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ITC Issues 'The Year in Trade 2003

The International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued The Year in Trade 2003, an annual review of U.S. trade-related activities during 2003. According to the ITC, this report covers major multilateral, regional, and bilateral developments that occurred during 2003, as follows:

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AD/CV, etc. investigations undertaken in 2003 - complete listings of antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty, safeguard, intellectual property right infringement, and section 301 investigations undertaken by the U.S. government in 2003.

GSP, AGOA, ATPA, and CBERA developments in 2003 - developments during 2003 pertaining to such programs as the 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);

Textile and apparel developments in 2003 - developments in the U.S. textile and apparel trade program, including U.S. quota activity, quota availability, free trade agreements (FTAs) with Chile and Singapore, proposed FTAs, trade preference programs, and U.S. textile and apparel trade in 2003;

WTO activities in 2003 - significant activities in the World Trade Organization (WTO) during 2003, including dispute settlement, etc.;

FTA developments in 2003 - developments in 2003 in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), U.S.-Morocco FTA, Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), U.S. FTA with Central America and Dominican Republic, U.S.- Australia FTA, etc.;

Issues with major U.S. trading partners in 2003 - bilateral trade issues in 2003 with major U.S. trading partners - the European Union (EU), Canada, Mexico, Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, and Brazil.

ITC press release (No. 04-076, dated 07/21/04) available at http://www.usitc.gov/er/nl2004/er0721BB1.htm

ITC report (Publication 3700, dated July 2004) available at http://www.usitc.gov/pub3700/pub3700.htm