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2017 USITC at a Glance [1] (2017)

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The USITC is an independent, quasi-judicial federal agency established by Congress with a wide range of trade-related mandates.

Consistent with its statutory mandate, the Commission makes determinations in proceedings involving imports claimed to injure a
domestic industry or violate U.S. intellectual property rights; provides independent tariff, trade and competitiveness-related analysis
and information; and maintains the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule.

The USITC fulfills its mission and serves the nation through:

 import injury investigations, which involve determining whether certain unfairly
  traded imports (antidumping and countervailing duty investigations) as well as    F
  increased imports (global and bilateral safeguard investigations) injure or
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 intellectual property-based import investigations, which involve determining
  whether imported articles infringe U.S. intellectual property rights (e.g., patents and
  trademarks) or are involved in certain unfair trade practices, and which may result in               _ u   r
  an order, subject to disapproval by the USTR, barring the importation of such articles;  5 s  orders

 industry and economic analysis, which involves conducting objective analyses     . G   a       inesigtin
  of major trade-related issues; estimating the probable economic effects of trade    n        2
  agreements; and analyzing the global competitiveness of specific industries and
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 tariff and trade information services, which provide to the Congress, the executive
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 trade policy support, which involves direct technical support by USITC staff to the  - mt- x  c *so - -
  USTR, congressional committees and Members of Congress, interagency committees,
         and U.S. delegations to multilateral trade organizations, such as the World   - a  a   d      r    s
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                       The six Commissioners are appointed by the President and    prdued
                          confirmed by the Senate for terms of nine years, unless  -   p
                            appointed to fill an unexpired term. The terms are set
                              by statute and are staggered so that a different term   -
                              expires every 18 months. A Commissioner who has     - n
                                 served for more than five years is ineligible for
                                 reappointment. A Commissioner may continue
                                 to  serve after the expiration of his/her term until a successor is appointed and qualified.
                                   No more than three Commissioners may be members of the same political party. The
                                   Chairman  and the Vice Chairman are designated by the President and serve for a statutory
                                   two-year  term. The Chairman may not be of the same political party as the preceding
                                     Chairman, nor may the President designate two Commissioners of the same political party
                                     as the Chairman and Vice Chairman.

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