A Centennial History Of The U.S. International Trade Commission(USITC)

This book presents a history of the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) from its inception to 2016 in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the agency’s founding.

Topics featured include:

• The United States Tariff Commission and its early years
• The evolution of the Commission
• also covers Tariff Activities and more

Historical photographs of distinguished members and staff, illustrations, and graphs serve to illuminate the history of this key federal, independent governing body.

Introduction  7  

Creation  31

Chapter 2 Before the U.S. Tariff Commission: Congressional Efforts to Obtain Statistics and Analysis for Tariff-setting, 1789–1916 33 

Chapter 3 The Creation of the U.S. Tariff Commission 71

Evolution  119

Chapter 4 The Substantive and Institutional Evolution of the U.S. Tariff Commission/U.S. International Trade Commission (1917–2016) 121

5 Evolution of the Chairmanship of the U.S. International Trade Commission 143

Chapter 6 The Commission’s Headquarters and Field Office Buildings 161  

Tariffs 171

Chapter 7 Tariff Activities 173

Chapter 8 The Tariff Commission in Transition, 1917–74  191

Investigations  233

Chapter 9 Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations  235

Chapter 10 Safeguards  263

Chapter 11 Reflections of Members of the Trade Bar. 291

Chapter 12 Intellectual Property Investigations  309

Analysis  371

Chapter 13 Industry and Economic Analysis  373

Chapter 14 Economic Analysis at the U.S. International Trade Commission 401

Chapter 15 Industry and Economic Analysis for Congress  421

Chapter 16 Industry and Economic Analysis for the Executive Branch 431

Appendix A Organization Charts for the Commission from 1934, 1977, and 2016 A.1

Appendix B The Commissioners who have served on the U.S. Tariff Commission or the U.S. International Trade Commission, from 1917 to 2017  B.1

Appendix C Commissioners of the U.S. Tariff Commission or U.S. International Trade Commission who have served as Chairman or Vice Chairman, 1917–2017  C.1

Appendix D Administrative Law Judges who have served at the U.S. International Trade Commission, 1976–2017  D.1

Members of the Federal community, U.S. Government historians, educators and students in the fields of political science, international trade policy, and scholars and legal will find this historic resource of interest.