[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45922-45923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15141]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 332-599]


Distributional Effects of Trade and Trade Policy on U.S. Workers, 
2026 Report

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission

ACTION: Notice of investigation.

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SUMMARY: Following receipt on January 25, 2023, of a request from the 
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) under section 332(g) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, the U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission) 
instituted Investigation No. 332-599, Distributional Effects of Trade 
and Trade Policy on U.S. Workers, 2026 Report, for the purpose of 
providing the first of five reports on the potential distributional 
effects of goods and services trade and trade policy on U.S. workers 
and underrepresented and underserved communities. The Trade 
Representative requested that the report

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build upon the information gathered by the Commission in its 2022 
report on distributional effects. As part of this investigation, the 
Commission will also host two seminar series on new research related to 
distributional effects.

DATES: Week of October 16, 2023, and week of July 15, 2024: Virtual 
seminars hosted by the Commission, with presenters invited by the 
Commission.
    To be determined: Community-based discussions and the symposium 
(notification by separate Federal Register notice at a later date)
    January 20, 2026: Transmittal of Commission report to the Office of 
USTR.

ADDRESSES: All Commission offices, including the Commission's hearing 
rooms, are located in the U.S. International Trade Commission Building, 
500 E Street SW, Washington, DC. All written submissions should be 
addressed to the Secretary, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20436. The public record for this 
investigation may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket 
(EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Co-Project Leader Jennifer Powell 
(202-205-3450 or [email protected]), Co-Project Leader Saad 
Ahmad (202-205-3331 or [email protected]), or Deputy Project Leader 
Tamar Khachaturian (202-205-3299 or [email protected]) for 
information specific to this investigation. For information on the 
legal aspects of this investigation, contact Brian Allen (202-205-3034 
or [email protected]v) or William Gearhart (202-205-3091 or 
[email protected]) of the Commission's Office of the General 
Counsel. The media should contact Jennifer Andberg, Office of External 
Relations (202-205-3404 or [email protected]). Hearing-
impaired individuals may obtain information on this matter by 
contacting the Commission's TDD terminal at 202-205-1810. General 
information concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing 
its website (https://www.usitc.gov). Persons with mobility impairments 
who will need special assistance in gaining access to the Commission 
should contact the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background: The Commission instituted this investigation under 
section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)). The U.S. 
Trade Representative, referring to the Commission's 2022 report (USITC, 
Distributional Effects of Trade and Trade Policy on U.S. Workers, 
Investigation No. 332-587, USITC Publication 5374, October 2022, 
https://www.usitc.gov/sites/default/files/publications/332/pub5374.pdf), requested that the Commission, building on that report, 
conduct a further investigation on the potential distributional effects 
of goods and services trade and trade policy on U.S. workers and 
underrepresented and underserved communities. The Trade Representative 
requested that the Commission prepare a series of five reports that 
synthesize and critically review information on the distributional 
effects of goods and services trade and trade policy on U.S. workers 
and underrepresented and underserved communities. The Trade 
Representative asked that the Commission deliver the first of these 
reports on January 20, 2026, and deliver the remaining reports at 3-
year intervals, on January 20, 2029; January 20, 2032; January 20, 
2035; and January 20, 2038. The Commission will institute 
investigations and publish notices of investigation relating to the 
remaining reports at the appropriate time.
    The Trade Representative asked that the Commission, in identifying 
these effects, gather information through:
    1. Community-based open conversations targeted to the interests and 
concerns of specific underrepresented and underserved demographic and 
geographic communities. These conversations may take a variety of forms 
(including, but not limited to, group discussions and informal one-on-
one interviews) and may be on- or off-the-record. They should include 
individual community members, workers, and representatives of 
organizations that represent and serve specific underrepresented and 
underserved communities. Other participants could include members or 
representatives of think tanks; academic and other research 
institutions; labor unions; State and local governments; non-Federal 
governmental entities; civil society organizations; community-based 
stakeholders such as minority-owned businesses; business incubators; 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Hispanic-Serving 
Institutions (HSIs); Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs); Asian 
American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions 
(AANAPISIs); other Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs); community 
colleges; and local and national civil rights organizations;
    2. A symposium focused on academic or similar research on the 
distributional effects of trade and trade policy on underrepresented 
and underserved communities, including results of existing analysis, 
evaluation of methodologies, the use of public and restricted data in 
current analysis, identification of gaps in data and/or in the economic 
literature, and proposed analysis that could be done with restricted 
data; and
    3. Economic literature on the distributional effects of trade and 
trade policy on underrepresented and underserved communities including, 
among other things, the data limitations raised in these analyses.
    For the seminars being held the weeks of October 16, 2023, and July 
15, 2024, the Commission will invite researchers to present recent work 
on topics related to distributional effects of trade and trade policy 
in a seminar setting. These seminars may also include relevant research 
from related fields outside trade, for example, examining the 
distributional effects of other policies on U.S. workers and 
underrepresented and undeserved communities, to the extent such 
research would be useful in developing ways to analyze the 
distributional effects of trade. The Commission expects that all 
presentations during these two weeks will be available for public 
viewing. Further information regarding these events, as well as 
instructions on how the public may view them, will be provided no later 
than one month prior to the events through press releases and 
information posted on the Commission's website at https://www.usitc.gov/research_and_analysis/ongoing/distributional_effects_332.
    The Commission intends to publish a notice in the Federal Register 
at a later date, of the time, place, and procedures to be followed for 
the community-based discussions and academic symposium and for the 
filing of written submissions from interested parties in this first 
investigation. As requested by the Trade Representative, the Commission 
will deliver the first report on January 20, 2026. Since the Trade 
Representative has indicated that her office intends to make this 
report available to the public in its entirety, the Commission will not 
include confidential business or national security classified 
information in its report.

    By order of the Commission.
    Issued: July 12, 2023.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2023-15141 Filed 7-17-23; 8:45 am]
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