19 U.S.C. § 3702 — Statement of policy

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

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