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Trade Developments Between the United States and Sub-Saharan Africa
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2017
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1 Trade and Development Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-200, 114 Stat. 251, 256. The legislation was the first substantial trade measure enacted in the United States since the U.S. adherence to the Uruguay Round trade agreements in 1994 establishing the World Trade Organization. The Trade and Development Act of 2000 also included the United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act, which also sought to reduce or eliminate U.S. tariffs and quotas for goods from the Caribbean region.
2 Trade and Development Act of 2000 §106.
3 2002 Comprehensive Report of the President on U.S. Trade and Investment Policy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa and Implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act 1 (May 2002), at <http://www.ustr.gov/ReporLs/2002agoa.PDF>.
4 Agreement Concerning the Development of Trade and Investment Relations, Oct. 29, 2001, U.S.-Comesa, at <http://www.ustr.gov/regions/africa/trade.shtml>. Twenty African states are members of COMESA.
5 See United States Trade Representative Press Release on United States and West African Nations Sign Agreement Promoting Trade (Apr. 24, 2002), at <http://www.ustr.gov/releases/2002/04/02-46.pdf>.
6 Agreement Concerning the Development of Trade and Investment Relations, Feb. 26. 1999, U.S.-Ghana; Agreement Concerning the Development of Trade and Investment Relations, Feb. 18, 1999, U.S.-South Africa; Agreement Concerning the Development of Trade and Investment Relations, Feb. 16, 2000, U.S.-Nigeria. These agreements are available at <http://www.ustr.gov/regions/africa/trade.shtml>.
7 2002 Comprehensive Report, supra note 3, at 36.