Michigan State University Extension
Extenstion International Trade Res. - 07039504
03/31/96
The International Trade Administration is dedicated to helping U.S. businesses compete in the global market place - to encourage, assist, and advocate U.S. exports by implementing a national export strategy, by focusing on the big emerging markets, by providing analysis for U.S..business, and by supporting small and medium-sized businesses through strategically located export assistance centers, 73 domestic district offices and overseas offices in 69 countries
- to help U.S. exporters who are competing for major overseas contracts, and by implementing major trade agreements, such as the General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) the Japan "Framework;"
- to enable U.S. businesses to compete against unfairly traded imports and to safeguard jobs and the competitive strength of American industry by enforcing antidumping and countervailing duty laws and agreements that provide remedies for unfair trade practices.
- to provide the Commercial Service, which provides business counseling to U.S. exporters in 73 domestic offices and 134 overseas offices in 69 countries
- Trade Development, whose industry sector specialists provide information and analysis to U.S. exporters, policy makers and all trade negotiators
- International Economic Policy, whose country experts provide invaluable market analysis to U.S. business; and. Import Administration, which safeguards the American economy from unfairly priced imports.
Contact: Cecile Ablack (202)-482-3809 by PHONE, or (202)-482-5819 by FAX, or Internet at Cecile_Ablack@ita.doc.gov "gopher://gopher.stat-usa.gov/11/STAT-USA/NTDB/Speech"