ITC to Conduct First of 3 Trade Reviews on B2B, B2C Digital Technologies

The International Trade Commission will undertake the first of three reviews on business-to-business and business-to-consumer digital technologies, including on digital exports that might encounter trade barriers overseas, the agency said in a Friday notice. As part of its first of three planned investigations, the ITC scheduled a hearing April 4. The commission will accept requests to appear at the hearing through March 21, pre-hearing briefs and statements through March 23, post-hearing briefs and statements through April 11, "all other written submissions for the first report" through April 21, and will submit the first of three digital trade reports to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Aug. 29, the commission said. Pursuant to a Jan. 13 request to the ITC by then-U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman (see 1701180032), the agency anticipates releasing the second report by Oct. 28, 2018, and the third report by March 29, 2019.