United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo W. Gerard issued the following statement today on President Obama’s appointment of Bradford Ward to head the new U.S. Interagency Trade Enforcement Center (ITEC):

“Today President Obama sent another powerful message that trade enforcement is a priority by appointing Brad Ward as director of the new Interagency Trade Enforcement Center (ITEC). Brad has three decades as a trade practitioner at the U.S. Department of Commerce before joining the USTR in 2009 with the skills, experience and creativity to turn ITEC into a force for workers, farmers and businesses producing here in the United States.

“We are also pleased to learn the appointment of the ITEC Deputy Director as Constance Handley from the U.S. Commerce Department, where she has 15 years of trade enforcement experience ... more