§ 3702. Statement of policy
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Congress supports—
(1)encouraging increased trade and investment between the United States and sub-Saharan Africa;
(2)reducing tariff and nontariff barriers and other obstacles to sub-Saharan African and United States trade;
(3)expanding United States assistance to sub-Saharan Africa’s regional integration efforts;
(4)negotiating reciprocal and mutually beneficial trade agreements, including the possibility of establishing free trade areas that serve the interests of both the United States and the countries of sub-Saharan Africa;
(5)focusing on countries committed to the rule of law, economic reform, and the eradication of poverty;
(6)strengthening and expanding the private sector in sub-Saharan Africa, especially enterprises owned by women and small businesses;
(7)facilitating the development of civil societies and political freedom in sub-Saharan Africa;
(8)establishing a United States-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum;
(9)the accession of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
(OECD)Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions; and
(10)promoting the role of women in social, political, and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa.
(Pub. L. 106–200, title I, § 103, May 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 253; Pub. L. 114–27, title I, § 106(a), June 29, 2015, 129 Stat. 368.)
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- Public Law 106–200To authorize a new trade and investment policy for sub-Saharan Africa, expand trade benefits to the countries in the Caribbean Basin, renew the generalized system of preferences, and reauthorize the trade adjustment assistance programs
- Public Law 114–27To extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the Generalized System of Preferences, the preferential duty treatment program for Haiti, and for other purposes
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- Sec. 106Promotion of the role of women in social and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa
- Sec. 106Promotion of the role of women in social and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa
- Sec. 106Promotion of the role of women in social and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa
- Sec. 106Promotion of the role of women in social and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa
- Sec. 106Promotion of the role of women in social and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa
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- Pub. L. 106–200, title I, § 103
- 114 Stat. 253
- 129 Stat. 368
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