U.S Code last checked for updates: May 02, 2024
All TitlesTitle 19Chapter 23Subchapter II
§ 3723.
Free trade agreements with sub-Saharan African countries
(a)
Declaration of policy
(b)
Plan requirement
(1)
In general
(2)
Elements of plan
The plan shall include the following:
(A)
The specific objectives of the United States with respect to negotiations described in paragraph (1) and a suggested timetable for achieving those objectives.
(B)
The benefits to both the United States and the relevant sub-Saharan African countries with respect to the applicable free trade agreement or agreements.
(C)
A mutually agreed-upon timetable for the negotiations.
(D)
The implications for and the role of regional and sub-regional organizations in sub-Saharan Africa with respect to such free trade agreement or agreements.
(E)
Subject matter anticipated to be covered by the negotiations and United States laws, programs, and policies, as well as the laws of participating eligible African countries and existing bilateral and multilateral and economic cooperation and trade agreements, that may be affected by the agreement or agreements.
(F)
Procedures to ensure the following:
(i)
Adequate consultation with the Congress and the private sector during the negotiations.
(ii)
Consultation with the Congress regarding all matters relating to implementation of the agreement or agreements.
(iii)
Approval by the Congress of the agreement or agreements.
(iv)
Adequate consultations with the relevant African governments and African regional and subregional intergovernmental organizations during the negotiation of the agreement or agreements.
(c)
Reporting requirement
(Pub. L. 106–200, title I, § 116, May 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 266.)
cite as: 19 USC 3723
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