Your purpose in this short paper is to review the findings of a U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) investigation of an import complaint.

    Step 1: Look over a list of ITC investigations to select one for your paper. You can view a list of investigations at the website: AD/CVD Statistics

    Step 2: Search for the report of the investigation you are interested in by using the ITC's search option at the website: USITC: INVESTIGATION OPINIONS. A variety of keywords work, such as product name, country, or investigation number. I am not sure how far back the online reports go, but they do go back at least as far as 1996. Reports listed as "preliminary" may not have all the information you'll need.

    Step 3: When you have found an opinion you want to analyze, read it over to find the information you need for your review. Your review should include:
    1. A description of the industry and evidence from the report which indicates the nature of the complaint involved (dumping ("less than fair value" (LTFV), subsidies, etc.).
    2. A brief analysis (including an appropriate supply and demand diagram) of the predicted impact on the U.S. of the alleged trade behavior. In your diagram, use specific numerical values from the report for prices and quantities, if available.
    3. A summary of the disposition of the case, including the main evidence relied on by the ITC in its decision.
    4. A brief assessment of the decision. Did it promote U.S. national welfare? Why or why not?

Details:
    Your paper should be about three-to-four pages long.
    You should clear your chosen case study with me in advance, since I will not read more than two papers covering the same ITC investiagtion.
    Your paper grade depends on the quality of both your analysis and your writing.

Tips for reading the reports:
    Some of the opinions are in WordPerfect; others are PDF files that can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader software, downloadable for free and already available on most campus computers.
    The files are searchable. Typically useful information that you might search for includes:
    --LTFV details ("dumping margin")
    --imports ("imports", "market share")
    --domestic effects ("production," "price", "profit" or "gross profit margin", "employment")
The following excerpts illustrate some of what you might find in the reports:
    Pasta from Italy and Turkey (1996)
    Bicycles from China (1996)