International Trade Law News

Shara L. Aranoff was sworn in today as a Commissioner of the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). Ms. Aranoff was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 29, 2005 for the term expiring on December 16, 2012.

Prior to her appointment, Commissioner Aranoff was Senior International Trade Counsel on the Democratic staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, where she was responsible for legislative and policy issues on international trade and investment, including the Trade Act of 2002; negotiations involving the World Trade Organization, the Free Trade Area of the Americas, and numerous free trade agreements; trade remedy laws; Trade Adjustment Assistance; and trade- related environment and labor issues.

From June 1993 until her Senate Finance Committee appointment in January 2001, she served as an Attorney-Advisor in the Office of the General Counsel at the U.S. International Trade Commission.