-Promoting the active exchange of ideas-
The Executive Briefings on Trade keep the Commission and the public current on domestic and global activities that affect U.S. trade, investment, and competitiveness. They reflect the opinions and research of individual authors and are not the views of the U.S. International Trade Commission or any of its individual Commissioners.
2013
China’s Trade And Investment Relationship With Africa
Lauren Gamache (former USITC employee), Alexander Hammer, Lin Jones
April 2013
China: A Leading Growth Market For U.S. Services Exports And Investment
George Serletis, Office of Industries
March 2013
Brazil’s Applied Tariffs Understated Its Overall Import Restrictiveness from 2001–2011
Caitlyn Carrico and Dylan Carlson
February 2013
2012
Emerging African Economies as Growing Markets for U.S. Exports
Arona Butcher, Cathy Jabara and Lin Jones
December 2012
The Labor Productivity of U.S. Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Multinational Companies
Tamar Khachaturian
November 2012
A Baseline For U.S. Trade In Organic Agricultural Products
Katherine Baldwin
October 2012
Brazil’s Surging Foreign Investment: A Blessing or a Curse?
Justino De La Cruz, Joanne Guth, Amanda Reynolds, and Darren Sheets
October 2012
U.S. Coal Exports Increasing
Cynthia B. Foreso
October 2012
U.S. Exports of Water Filtration and Purification Equipment Show Significant Growth
Andrew David and Mihir Torsekar
September 2012
China’s Dominance as a Global Consumer and Producer of Copper
Alexander Hammer and Lin Jones
August 2012
Pelletpower – Global Trade In Wood Pellets
Alberto Goetzl
July 2012
The Share Of U.S. Imports Entering Under FTAS Remains Small From
Certain FTA Partners
Joanne Guth
July 2012
China's Emerging Role as a Global Source of FDI
Alexander Hammer and Lin Jones
January 2012
2011
The Importance of CAFTA-DR and NAFTA to the U.S. Textile Industry
Kimberlie Freund
November 2011
How do FTAs Affect the U.S. Trade Balance? A 2009-10 Update
Nick Grossman and Dylan Carlson
November 2011
U.S. Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Cell and Module Trade Overview
Andrew David
June 2011
Shifts in U.S. Wind Turbine Equipment Trade in 2010
Andrew David
June 2011
U.S. agricultural imports reached a record $86 billion in 2010 making the United States the world's leading single-country importer of food products
George Serletis
June 2011
U.S. Agricultural Exports: Global Leader During 2005-10 with Continued Record Exports Projected in 2011
George Serletis
April 2011
Supplies of Critical Rare Earths to U.S. Industries are Constrained by China's Policies
Renee Berry and Mihir Torsekar
March 2011
Agriculture Policy in India: The Role of Input Subsidies
Nick Grossman and Dylan Carlson
March 2011
2010
India's Medical Device Sector: Increasing U.S. Export Opportunities
Mihir Torsekar
June 2010
2009
Sub-Saharan Africa Exports Dominated by the U.S. and EU Though Composition Differs Substantially
Arona Butcher, Eric Cardenas, and Cathy Jabara
August 2009
Dynamism & Diversity in U.S.-BRIC Trade
Alexander Hammer
August 2009
New Civil Aircraft Competitors on the Horizon?
Peder Anderson
April 2009
The Global Trade Contraction: How Much is 2008-09 Like 1929-33?
Michael Ferrantino
April 2009
How Do FTA’s Affect the U.S. Trade Balance?
Nick Grossman and Dylan Carlson
April 2009
Growth in Wind Turbine Manufacturing and Trade
Andrew David
March 2009
China's Growth Recession and Policy Response
Alexander Hammer
March 2009