§3704 — Title 19 Customs Duties | U.S. Code

Summary

The President must set up and run a United States–Sub‑Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum and hold high‑level meetings every year to build closer economic ties. The Forum must be created not later than 12 months after May 18, 2000, after the President talks with Congress and the African governments involved. The President must ask the Secretaries of Commerce, Treasury, and State and the U.S. Trade Representative to host the first annual meeting with eligible sub‑Saharan African countries and those making strong progress toward eligibility. The meeting must focus on growing trade and investment, carrying out the chapter’s programs, and encouraging joint ventures. Regional groups and other appropriate African officials should be invited. The President should also encourage U.S. NGOs and private businesses to meet with their African counterparts at the same time. The President must try to meet with eligible African heads of government at least once every 2 years, with the first meeting also not later than 12 months after May 18, 2000. The U.S. Information Service must regularly share economic information through many media to support free‑market reforms. U.S. delegates to the Forum must push for the Forum to review the HIV/AIDS epidemic in each sub‑Saharan African country and how it affects that country’s economic development.

Title 19, §3704

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(a)The President shall convene annual high-level meetings between appropriate officials of the United States Government and officials of the governments of sub-Saharan African countries in order to foster close economic ties between the United States and sub-Saharan Africa.

(b)Not later than 12 months after May 18, 2000, the President, after consulting with Congress and the governments concerned, shall establish a United States-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum (in this section referred to as the “Forum”).

(c)In creating the Forum, the President shall meet the following requirements:

(1)The President shall direct the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of State, and the United States Trade Representative to host the first annual meeting with their counterparts from the governments of sub-Saharan African countries eligible under section 3703 of this title, and those sub-Saharan African countries that the President determines are taking substantial positive steps towards meeting the eligibility requirements in section 3703 of this title. The purpose of the meeting shall be to discuss expanding trade and investment relations between the United States and sub-Saharan Africa and the implementation of this chapter including encouraging joint ventures between small and large businesses. The President shall also direct the Secretaries and the United States Trade Representative to invite to the meeting representatives from appropriate sub-Saharan African regional organizations and government officials from other appropriate countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

(2)(A)The President, in consultation with the Congress, shall encourage United States nongovernmental organizations to host annual meetings with nongovernmental organizations from sub-Saharan Africa in conjunction with the annual meetings of the Forum for the purpose of discussing the issues described in paragraph (1).

(B)The President, in consultation with the Congress, shall encourage United States representatives of the private sector to host annual meetings with representatives of the private sector from sub-Saharan Africa in conjunction with the annual meetings of the Forum for the purpose of discussing the issues described in paragraph (1).

(3)The President shall, to the extent practicable, meet with the heads of governments of sub-Saharan African countries eligible under section 3703 of this title, and those sub-Saharan African countries that the President determines are taking substantial positive steps toward meeting the eligibility requirements in section 3703 of this title, not less than once every 2 years for the purpose of discussing the issues described in paragraph (1). The first such meeting should take place not later than 12 months after May 18, 2000.

(d)In order to assist in carrying out the purposes of the Forum, the United States Information Service shall disseminate regularly, through multiple media, economic information in support of the free market economic reforms described in this chapter.

(e)In selecting issues of common interest to the United States-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum, the President shall instruct the United States delegates to the Forum to promote a review by the Forum of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in each sub-Saharan African country and the effect of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on economic development in each country.

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This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (c)(1) and (d), was in the original “this title”, meaning title I of Pub. L. 106–200, May 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 252, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see

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note set out under section 3701 of this title and Tables.

§3704 United States-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum