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TT 11:993 United States International Trade Commission Annual Report \ Fiscal Year 1993 The U.S. International Trade Commission is an independent, nonpartisan, quasi-judicial federal agency that provides trade expertise to both the legislative and executive branches of government, determines the impact of imports on U.S. industries, and directs actions against certain unfair trade practices involving patents, trademarks, and copyrights. ITC analysts and economists investigate and publish reports on U.S. industries and the global trends that affect them. The agency also maintains the National Library of International Trade, a specialized library open to the public. United States International Trade Commission Annual Report Fiscal Year 1993 Commissioners: Don E. Newquist, Chairman Peter S. Watson, Vice Chairman David B. Rohr Anne E. Brunsdale Carol T. Crawford Janet A. Nuzum Address all communications to: United Stv'es International Trade Commission 500 E Street SW. Washington, DC 20436 USITC Publication 2784 CONTENTS The Commission ... 0... ccc cece ee eee eees Part lll, Management and Finance........................ Figures DS, GID «oc non ccnncceneseceesscaaaesrecedses Partl. Highlights 6.0.6... cece eee 2. Summary of Principal Activities, Fiscal Year 1993 ........ Investigations Under Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 ........ 3. Statutory Timetables for Antidumping and Investigations Under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 ..... Countervailing Duty Investigations ................. Investigations Under the Trade Act of 1974................5. Investigations Under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933... Appendixes Investigations Under Section 332 of the Tariff Act of 1930 ..... A. Summary of Investigations Completed During Studies Analyzing Various Aspects of U.S. Free-Trade Fiscal Year 1993 and Pending on Agreements and Other Special Trade Programs ....... September 30, 1993 2.0... ccc ceceeee eee Studies Analyzing the Competitiveness of U.S. Industry .... B. Statutes Involving the U.S. International Trade Studies on Special Areas of Congressional or USTR SED cccnccecereceaeseeeeseececeeesuucce DEED oo OReeeececneeeeeeceneseceeeeeececesees C. Reports Submitted to Congress on Proposed Legislation, Fiscal Year 1993 ......... 0.0.0.0 caus Part ll. Organizational Activities .......................... D. Litigation in Fiscal Year 1993 ...0.... 6.. ce.e e.ee e ee Office of Operations .......0..6 c.cc. .0cec.e e6e .ee0e ee Office of Investigations .........0..00. cc. ec.e .ee.e ee Office of Industries .........0 00... Office of Economics .....0.06.6 .ccc. cec.e e.ee. e es Office of Tariff Affairs and Trade Agreements ............ Office of Unfair Import Investigations .................. Trade Remedy Assistance Office .................00005 Office of Information Resources Management ............ Library SOTVICES 2... cece cece cece eeeceeeees Office of Administration .........00.66. .c.c e.ce. e.e e Office of Finance and Budget ....................0005. Office of Management Services ...................005. Office of Personnel ......0..0.. c.ece. ce.ce. .een s Office of the Administrative Law Judges .................... Office of Congressional Liaison ...................0.000005 Office of Inspector General ............00.00. c.ec.e. e0e e Office of the Secretary .....0.0. .ccc. ce.ce .ee.e ee.e e ee Office of Executive and International Liaison ................ Office of the General Counsel ..........0 0.00.0... 0 cece eee Office of Public Affairs ........ 0.0.00... c ccc ccc eee ees eaeie ee Me ea THE COMMISSION The United States Interna- programs of the U.S. Summary of Investigations Completed, Fiscal Year 1993 | 3 tional Trade Commission (ITC) Department of Agriculture; is an independent, nonpartisan, e conducting studies on trade Tariff Act of 1930: quasi-judicial federal agency and tariff issues and monitor- Section 332-—general factfinding established by Congress with ing import levels; and, INVESUIQATIONS ©... eee eee eee ee eens broad investigative powers on matters of trade. In its adjudica- © participating in the develop- Section 337—investigations of alleged unfair tive role, the ITC determines ment of uniform statistical practices in the import and sale of imported whether certain imports injure or data on imports, exports, and DED cco ccceereassesacssecseananyreresesecccees threaten to injure U.S. industry. domestic production and in Antidumping and countervailing duty investigations As the government’s think the establishment of an in- (109 antidumping investigations— ternational harmonized com- tank on trade, the ITC is a 22 preliminary and 87 final; modity code. national resource where trade 36 countervailing duty— data are gathered and analyzed. The six Commissioners are 0 preliminary and 36 final; The data are provided to the appointed by the President and Section 303 countervailing duty President and Congress as part confirmed by the Senate for investigations—G preliminary of the information on which U.S. terms of nine years, unless ED + 90.0 66 000.0060000080000000C0808R R08E080eS trade policy is based. appointed to fill an unexpired Trade Act of 1974: term. The terms are set by ITC activities include — Section 201—escape clause investigations ................. Statute and are staggered so that e determining whether U.S. in- Sections 131 and 503—advice on possible a different term expires every 18 dustries are materially injured trade agreements ............ cece cee ee eens months. A Commissioner who by reason of imports that Section 603—preliminary investigations ................... has served for more than five benefit from pricing at less Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988: years is ineligible for reappoint- than fair value or from subsi- ment. No more than three Section 1205—modifications to the dization; Commissioners may be mem- Harmonized Tariff Schedule .................0 0000008 e directing actions, subject to bers of the same political party. Agricultural Adjustment Act: Presidential disapproval, The Chairman and the Vice Section 22—import interference with against unfair trade practices Chairman are designated by the agricultural programs ........00.. c.ece0 e.ee. e0ee .ee e such as patent infringement; President and serve for a statu- e making recommendations to tory two-year term. The Chair- the President regarding relief man may not be of the same for industries seriously in- political party as the preceding Investigations completed during fiscal year 1993 and jured by increasing imports; Chairman, nor may the President investigations pending on September 30, 1993, e advising the President wheth- designate two Commissioners of are shown in appendix A. er agricultural imports inter- the same political party as the fere with price-support Chairman and Vice Chairman. THE COMMISSIONERS Don E. Newquist Don E, Newquist, a Democrat of Texas, was designated Chairman of the ITC by as Chairman President Bush on December 13, 1991, and was redesignated Chairman on June 16, 1992, for the term ending June 16, 1994, Mr. Newquist was appointed to the Commission to fill an unexpired term on October 18, 1988, and reappointed to a nine- year term ending December 16, 1997. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Newquist was with Valero Energy Corporation as Senior Vice President for Corporate Relations. He also served as general manager of the Chamber of Commerce of Denver, CO, and before that was with the Chamber of Commerce of Corpus Christi, TX. He is a past president of the South Texas Chamber of Commerce. Peter S. Watson Peter S, Watson, a Republican of California, was designated Vice Chairman of the ITC Vice Chairman by President Bush for the term June 17, 1992, through June 16, 1994. He was nominated to the Commission by President Bush on October 23, 1991, for the term December 17, 1991, through December 16, 2000. Prior to his appointment to the ITC, Mr. Watson served in the White House as Director of Asian Affairs at the National Security Council from 1989 to 1991. During 1976 and from 1978 through 1988, Mr. Watson practiced international and business law in Los Angeles and Washington, DC. He has been an adjunct Associate Professor in International Trade & Investment Law and International Business Law. From 1985 through 1986, Mr. Watson served as Chairman of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s International Law Section and, from 1986 through 1987, was Chairman of the State Bar of California's International Practice Committee. David B. Rohr David B. Rohr, a Democrat of Maryland, became a member of the Commission on March 27, 1984, and was subsequently reappointed to a term ending December 16, 1994. He is the senior Commissioner in terms of length of service. Before his appointment to the ITC, Mr. Rohr was staff director of the Committee on Ways and Means’ Subcommittee on Trade in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was a trade advisor ard the principal liaison with the ITC, the Office of the United States Trade Representative, and other federal agencies. Mr. Rohr also served as Director of the Trade Negotiations and Agreements Division of the U.S. Department of Commerce. He joined the Department of Commerce in 1961 as an international economist. Anne E. Brunsdale i Anne E, Brunsdale, a Republican of the District of Columbia, became a member of the Commission on January 3, 1986, She was nominated to the Commission by President ; Uf Reagan and was confirmed by the United States Senate for the term ending June 16, 1993. During her tenure, Ms. Brunsdale served as Acting Chairman or Chairman for three and one-half years, President Reagan designated her Vice Chairman on June 17, 1986, then redesignated her Vice Chairman on June 27, 1988. In the absence of a designated Chairman, she served as Acting Chairman from June 27, 1988, until the President designated her Chairman on March 28, 1989, for the term ending June 16, 1990, She was then again designated Vice Chairman, and in the absence of a designated Chairman, served as Acting Chairman until December 12, 1991. A native of Minnesota, Ms. Brunsdale came to the ITC from the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Washington, DC, where ® she was serving as resident fellow of the Institute and managing editor of its bimonthly magazine, Regulation. Carol T. Crawford Carol T. Crawford, a Republican of Virginia, was nominated to the Commission by President Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 20, 1991. Ms. Crawford was sworn in as a member of the Commission on November 22, 1991, for the term ending June 16, 1999. Prior to her appointment to the ITC, Ms. Crawford was an Assistant Attorney General (Legislative Affairs) in the U.S. Department of Justice. From 1985 to 1989, Ms. Crawford served as Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Executive Office of the President. In that position, she was responsible for overseeing the budgets of five cabinet level departments and related smaller agencies. Ms. Crawford served as Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection of the Federal Trade Commission from 1983 to 1985 and as Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission from 1981 to 1983. Ms. Crawford holds a B.A. from Mt. Holyoke College and a J.D., magna cum laude, from the Washington College of Law, American University. Janet A. Nuzum Janet A. Nuzum, a Democrat of Virginia, became a member of the Commission on November 26, 1991. She was nominated to the Commission by President Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate for the term ending June 16, 1996. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Nuzum served on the majority staff of the Committee on Ways and Means’ Subcom- mittee on Trade in the U.S. House of Representatives under Chairman Dan Rostenkowski and Subcommittee Chairman Sam Gibbons. During her tenure there from 1983 through 1991, Ms. Nuzum advised Committee members on international trade and tariff legislation, trade agreements and negotiations, and the administration of the U.S. trade laws. Ms. Nuzum is an attorney and served as Co-Chair of the International Law Section of the D.C. Bar Association during 1990-91. Prior to receiving her law degree, Ms. Nuzum worked as a paralegal at a major Washington, DC, law firm. She received her B.A. from Smith College and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.