{"data":{"id":"us/19-u.s.c.-3702","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"19 U.S.C. § 3702","heading":"Statement of policy","body":"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.","path":["Title 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES","CHAPTER 23—EXTENSION OF CERTAIN TRADE BENEFITS TO SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc19@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:57:37Z","sha256":"a8ee25365315a75adf4612514680890aec55eec13928e2c1395b4a95d1d1eb6f","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/19-u.s.c.-3701","next":"us/19-u.s.c.-3703"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}