The staff research publications help keep the Commission and the public current on domestic and global activities that affect U.S. trade, investment, and competitiveness conditions. This research is typically conducted by staff in the Office of Economics and Office of Industries, and is published in three different formats. For further information about the differences between the publications, please visit Publications Type information.

Note that staff research publications reflect the work of individual authors and are not the views of the U.S. International Trade Commission or any of its individual Commissioners.

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Title Document Type Date Author(s)
  Trends in U.S. Merchandise Trade, 2022 Part 3 Staff Publication/Working Paper Sep 2023 Jeffrey Clark, Elizabeth Howlett, Katherine Stubblefield
  Trends in U.S. Merchandise Trade, 2022 Part 4 Staff Publication/Working Paper Sep 2023 Patrick Crotty, Nathan Lotze, Brennan Taylor
  Trends in U.S. Merchandise Trade, 2022 Part 1 Staff Publication/Working Paper Sep 2023 Theron Gray, Eric Forden
  Trends in U.S. Merchandise Trade, 2022 Part 2 Staff Publication/Working Paper Sep 2023 Caroline Peters, Allison Utomi, Sarah Scott, Alexander Melton
  SMEs in Legal and Architecture Services Staff Publication/Working Paper Aug 2023 Jennifer Powell, Tamar Khachaturian
  Approaches of Measuring Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA): Literature Review [PDF] Staff Publication/Working Paper Jul 2023 Lin Jones and Erika Bethmann
  New Maritime Decarbonization Regulations: Background & Market Effects (Part 1) Executive Briefings Jul 2023 Rudy Telles Jr.
  Fur Real: Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Signal the End of the Mink Farm? Executive Briefings Jul 2023 Anna Perry, Jessica Pugliese
  U.S. Import Injury Boomerang Filings: Frequency and Timing Executive Briefings Jun 2023 Craig Thomsen
  Competitiveness and FDI: An Econometric Analysis [PDF] , [TeX script for accessibility] Staff Publication/Working Paper Jun 2023 Patricia Mueller
  Impact of Rising International Trade Costs on U.S. Workers by Demographic Group [PDF] , [TeX script for accessibility] Staff Publication/Working Paper Jun 2023 David Riker
  Optimal Tariffs and FDI in the Presence of Political Pressure [PDF] , [TeX script for accessibility] Staff Publication/Working Paper Jun 2023 Patricia Mueller
  Measuring the Impact of Trade Cost Volatility on Supply Chains: An Application to Plastics and Light Truck Manufacturing [PDF] , [TeX script for accessibility] Staff Publication/Working Paper Jun 2023 William Powers and Samantha Schreiber
  Canadian Utility Wood Pellet Exports Are Shifting from Europe to Asia Executive Briefings Jun 2023 Robert Ireland
  Differences in Exposure to International Trade Across Demographic Groups [PDF] , [TeX script for accessibility] Staff Publication/Working Paper Jun 2023 David Riker
  Keeping the High out of Hemp: Global THC Standards Executive Briefings May 2023 Samantha DeCarlo, Marin Weaver
  Gender, Preferential Trade Agreements, and Services Executive Briefings May 2023 Junie Joseph
  Race is Not Enough: Distributional Effects of Trade Analysis and the Salience of Ethnicity Executive Briefings May 2023 Stephanie Fortune-Taylor, Huyen Nguyen, Sandra Rivera
  Environmental Services: U.S. Market and Trade Trends Staff Publication/Working Paper May 2023 Jennifer Powell
  Proposition 12 and U.S. Pork: Implications for the U.S. Industry and Trade Executive Briefings May 2023 Kim Ha
  International Competitiveness, Market Concentration, and Barriers to Foreign Entry [PDF] , [TeX script for accessibility] Staff Publication/Working Paper Apr 2023 David Riker
  The Need for Speed: Chicken Line Speeds and U.S. Industry Competitiveness Executive Briefings Apr 2023 Jessica Pugliese
  Digital Currencies and Cross-Border Payments: An Overview Executive Briefings Apr 2023 Junie Joseph
