[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 172 (Thursday, September 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72421-72424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19891]
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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: International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice of scheduling of community conversations and a symposium
in connection with the investigation.
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SUMMARY: The Commission has established a schedule and procedure, set
forth below, for conducting community-based open conversations, which
will include roundtables, focus group meetings, and small-group
conversations, among other events, and a symposium in connection with
this investigation. The Commission will hold six virtual roundtable
discussions between January 15 and February 12, 2025; in-person
roundtables and focus group meetings during March-May 2025; and an
academic symposium on June 5-6, 2025. Additional in-person and virtual
events may be held during October 2024-May 2025.
These events will focus on the potential distributional effects of
goods and services trade and trade policy on U.S. workers and
underrepresented and underserved communities, including but not limited
to examining distributional effects by race and ethnicity; gender;
gender identity and orientation; age; and skill, wage, and income, as
well as effects on persons with disabilities, persons who live in rural
areas or urban areas and persons otherwise adversely affected by
persistent poverty, and members of religious minorities. The events
will afford an opportunity for interested persons to present
information and views relating to the investigation, and the academic
symposium will afford an opportunity for researchers and data experts
to present work relevant to the investigation.
DATES: Relating to the virtual roundtables:
January 8, 2025: Deadline for summitting requests to participate in the
Roundtable on Gender and Gender Identity
January 15: Roundtable on Gender and Gender Identity
January 15: Deadline for summitting requests to participate in the
Roundtable on Skill, Wage, and Income
January 22: Roundtable on Skill, Wage, and Income
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January 22: Deadline for summitting requests to participate in the
Roundtable on Age and Disability
January 29: Roundtable on Age and Disability
January 29: Deadline for summitting requests to participate in the
Roundtable on Race and Ethnicity
February 5: Roundtable on Race and Ethnicity
February 5: Deadline for summitting requests to participate in the
Roundtable on Rural Persistent Poverty
February 5: Deadline for summitting requests to participate in the
Roundtable on Urban Persistent Poverty
February 10: Roundtable on Rural Poverty
February 12: Roundtable on Urban Poverty
Relating to other community-based open conversations:
The USITC is planning to hold in-person community conversations in
the vicinity of five U.S. cities during March-May 2025:
March 2025: Tulsa, OK
April 2025: El Paso, TX
April 2025: Seattle, WA
May 2025: Youngstown, OH
May 2025: Atlanta, GA
Additional in-person and virtual events may be held during October
2024-May 2025. Dates for these events will be posted on the USITC
investigation-specific web page, found at https://www.usitc.gov/research_and_analysis/ongoing/distributional_effects_332, as they
become available.
Relating to the academic symposium:
April 15: Deadline for requests to participate
June 5-6: Washington, DC (virtual and in person)
Relating to written submissions:
July 11: Deadline for receipt of written submissions and summaries to
written submissions.
All dates are subject to change, and events may be removed or added
to the calendar as issues and opportunities arise. For the most up-to-
date information on investigation events, please see the USITC
investigation-specific web page at https://www.usitc.gov/research_and_analysis/ongoing/distributional_effects_332.
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: Project Leader Saad Ahmad (202-205-
3331 or [email protected]), Deputy Project Leader Theron Gray (202-
205-3132 or [email protected]), Co-Community-Based Open
Conversations Coordinator Tamar Khachaturian (202-205-3299 or
[email protected]) or Co-Community-Based Open Conversations
Coordinator Jennifer Powell (202-205-3450, [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]) 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 are advised that information on this matter can be
obtained by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on 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: The Commission instituted this investigation
under section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)) on
July 12, 2003, following receipt on January 25, 2023, of a request from
the U.S. Trade Representative. The Commission published notice of its
investigation in the Federal Register on July 12, 2023 (86 FR 67970).
The 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 this topic. 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.
Persons participating in the academic symposium and community-based
open conversations should not include confidential business information
(CBI) in any written submissions, statements,
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or presentations intended for use at these events.
Community-based open conversations: The Commission will hold
multiple events for the purpose of seeking information and views from
representatives of U.S. workers and underrepresented and underserved
communities on the distributional effects of trade and trade policy by
race and ethnicity; gender; gender identity and orientation; age; and
skill, wage, and income, as well as effects on persons with
disabilities, persons who live in rural areas or urban areas and
persons otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty, and members
of religious minorities. Certain events will have a theme (for example,
as specified in the Dates section of this notice); however, any
interested person is welcome to present views in accordance with this
investigation at these events, regardless of theme.
