ITC’s Beck to oversee tariff and trade agreement activities

ITCÆs Beck to oversee tariff and trade agreement activities The U.S. International Trade Commission has promoted David B. Beck to director of the agency's Office of Tariff Affairs and Trade Agreements.
   In this role, Beck will oversee the maintenance and publication of the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule. This effort includes the coordination of commission reports on tariff legislation, preparation of presidential proclamations implementing free trade agreements, chairing the Committee for Statistical Annotation of the Tariff Schedules, and representing the ITC in the U.S. delegation to various committees of the World Customs Organization and World Trade Organization.
   Beck joined the ITC's Office of Industries (Chemicals Division) in 1974 and transferred to the Office of Tariff Affairs and Trade Agreements in 1981. He has been acting director of the Office of Tariff Affairs and Trade Agreements since January 2005.