International Trade Administration

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The International Trade Administration (ITA) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that promotes United States exports of manufactured goods, nonagricultural commodities, and services.

The ITA's stated goals are to

1. Provide practical information to help Americans select markets and products.
2. Ensure that Americans have access to international markets as required by the U.S. trade agreements.
3. Safeguard Americans from unfair competition from dumped and subsidized imports.

The ITA was created on January 2, 1980 and is headed by the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade. Persons who have held that office are listed below.

• 2005-?: Franklin L. Lavin
• 2005: Peter Lichtenbaum (acting)
• 2001-2005: Grant D. Aldonas
• 2001: Bernard Carreau (acting)
• 2000-2001: Robert S. LaRussa
• 1997-2000: David L. Aaron
• 1996-1997: Stuart Eizenstat
• 1993-1996: Jeffrey E. Garten
• 1989-1993: J. Michael Farren
• 1987-1989: S. Bruce Smart
• 1985-1987: Allen Moore
• 1981-1985: Lionel H. Olmer
• 1980-1981: Robert E. Herzstein

See also

• United States Commercial Service

External links

• [International Trade Administration website]
• [Records of the Office of Export Supply 1949-1959]
• [Records of the Export Control Investigations Staff 1948-1962]

 

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