The virtual roundtables will be open to the public, and will be
held via an online videoconferencing platform, beginning at 1 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the dates specified in the Dates section
of this notice. The virtual roundtables will be recorded, transcribed,
and be publicly accessible. Those wishing to attend or participate in a
virtual roundtable should register by 5:15 p.m. EST on the day
specified in the Dates section above by emailing [email protected].
Attendees and participants will receive further information upon
registration. Additional details about individual roundtables will be
posted on the investigation-specific website listed above, and
interested parties should check that website periodically for updates.
In-person roundtables and focus group conversations will be made
accessible to in-person and virtual observers to the extent that
resources permit. The conversations will also be recorded and
transcribed for purposes of aiding in the generation of the
Commission's final report as resources permit. Additional details about
these events will be posted on the investigation-specific website as
they become available, and those wishing to participate in these events
should register by emailing [email protected].
Individuals that wish to provide input to this investigation but
are unable or unwilling to participate in public events should contact
project staff by emailing [email protected].
Symposium: The Commission will hold the academic symposium
beginning at 9:00 a.m. EST on June 5, 2025. Persons interested either
in presenting work (published or ongoing) or serving on a panel
discussion at the symposium should submit their request by emailing
[email protected]. Requests to participate in the academic symposium should
include the participant's background on research related to analyzing
the distributional effects of trade and trade policy on U.S. workers
and underrepresented and underserved communities and be emailed by 5:15
p.m. on April 15, 2025.
Written submissions: In lieu of or in addition to participating in
events related to this investigation, interested persons are invited to
file written submissions concerning this investigation. All written
submissions should be addressed to the Secretary, and should be
received no later than 5:15 p.m., July 11, 2025. All written
submissions must conform to the provisions of section 201.8 of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 201.8), as
temporarily amended by 85 FR 15798 (March 19, 2020). Under that rule
waiver, the Office of the Secretary will accept only electronic filings
at this time. Filings must be made through the Commission's Electronic
Document Information System (EDIS, https://edis.usitc.gov). No in-
person, paper-based filings or paper copies of any electronic filings
will be accepted until further notice. Persons with questions regarding
electronic filing should contact the Office of the Secretary, Docket
Services Division (202-205-1802), or consult the Commission's Handbook
on Filing Procedures.
Definitions of types of documents that may be filed; Requirements:
This notice provides for the possible filing of one type of document:
written submissions.
Written submissions refers to any written submissions that
interested persons wish to make, regardless of whether they appeared at
an event related to this investigation, and may include new information
or updates of information previously provided.
In accordance with the provisions of section 201.8 of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 201.8), the
document must identify on its cover (1) the investigation number and
title and the type of document filed (i.e., written submission), (2)
the name and signature of the person filing it, (3) the name of the
organization that the submission is filed on behalf of, and (4) whether
it contains CBI. If it contains CBI, it must comply with the marking
and other requirements set out below in this notice relating to CBI.
Submitters of written documents are encouraged to include a short
summary of their position or interest at the beginning of the document,
and a table of contents when the document addresses multiple issues.
Confidential business information: Any submissions that contain CBI
must also conform to the requirements of section 201.6 of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 201.6). Section
201.6 of the rules requires that the cover of the document and the
individual pages be clearly marked as to whether they are the
``confidential'' or ``non-confidential'' version, and that the CBI is
clearly identified by means of brackets. All written submissions,
except for CBI, will be made available for inspection by interested
persons.
As requested by the Trade Representative, the Commission will not
include any CBI in its report. However, all information, including CBI,
submitted in this investigation may be disclosed to and used by: (i)
the Commission, its employees and Offices, and contract personnel (a)
for developing or maintaining the records of this or a related
proceeding, or (b) in internal investigations, audits, reviews, and
evaluations relating to the programs, personnel, and operations of the
Commission including under 5 U.S.C. Appendix 3; or (ii) U.S. government
employees and contract personnel for cybersecurity purposes. The
Commission will not otherwise disclose any CBI in a way that would
reveal the operations of the firm supplying the information.
Summaries of views of interested persons: Interested persons
wishing to have a summary of their views included in the report should
include a summary with a written submission no later than July 11,
2025, and must use the Commission template, which can be downloaded
from https://www.usitc.gov/docket_services/documents/firm_or_organization_summary_word_limit.pdf. The Commission template
must be uploaded as a separate attachment with the written submission,
which is filed on EDIS under the document type ``Briefs and Written
Submissions.'' The summary may not exceed 500 words and should not
include any CBI. The summary will be published as provided only if it
utilizes the Commission-provided template, meets these requirements,
and is germane to the subject matter of the investigation. The
Commission will list the name of the organization furnishing the
summary and will include a link where the written submission can be
found.
By order of the Commission.
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Issued: August 29, 2024.
Sharon Bellamy,
Supervisory Hearings and Information Officer.
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