{"identifier":"/us/usc/t19/s3702","title":19,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3702.","heading":"Statement of policy","text":"\u00a7\u202f3702.\nStatement of policy\nCongress supports\u2014\n(1) encouraging increased trade and investment between the United States and sub-Saharan Africa;\n(2) reducing tariff and nontariff barriers and other obstacles to sub-Saharan African and United States trade;\n(3) expanding United States assistance to sub-Saharan Africa\u2019s regional integration efforts;\n(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;\n(5) focusing on countries committed to the rule of law, economic reform, and the eradication of poverty;\n(6) strengthening and expanding the private sector in sub-Saharan Africa, especially enterprises owned by women and small businesses;\n(7) facilitating the development of civil societies and political freedom in sub-Saharan Africa;\n(8) establishing a United States-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum;\n(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\n(10) promoting the role of women in social, political, and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t19/s3702.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t19/s3702","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3702."},{"t":"heading","text":"Statement of policy","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Congress supports\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t19/s3702/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" encouraging increased trade and investment between the United States and sub-Saharan Africa;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t19/s3702/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" reducing tariff and nontariff barriers and other obstacles to sub-Saharan African and United States trade;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t19/s3702/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" expanding United States assistance to sub-Saharan Africa\u2019s regional integration efforts;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t19/s3702/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t19/s3702/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" focusing on countries committed to the rule of law, economic reform, and the eradication of poverty;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t19/s3702/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" strengthening and expanding the private sector in sub-Saharan Africa, especially enterprises owned by women and small businesses;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t19/s3702/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"content","text":" facilitating the development of civil societies and political freedom in sub-Saharan Africa;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t19/s3702/8","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(8)"},{"t":"content","text":" establishing a United States-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t19/s3702/9","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(9)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t19/s3702/10","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(10)"},{"t":"content","text":" promoting the role of women in social, political, and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}