ITC Releases Its Calendar Year 2008 "Year in Trade" Report
The International Trade Commission has released its The Year in Trade 2008 report, an annual overview of the previous year's trade-related activities.
The ITC's "Year in Trade" report is one of the government's most comprehensive reports of U.S. trade-related activities, covering major multilateral, regional, and bilateral developments.
The publication provides a review of U.S. international trade laws and actions under such laws in calendar year 2008, activities of the World Trade Organization (WTO), U.S. free trade agreements and negotiations, and U.S. bilateral trade relations with major trading partners.
Report Covers Cases Undertaken, Operation of Trade Agreements, Etc.
The Year in Trade 2008 includes complete listings of antidumping, countervailing duty, safeguard, intellectual property rights infringement, and "section 301" cases undertaken by the U.S. government in calendar year 2008.
In addition, the 2008 report covers:
- the operation of the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA), and the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA);
- significant activities in the WTO, including its dispute settlement mechanism; the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum;
- developments in U.S. free trade agreements, including activities under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); and
- bilateral trade issues with major U.S. trading partners, including the European Union, Canada, China, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and India.
Note that statistical tables included in the report highlight U.S. bilateral trade with major trading partners and trade under U.S. trade preference programs.
ITC press release (09-056, dated 07/30/09) available at http://www.usitc.gov/press_room/news_release/2009/er0730gg1.htm
The Year in Trade 2008 (Publication 4091, dated July 2009, 217 pages) available at http://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/pub4091.pdf