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Introduction
ITC: Not foreign enterprises hold any hostility
- Vice-Chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission(ITC) Deanna Tanner, Okun Interview
Foreign Tade：For Chinese companies, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) is still relatively unknown. Economic and trade fields, known for Chinese enterprises, the Ministry of Commerce. ITC What are the differences in their functions? Deanna Tanner Okun：States International Trade Commission (ITC) is a set up by Congress, quasi-judicial federal agency with extensive powers to deal with trade-related issues.
In the U.S., has the power institutions dealing with trade-related matters in addition to the ITC the U.S. Commerce Department. Perform their duties in the course of the investigation of the anti-dumping and intellectual property rights infringement, the display can. In economy and trade, specifically, the duties of the U.S. Department of Commerce finds that constitute dumping and dumping margin, ITC is mainly survey dumping to the detriment of domestic firms in the United States. In addition .ITC is a quasi-judicial body, independent of the Government, specialized agencies, and trade for the U.S. government to provide advice and statistics. To take measures to maintain the general market relations in the United States for unfair trade practices.
That is, the ITC's main functions include three parts. Management of U.S. trade remedy laws fair and objective manner; tariffs, international trade and competition issues to the President, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and Congress to provide independent, high-quality information and support; maintaining the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule. Based on the above-mentioned functions .ITC six members designated by the President and the Senate recognized the addition was designated to fill the unexpired vacancy, the appointment term of nine years. The term of office by the Constitution, the
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provisions of the staggered calculated. Every 18 months, have different members have retired. Members of the office for more than five years may not again be specified. No more than three members from the same political party. Chairman and Vice-Chairman appointed by the president for a term of the statutory two years. The President shall not former President from the same political party. The President shall appoint two members from the same political party as Chair and Vice-Chairman.
Foreign Tade：Then, the ITC is how to perform its functions for national service? Deanna Tanner Okun：ITC are five ways to carry out its functions to serve the country: - Import injury investigation, including determining the import of some kind of unfair trade (anti-dumping or countervailing duty investigations) and the increase in imports (global and bilateral security measures for the investigation) to cause damage or a threat of material injury to U.S. industry.
- IP-related imports of investigation, including the guide to sex, to obey the president's objections against certain unfair practices in the import trade, such as patent or trademark infringement.
- Investigation procedures, including an objective analysis of the major trade-related issues; to predict the economic impact of trade agreements; analysis of the specific competition in the industry, and to find within the industry and external economic factors that affect the industry competitive.
- Trade information services to the ITC, Congress and the implementing agencies and the public delivery of reliable and timely information and analysis of data through this service. - Trade policy support .ITC staff to provide direct technical support to the USTR, Congressional committees, inter-departmental committee, and the U.S. delegation in multilateral trade organizations such as the World Trade Organization (WTO). Authorization based on field surveys .ITC to exercise the powers of the extensive investigation of trade-related issues.
The right to exercise judgment, the ITC to make a decision in respect of certain unfair trade practices. Through research .ITC also become the source of a national trade data collection
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and analysis, and information and analysis available to the implementing agencies and Congress to help them to specify and develop U.S. trade policy.
Foreign Tade：Articles understand, import injury investigation, anti-dumping / countervailing duty investigations. The five-year (sunset) review of global security measures to investigate, and IP-related imports investigation the ITC often conducted several major investigations. Could you talk about the difference between them?
Deanna Tanner Okun：Import Injury Investigation: ITC reserves the right to decide based on whether the U.S. trade law imported products cause damage to related industries for the United States, or a threat of injury. ITC's injury investigation into the 13 anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations .And in accordance with Chapter VII of the 1930 Tariff Act five-year (sunset) review; global security measures under the 1974 Trade Act (Disclaimer), Chinese security measures market disruption investigation; According to the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement(NAFTA), bilateral security measures to investigate the implementation of Act 302; and a survey conducted in accordance with section 22 of the agricultural Adjustment Act.
Members according to the facts recorded in the relevant legal requirements and each survey to survey into El damage a decision on its view into El damage survey announced. And subject to judicial review.
In each investigation, the ITC and investigation team (including an oversight investigator of an investigator, an accountant or auditor. An economist, a business analyst and a lawyer) produced a complete the survey of the domestic industry competitive market conditions report .Committee members and the research team using a variety of fact gathering techniques, including (but are not limited to) industry-specific questionnaires, telephone interviews, factory visits, technical and market experts advice, statements by the parties, the public hearing, and to review the industry and market literature.
In each survey, the survey team to collect and analyze a wide range of data, then an objective and comprehensive report submitted to the ITC. The data in the report include (but are not limited to) industry production capacity, actual production, capacity utilization,
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