§3702 — Title 19 Customs Duties | U.S. Code

Summary

Congress wants to build stronger economic ties between the United States and countries in sub-Saharan Africa. It lists ten goals, including increasing trade and investment; lowering tariffs and other trade barriers; giving more U.S. help for regional integration; negotiating fair trade deals, possibly free trade areas; favoring countries that follow the rule of law, pursue economic reform, and fight poverty; growing the private sector—especially women-owned and small businesses; supporting civil society and political freedom; creating a U.S.–Sub‑Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum; backing countries joining the OECD anti‑bribery convention; and promoting women’s roles in social, political, and economic life.

Title 19, §3702

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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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Amendments

2015—Par. (10). Pub. L. 114–27 added par. (10).

§3702 Statement of Policy

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Title 19, §3702

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