2018 US Code
Title 19 - Customs Duties
Chapter 23 - Extension of Certain Trade Benefits to Sub-Saharan Africa
Subchapter I - Trade Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa
Sec. 3702 - Statement of policy
| 19 U.S.C. § 3702 (2018) |
| §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. |
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(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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AMENDMENTS
2015—Par. (10). Pub. L. 114–27 added par. (10). |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES |
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| Title 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES CHAPTER 23 - EXTENSION OF CERTAIN TRADE BENEFITS TO SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBCHAPTER I - TRADE POLICY FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA Sec. 3702 - Statement of policy |
| section 3702 |
| 2018 |
| January 14, 2019 |
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| standard |
| 114 Stat. 253 129 Stat. 368 |
| Public Law 106-200, Public Law 114-27 |
