WITA’s membership is a blend of federal officials, representatives of businesses and NGOs, academics, diplomats, consultants and lawyers, and others interested in international trade.

[11] The Annual Membership Dinner is held every summer and is hosted by the Washington International Trade Foundation (WITF) in conjuncture with WITA.

The following year, on July 18, 2012, United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Congressman David Dreier (R-CA) were honored at the WITA/WITF Annual Dinner.

The event was held 50 years to the day that President John F. Kennedy signed the Executive Order creating the Office of the Special Trade Representative, which occurred on October 11, 1962.

The conference covered topics including USMCA, the China-United States trade war, and politics in the age of Donald Trump.

[14] The second annual WITC was held in 2020 and covered topics including US-China relations, the digital economy and trade, and the 2020 United States presidential election.

The conference had 31 speakers, including Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization Alan Wolff and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal.