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What is the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)?

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is the U.S. federal government’s regulatory agency for the majority of telecommunications activity within the country. The FCC oversees radio, television, telephone, satellite, and cable communications, and its primary statutory goal is to expand U.S. citizens’ access to telecommunications services.

The Commission is organized into 7 bureaus:

  • Consumer & Governmental Affairs
  • Enforcement
  • Media
  • Space
  • Wireless Telecommunications
  • Wireline Competition
  • Public Safety and Homeland Security

As an agency, the FCC receives its high-level directives from Congressional legislation and is empowered by that legislation to establish legal rules the industry must follow.

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Miscellaneous International Trade Notices
April 19, 2006 |Top News

American Shipper reports that Ford Motor Company is off the hook for more than $5 million in duties and penalties after the Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled that the statute of limitations for paying the fine had expired, a decision that international trade lawyers familiar with the case stated could have implications for hundreds of other importers. (See ITT's Online Archives or 03/13/06, 06031325 for BP summary of CIT decision)(American Shipper, March 2006)

Topics:Court of International Trade
Miscellaneous International Trade Notices
April 13, 2006 |Top News

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a press release announcing that on April 11, 2006, U.S. and Chinese officials met for the 17th annual senior-level meeting of the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT), in Washington. Among other things, the Chinese agreed to reopen its market to U.S. beef exports, require Chinese computers to use legal software, eliminate barriers to trade in medical devices, close optical disk plants that produce pirated CDs and DVDs, etc. (USTR Pub 04/11/06, available at http://www.ustr.gov/Document_Library/Press_Releases/2006/April/United_States_Welcomes_Chinese_Action_on_Key_Trade_Issues.html)