  Why Can’t We be Friends? Friendshoring the REE Supply Chain Executive Briefings Apr 2023 Samantha DeCarlo and Anna Perry
  From Silicon to Donkey Kong: A Case Study in the Use of Semiconductors in Video Game Consoles Staff Publication/Working Paper Mar 2023 Nathan Lotze
  The Genealogy of Infant Formula Tariff-rate Quotas Executive Briefings Mar 2023 Brad Gehrke
  Sky-High Prices Contribute to Rising Fiber Optic Cable Costs Executive Briefings Mar 2023 Patrick Crotty
  Right to Repair: Impact on Competitiveness of Agricultural Machinery Firms Executive Briefings Mar 2023 Caroline Peters and Brennan Taylor
  A Brief Introduction to Synthetic Biology Executive Briefings Mar 2023 Patrick Crotty
  Modeling the Upstream-Downstream Effects of Trade Policy Changes with Multiple Country Markets [PDF] , [TeX script for accessibility] Staff Publication/Working Paper Feb 2023 Samantha Schreiber
  A Preliminary Examination of the Trade Competitiveness and Climate Objectives in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 Staff Publication/Working Paper Feb 2023 David Coffin, Samantha DeCarlo, Dixie Downing, Samuel Goodman, Fernando Gracia, Robert Ireland, Steven LeGrand, Nathan Lotze, Mitchell Semanik, and Brennan Taylor
  Framing Agricultural Negotiations under a U.S.–UK Free Trade Agreement Staff Publication/Working Paper Jan 2023 Jonathan R. Coleman
  A Method of Estimating Global Supply Chain Risk and Predicting the Impacts of Regional Disruptions Staff Publication/Working Paper Jan 2023 Samuel M. Goodman
  U.S. Infant Formula Shortage and Supply and Trade Dynamics Executive Briefings Dec 2022 Lesley Ahmed
  From Balsa Wood to Polymer Foam in Wind Turbine Blades: Material Input Substitutes in Low-Carbon Technologies Executive Briefings Dec 2022 Robert Ireland
  When Multinational Companies Come – a CGE Analysis on the Impact of Growing Inward FDI on the Indian Economy Staff Publication/Working Paper Nov 2022 Wen Jin "Jean" Yuan and Marinos Tsigas
  Firm Level Analysis of Trade Restrictions in the Retail Services Industry Staff Publication/Working Paper Nov 2022 Arthur Chambers and George Serletis
  Disentangling the Effects of Investor-State Dispute Settlement Provisions on Foreign Direct Investment [PDF] , [TeX script for accessibility] Staff Publication/Working Paper Nov 2022 Saad Ahmad, Ben Liebman, and Heather Wickramarachi
  Fat Chance: Is Irish Butter as Green as Consumers Think? Executive Briefings Nov 2022 Brad Gehrke
  Regulatory Quality and Trade Performance: An Econometric Analysis [PDF] , [TeX script for accessibility] Staff Publication/Working Paper Oct 2022 David Riker
  A Small Colossus: Rhodium and Russia Executive Briefings Oct 2022 Samantha DeCarlo and Samuel Goodman
  Disentangling the Knot: Identifying U.S. and Global Exposure to Xinjiang Cotton Staff Publication/Working Paper Oct 2022 Dylan Carlson and Marin Weaver
  Taking a Bite Out of Cookies: The Implications of France’s Cookie Policies on European Privacy Regulation Staff Publication/Working Paper Oct 2022 Mahnaz Khan and Brian Daigle
  New U.S. Law May Impede Imports of Wide Range of Products from Xinjiang, China Executive Briefings Oct 2022 David Coffin, Dixie Downing, Marin Weaver, and Eric Heath
  Russia, Ukraine, and Pig Iron Supply Executive Briefings Oct 2022 David Guberman
  Global Reliance on Chinese Manufacturing Executive Briefings Oct 2022 Lin Jones
  Incorporating Industry-Specific Wages and Unemployment into the GTAP Model: U.S.-EU Trade Liberalization Scenarios [PDF] Staff Publication/Working Paper Sep 2022 Wen Jin "Jean" Yuan, Katherine Antonio, and Arona Butcher
  Supply Chain Vulnerability to International Trade Costs: An Application to Agricultural Chemicals [PDF] , [TeX script for accessibility] Staff Publication/Working Paper Sep 2022 David Riker
  Bracing for a Softwood Lumber Supply Shock Executive Briefings Sep 2022 Sarah Scott
  Quantum Computing: Industry Developments Executive Briefings Sep 2022 Gregory LaRocca