International Trade Commission (ITC)

The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) is an independent, nonpartisan, federal agency that fulfills a range of trade-related mandates. 

It provides high-quality, leading-edge analysis of international trade issues to the President and the Congress. The Commission is a highly regarded forum for the settling of intellectual property and trade disputes. Summaries of market analysis are also available to the general public. 

Some of the ITC's key responsibilities include:

• Conducting investigations into unfair trade practices, such as dumping and subsidies.
• Determining whether imports are causing injury to a domestic industry.
• Levying duties or other trade remedies to protect domestic economies from unfair trade practices.
• Overseeing intellectual property disputes, like patent infringement and trademark counterfeiting.

For importers looking to set up reciprocal businesses in countries that they already import from, the ITC provides a vast wealth of information.

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