USTR Requests Study of Trade on Minority and Women-Owned Businesses
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative asked the International Trade Commission to study the "distributional effects of goods and services trade and trade policy on U.S. micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises," particularly those that are women-owned, minority-owned (including by a person with a disability or gay- or trans-owned) and those in rural locations.
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This follows a 2021 request to the ITC to investigate the effects of trade on U.S. workers by skill, gender, race, age, disability and sexual orientation (see 2110180042), where men were found to be more "trade-exposed" than women. That study is ongoing, however, with more roundtables in 2025.