Trade Enforcement Advocates Complain ITA Budget Cut Problematic
The Committee to Support US Trade Laws said that while it supports the Commerce Department appropriations bill that advanced in the House of Representatives this week, it "is disappointed by the decrease in funding of the International Trade Administration’s (ITA) budget from last year to $562 million in direct appropriations."
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It said that Commerce should be spending more than $148 million this year on enforcement and compliance, and should hire 60 more workers.
"If the minibus is enacted, CSUSTL recommends Commerce pursue these levels as goals for the administration of E&C activities in FY26," the group wrote in an emailed press release. It noted that there are 801 antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders in place.
"Congress must ensure that decreased funding does not compromise the effectiveness of our trade remedy laws."