The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) released The Year in Trade 2006, its annual overview of the previous year's trade-related activities.
The publication provides a practical review of U.S. international trade laws, a survey of actions under U.S. trade laws, a summary of the operation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), an overview of U.S. free trade agreements and negotiations, and a review of U.S. bilateral trade relations with major trading partners.
The ITC's The Year in Trade is one of the government's most comprehensive reports of U.S. trade-related activities, covering major multilateral, regional, and bilateral developments.
The Year in Trade 2006 includes complete listings of antidumping, countervailing duty, safeguard, intellectual property rights infringement, and section 301 cases undertaken by the U.S. government in 2006. In addition, the 2006 report also covers:
• the operation of the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences, the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the Andean Trade Preference Act, and the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act;
• U.S. textile and apparel imports and developments in textile and apparel trade with selected partners;
• 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 negotiations in 2006 with Korea, Malaysia, and Panama; and activities under the North American Free Trade Agreement; and
• bilateral trade issues with major U.S. trading partners the European Union, Canada, China, Mexico, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Russia.
U.S. International Trade Commission
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