Aug 26 -- Since 1996, the U.S. International Trade Commission has prepared and published annual reports in the series, Recent Trends in U.S. Services Trade. The 2021 report, which the Commission plans to publish in April 2021, will provide aggregate data on cross-border trade in services for the period ending in 2019, and transactions by affiliates based outside the country of their parent firm for the period ending in 2018.
The report's analysis will focus on professional services -- including management consulting services, research and development services, education services, healthcare services, architecture and engineering services, and legal services.
The Commission is inviting interested members of the public to furnish information and views in connection with the 2021 report. Deadline for filing written submissions: September 28, 2020
The Commission intends to publish summaries of the positions of interested persons in this report. If you wish to have a summary of your position included in an appendix of the report, please include a summary with your written submission and mark the summary as submitted for that purpose. The summary may not exceed 500 words, should be in MSWord format or a format that can be easily converted to MSWord, and should not include any confidential business information. The summary will be published as provided if it meets these requirements and is germane to the subject matter of the investigation. In the report the Commission will identify the name of the organization furnishing the summary and will include a link to the Commission's Electronic Document Information System (EDIS) where the full written submission can be found.
FR notice:
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/08/26/2020-18776/recent-trends-in-us-services-trade-2021-annual-report
Recent Trends in U.S. Services Trade: 2020 Annual Report (July 2020) -- This year's report covers financial services. It presents an overview of U.S. trade in services, and discusses market conditions, trade trends, and the industry outlook for banking services, insurance services, and securities services.
https://www.usitc.gov/publications/industry_econ_analysis_332/2020/recent_trends_us_services_trade_2020_annual_report.htm
Point of contact: Junie Joseph, Project Leader, Office of Industries, Services Division (202-205-3363, junie.joseph@usitc.gov)
