Distributional Effects of Trade and Trade Policy on U.S. Workers, 2026 Report

Issuing agencies

Abstract

The Commission has established a schedule and procedure, set forth below, for conducting community-based open conversations, which will include roundtables, focus group meetings, and small-group conversations, among other events, and a symposium in connection with this investigation. The Commission will hold six virtual roundtable discussions between January 15 and February 12, 2025; in-person roundtables and focus group meetings during March-May 2025; and an academic symposium on June 5-6, 2025. Additional in-person and virtual events may be held during October 2024-May 2025. These events will focus on the potential distributional effects of goods and services trade and trade policy on U.S. workers and underrepresented and underserved communities, including but not limited to examining distributional effects by race and ethnicity; gender; gender identity and orientation; age; and skill, wage, and income, as well as effects on persons with disabilities, persons who live in rural areas or urban areas and persons otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty, and members of religious minorities. The events will afford an opportunity for interested persons to present information and views relating to the investigation, and the academic symposium will afford an opportunity for researchers and data experts to present work relevant to the investigation.