(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; and
(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.