Draft strategic plan: ITC seeks to bolster staff, modernize HTS

Editor's note: This story was updated after initial publication to correct the amount of funding requested by the ITC for FY2026 and to note the administration requested the same level. The U.S. International Trade Commission’s new draft five-year strategic plan proposes to continue a Biden-era push to bolster staffing and capacity in response to the “increasing complexity” of its duties, while pledging to modernize the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States in line with a multiyear “major upgrade...