIX ⓘ
surface form: Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974

Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 ⓘ
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
surface form: Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930
legalBasis Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
surface form: Tariff Act of 1930
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity District of Columbia ⓘ
mandate conduct Section 337 investigations of unfair practices in import trade ⓘ
conduct antidumping and countervailing duty investigations ⓘ
conduct global safeguard investigations ⓘ
conduct investigations into unfair trade practices ⓘ
determine injury or threat of injury to U.S. industries from imports ⓘ
investigate the effects of dumped and subsidized imports on domestic industries ⓘ
maintain the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States ⓘ
provide independent trade policy analysis to the legislative and executive branches ⓘ
maximumMembersOfSameParty 3 ⓘ
memberAppointmentBy President of the United States ⓘ
memberConfirmationBy United States Senate ⓘ
numberOfMembers 6 ⓘ
officialWebsite https://www.usitc.gov ⓘ
primaryLanguage English ⓘ
providesAdviceTo Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ
Office of the United States Trade Representative ⓘ
replaced International Trade Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United States Tariff Commission
reportsTo United States Congress ⓘ
shortName International Trade Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: USITC
streetAddress 500 E Street SW ⓘ
subjectArea intellectual property in imported products ⓘ
international trade ⓘ
trade remedies ⓘ
termLength 9 years ⓘ
viceChairDesignationBy President of the United States ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

International Trade Commission → alsoKnownAs → International Trade Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: United States International Trade Commission
International Trade Commission → hasDivision → International Trade Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: United States International Trade Commission
this entity surface form: Office of Unfair Import Investigations
Customs Courts Act of 1980 → hasEffectOn → International Trade Commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States International Trade Commission
United States Court of International Trade → hearsCasesInvolving → International Trade Commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. International Trade Commission
International Trade Commission → replaced → International Trade Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: United States International Trade Commission
this entity surface form: United States Tariff Commission
International Trade Commission → shortName → International Trade Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: United States International Trade Commission
this entity surface form: USITC