Sec. 4. Activities in support of trade capacity building
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The President should take the following actions: Develop and implement policies to— encourage and facilitate trans-boundary cooperation among eligible sub-Saharan African countries in order to facilitate trade; and encourage the provision of technical assistance to eligible sub-Saharan African countries to establish and sustain adequate trade capacity development. Provide specific training for business in eligible sub-Saharan African countries and government trade officials of eligible sub-Saharan African countries on utilizing access to the benefits of the African Growth and Opportunity Act and other trade preference programs.
Provide capacity building for African entrepreneurs and trade associations on production strategies, quality standards, formation of cooperatives, and market research and market development. Provide capacity building training to promote diversification of African products and value-added processing. Provide capacity building and technical assistance funding for African businesses and institutions to help such businesses and institutions comply with United States counter-terrorism initiatives and policies.
In this section, the term eligible sub-Saharan African country means a country that the President has determined meets the eligibility requirements set forth in section 104 of the African Growth and Opportunity Act.