Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The ITA was created on January 2, 1980, and is headed by the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade (USC(IT)), the principal adviser to the Secretary of Commerce on American imports and exports. The Under Secretary is the head of the International Trade Administration within the Commerce Department.
The United States Travel Service was established by the United States Secretary of Commerce on July 1, 1961, pursuant to the International Travel Act of 1961 (75 Stat. 129; 22 U.S.C. 2121 note) [5] The Economic Development Administration was created in 1965. In 1966, the Bureau of Public Roads was transferred to the newly created Department of ...
The United States Commercial Service is an agency of the International Trade Administration under the United States Department of Commerce that assists United States businesses with exports and sales in foreign markets. [1] [2] Commercial Officers in the Commercial Service are Foreign Service officers in the United States Foreign Service. [3]
Finally, in 1980 the position was renamed the United States Trade Representative. [6] The Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 elevated the position's role to "coordinate trade policy, serve as the President's principal trade advisor and trade 'spokesperson', and lead U.S. international trade negotiations". [7]
Seyoum, Belay. "Export Controls and International Business: A Study with Special Emphasis on Dual-Use Export Controls and Their Impact on Firms in the US." Journal of Economic Issues 51.1 (2017): 45–72. This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Government
Until 1913, there was one secretary of commerce and labor, uniting this department with the United States Department of Labor, which is now headed by a separate United States secretary of labor. [3] The secretary of commerce is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule [4] with an annual salary of US$221,400, as of January 2021. [5]
United States Commercial Service, a trade promotion arm of the International Trade Administration within the United States Department of Commerce; United States Conciliation Service, a former agency within the U.S. Department of Labor; United States Customs Service, a former portion of the U.S. Federal Government dedicated to keeping illegal ...
The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration program, Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers, provides a variety of reemployment services including training and job-searching assistance and benefits to displaced workers who have lost their jobs or suffered a reduction of hours and wages as a result of increased imports or ...