1. The people born and living about the same time, considered as a group: the baby-boom generation. 2. The average interval of time between the birth of parents and the birth of their offspring: a social change that took place over three generations.
The United States International Trade Commission (USITC, sometimes I.T.C.) is an independent, bipartisan, quasi-judicial, federal agency of the United States that provides trade expertise to both the legislative and executive branches.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was established as an independent administrative agency pursuant to the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914. The purpose of the FTC is to enforce the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act, which prohibits unfair or deceptive acts or practices in commerce.. The Clayton Antitrust Act (1914) also granted the FTC the authority to act against specific and unfair monopolistic practices.