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United States Tariff Commission
Created in 1916, this federal commission became a key source of trade analysis for Congress and the president and later evolved into today’s U.S. International Trade Commission. Its annual reports trace a long history of tariffs, investigations, and changing U.S. trade policy.
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Men's Sewed Straw Hats Report of the United Stated Tariff Commission to the President of the United States (1926)
by United States Tariff Commission
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The United States Tariff Commission was established by Congress in 1916 to provide expert, nonpartisan information on tariff and trade questions. Over time, it advised both the legislative and executive branches on trade policy and carried out investigations tied to tariffs, imports, and competition.
In 1974, the agency was renamed the United States International Trade Commission. The modern commission still describes itself as an independent, nonpartisan, quasi-judicial federal agency, and its own historical materials present the Tariff Commission as the direct predecessor of today’s USITC.
For listeners exploring older government documents, reports issued under the Tariff Commission name offer a window into how the United States studied imports, duties, and trade policy across much of the twentieth century. They sit at the intersection of economics, law, and public policy, making them useful not just as official records but as snapshots of how the country understood global trade in their time.