International Trade Administration
Agency overview
HeadquartersHerbert C. Hoover Building
Washington, D.C.
Employees1,966 (2013)[1]
Annual budget$497 million (2015)[1]
Agency executive
Parent agencyDepartment of Commerce
Child agency
Websitetrade.gov

The International Trade Administration (ITA) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that promotes United States exports of nonagricultural U.S. goods and services.

Duties

The ITA's stated goals are to

  1. Provide practical information to help Americans select markets and products.
  2. Ensure that Americans have access to international markets as required by the U.S. trade agreements.
  3. Safeguard Americans from unfair competition from dumped and subsidized imports.

Organization

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ITA consists of three sub-units. These are: Industry and Analysis (I&A), Global Markets (GM), and Enforcement and Compliance (E&C).

The U.S. Commercial Service, through its Strategic Corporate Partnership program,[2] has Public Private Partnership agreements with 17 private organizations, including several banks, legal and regulatory organizations, transportation and shipping organizations, event organizers, trade risk service companies and the publisher of Commercial News USA, the official export promotion magazine of the U.S. Department of Commerce, The ecommerce partner is the Federation of International Trade Associations under which the USCS contributes market research and other reports on GlobalTrade.net.[3]

Leadership

United States
Under Secretary of Commerce
for International Trade
Incumbent
Marisa Lago
since December 28, 2021
FormationJanuary 1, 1989
WebsiteOfficial website

The ITA was created on January 2, 1980 and is headed by the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade (USC(IT)), the principal adviser to the Secretary of Commerce on American imports and exports. The Under Secretary is the head of the International Trade Administration within the Commerce Department.

The Under Secretary is appointed by the President of the United States with the consent of the United States Senate. The last presidential appointee was Gilbert B. Kaplan, who was nominated by President Trump for the position of Under Secretary for International Trade on April 11, 2017, and confirmed by the Senate on March 13, 2018. Gilbert Kaplan left the position in late 2019. Joseph C. Semsar is currently Acting Under Secretary.

Overview

The Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade is the principal officer of the United States Department of Commerce charged with promoting American exports and assisting general international trade. As the Administrator of the International Trade Administration,[4] the Under Secretary also sits on the board of directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and serves as a member of the Tourism Policy Council[5] and the National Intellectual Property Council.[6] The Under Secretary participates in the development of United States trade policy, identifies and resolves market access and compliance issues, administers American trade laws, and undertakes a range of trade promotion and trade advocacy efforts.

With the rank of Under Secretary, the USC(IT) is a Level III position within the Executive Schedule. Since January 2014, the annual rate of pay for Level III appointees is $167,000.[7]

Reporting officials

Officials reporting to the USC(IT) include:

List of Under Secretaries

Main article: Executive Office of the President of the United States
Name Assumed office Left office Appointed by
Robert E. Herzstein 1980 1981 Jimmy Carter
Lionel H. Olmer 1981 1985 Ronald Reagan
S. Bruce Smart 1985 1987
W. Allen Moore 1987 1989
J. Michael Farren June 1989 May 1992 George H. W. Bush
Timothy Hauser (Acting) May 1992 1993
Jeffrey Garten 1993 1995 Bill Clinton

David Rothkopf (Acting) 		1995 1996
Timothy Hauser (Acting) 1996 1996

Stuart E. Eizenstat 		April 1996 June 6, 1997
David L. Aaron 1997 2000
Robert LaRussa 2000 2001
Timothy Hauser (Acting) 2001 2001 George W. Bush
Grant D. Aldonas 2001 2005
Rhonda Keenum (Acting) May 25, 2005 March 20, 2007
Timothy Hauser (Acting) 2005 2005
Peter Lichtenbaum (Acting) 2005 2005

Frank Lavin 		2005 2007
Michelle O'Neill (Acting) 2007 December 19, 2007

Christopher A. Padilla 		December 19, 2007 January 20, 2009

Frank Sanchez 		March 29, 2010 November 6, 2013 Barack Obama
Kenneth E. Hyatt (Acting) November 6, 2013 June 4, 2014

Stefan M. Selig 		June 4, 2014 June 2016
Kenneth E. Hyatt (Acting) June 2016 March 20, 2018

Gilbert B. Kaplan 		March 20, 2018 September 19, 2019 Donald Trump
Joseph C. Semsar (Acting) October 2019 January 20, 2021
Diane Farrell (Acting) January 20, 2021 December 28, 2021 Joe Biden

Marisa Lago 		December 28, 2021 present

See also

References

  1. ^ a b ITA 2015 Budget Estimates Archived 2014-08-20 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2014-08-01.
  2. ^ Our Partners Archived 2010-12-06 at the Wayback Machine. Export.gov. Retrieved on 2013-08-12.
  3. ^ partners – International trade content and service providers Archived 2017-09-21 at the Wayback Machine. Globaltrade.net. Retrieved on 2013-08-12.
  4. ^ "Biography of Stefan Selig". Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
  5. ^ "US CODE: Title 22,2124. Tourism Policy Council". Retrieved September 22, 2007.
  6. ^ "US CODE: Title 15,1128. National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council". Retrieved September 22, 2007.
  7. ^ "Office of Personnel Management Rates of Basic Pay for the Executive Schedule (EX)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on October 21, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.

External links

United States Department of Commerce
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