Executive Briefings on Trade

-Promoting the active exchange of ideas-

The Executive Briefings on Trade keep the Commission and the public current on domestic and global activities that affect U.S. trade, investment, and competitiveness. They reflect the opinions and research of individual authors and are not the views of the U.S. International Trade Commission or any of its individual Commissioners.

Use the option below to select Executive Briefings by year.

2016

The Impact of Brexit on Financial Services
Isaac Wohl , Office of Industries, USITC
October 2016

2015

Factors Affecting Growth In Ghana’s Services Economy
Jennifer Baumert Powell , Office of Industries, USITC
October 2015
South Africa Is a Leading Producer and Supplier of Services in Africa
George Serletis , Office of Industries, USITC
October 2015
Sub-Saharan African Travel Services Trade
Arthur Chambers , Office of Industries, USITC
October 2015
Transport Corridors Have Improved Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa, but Issues Remain
Joann Peterson , Office of Industries, USITC
October 2015
China and India: The Growing Arenas for E-Commerce
Jeff Horowitz and Aimee Phelan , USITC, Office of Economics
August 2015
Trends in U.S.Health Travel Services Trade
Arthur Chambers , USITC, Office of Industries
August 2015
Africa’s Crude Petroleum Exports Declined Due to a Shrinking U.S. Market
Cynthia Foreso, Wen Jin Yuan, Anton C. Yang , USITC, Office of Industries
July 2015
Factors Contributing to the Rapid Growth of Mauritius’ Services Economy
Jennifer Baumert Powell , Office of Industries
July 2015
World Bank Indicators Suggest that Sub-Saharan African Countries are Open to Services Trade
Cynthia Payne , USITC Office of Industries
July 2015
Mobile Money in Kenya
Eric Forden , Office of Industries
June 2015
The Undersea Cable Boom in Sub-Saharan Africa
Eric Forden , Office of Industries, USITC
June 2015
Growing Demand for Cloud Computing Fuels U.S. Exports
Sharon Ford , Office of Industries, USITC
April 2015
China’s Official Assistance and Corresponding Trade Flows to Africa
Arona Butcher, Wen Jin Yuan , USITC
March 2015
The Conflict-Minerals Disclosure Provision of the Dodd-Frank Act — New U.S. Industry Requirements But Uncertain U.S. Trade Impacts
Karl Tsuji , Office of Industries, USITC
March 2015
Used Vehicles Are an Important Component of U.S. Passenger-Vehicle Exports
David Coffin , Office of Industries, USITC
January 2015

2014

Foreign Infrastructure Service Firms In Sub-Saharan Africa
Tamar Khachaturian , Office of Industries, USITC
December 2014
Kenya’s Services Output and Exports Are Among the Highest in Sub-Saharan Africa
George Serletis , Office of Industries, USITC
December 2014
Rwanda “Leans In” to Information Services To Achieve Development Goals and Spur Competitiveness
Cathy Jabara , Office of Industries, USITC
December 2014
U.S. Becoming A Leading Exporter of Petroleum Products
Cynthia B. Foreso , Office of Industries, USITC
December 2014
China's Trade and Investment in Financial Services with Africa
Wen Jin Yuan , USITC Office of Economics
October 2014
Nigeria’s Film Industry: Nollywood Looks to Expand Globally
Erick Oh , Office of Industries
October 2014
U.S. Manufacturing Companies Are Global Leaders in Industrial Robot Consumption
Michael Stanton-Geddes and Dennis Fravel , Office of Industries
May 2014

2013

U.S. Firms Pursue Opportunities To Supply China’s Growing Medical Device Market
Mihir Torsekar , Office of Industries
August 2013
Japan Allows Expanded Access for U.S. Beef
John Giamalva, Michael McConnell , Agriculture and Fisheries Division, Office of Industries; Informa Economics , Agriculture and Fisheries Division, Office of Industries; Informa Economics
July 2013
China’s Trade And Investment Relationship With Africa
Lauren Gamache (former USITC employee), Alexander Hammer, Lin Jones ,
April 2013
Infrastructure Development in Sub-Saharan Africa Driving Demand for Imports of Machinery, Equipment, and Transportation Goods
Arona Butcher, Cathy Jabara, Lin Jones ,
April 2013
The Rise of Foreign Aerospace Suppliers in Mexico
David Coffin , Office of Industries
April 2013
China: A Leading Growth Market For U.S. Services Exports And Investment
George Serletis , Office of Industries
March 2013
Brazil’s Applied Tariffs Understated Its Overall Import Restrictiveness from 2001–2011
Caitlyn Carrico, Dylan Carlson ,
February 2013

2012

Emerging African Economies as Growing Markets for U.S. Exports
Arona Butcher, Cathy Jabara, Lin Jones ,
December 2012
The Labor Productivity of U.S. Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Multinational Companies
Tamar Khachaturian ,
November 2012
A Baseline For U.S. Trade In Organic Agricultural Products
Katherine Baldwin ,
October 2012
Brazil’s Surging Foreign Investment: A Blessing or a Curse?
Justino De La Cruz, Joanne Guth, Amanda Reynolds, Darren Sheets ,
October 2012
U.S. Coal Exports Increasing
Cynthia B. Foreso ,
October 2012
U.S. Exports of Water Filtration and Purification Equipment Show Significant Growth
Andrew David, Mihir Torsekar ,
September 2012
China’s Dominance as a Global Consumer and Producer of Copper
Alexander Hammer, Lin Jones ,
August 2012
Alberto Goetzl ,
July 2012
The Share Of U.S. Imports Entering Under FTAS Remains Small From Certain FTA Partners
Joanne Guth ,
July 2012
China's Emerging Role as a Global Source of FDI
Alexander Hammer , Lin Jones ,
January 2012

2011

How do FTAs Affect the U.S. Trade Balance? A 2009-10 Update
Nick Grossman, Dylan Carlson ,
November 2011
Kimberlie Freund ,
November 2011
Shifts in U.S. Wind Turbine Equipment Trade in 2010
Andrew David ,
June 2011
U.S. Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Cell and Module Trade Overview
Andrew David ,
June 2011
U.S. agricultural imports reached a record $86 billion in 2010 making the United States the world's leading single-country importer of food products
George Serletis ,
June 2011
U.S. Agricultural Exports: Global Leader During 2005-10 with Continued Record Exports Projected in 2011
George Serletis ,
April 2011
Agriculture Policy in India: The Role of Input Subsidies
Nick Grossman, Dylan Carlson ,
March 2011
Supplies of Critical Rare Earths to U.S. Industries are Constrained by China's Policies
Renee Berry, Mihir Torsekar ,
March 2011

2010

India's Medical Device Sector: Increasing U.S. Export Opportunities
Mihir Torsekar ,
June 2010

2009

Dynamism & Diversity in U.S.-BRIC Trade
Alexander Hammer ,
August 2009

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