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 Interagency Trade Enforcement Center

In his State of the Union address on January 24, 2012, President Obama announced the creation of the Interagency Trade Enforcement Center (ITEC) to take a "whole-of-government" approach to monitoring and enforcing Americans' trade rights around the world. Thereafter, on February 28, 2012, the President issued an Executive Order that established the ITEC. The ITEC uses expertise from across the federal government to assist in asserting U.S. trade rights obtained through various international trade agreements and serves as the primary forum within the federal government for agencies to coordinate enforcement of obligations under international trade agreements, including the identification of unfair trade practices and barriers that involve IPR. 27