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 PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988

102 STAT. 1333

(i) United States policy on countertrade and offsets, in light of current trends in international countertrade and offsets and the impact of those trends on the United States economy; (ii) the use of countertrade and offsets in United States exports and bilateral United States foreign economic assistance programs; and (iii) the need for and the feasibility of negotiating with other countries, through the Organization for EIconomic Cooperation and Development and other appropriate international organizations, to reach agreements on the use of countertrade and offsets; and (B) make recommendations to the President and the Congress on the basis of the review and evaluation referred to in subparagraph (A). (3) SHARING OF INFORMATION.—Other departments and agen- Classified cies of the United States shall provide to the interagency group information. such information available to such departments and agencies as the interagency group may request, except that the requirements, including penalties for violation thereof, for preserving the confidentiality of such information which are applicable to the officials, employees, experts, or consultants of such departments and agencies shall apply in the same manner to each member of the interagency group and to any other person performing any function under this subsection, (b) OFFICE OF BARTER.—

(1) ESTABLISHMENT—There is established, within the International Trade Administration of the Department of Commerce, the Office of Barter (hereafter in this section referred to as the "Office"). (2) DIRECTOR.—There shall be at the head of the Office a Director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. (3) STAFF.—The Secretary of Commerce shall transfer such staff to the Office as the Secretary determines is necessary to enable the Office to carry out its functions under this section. (4) FUNCTIONS.—It shall be the function of the Office to— (A) monitor information relating to trends in international barter; (B) organize and disseminate information relating to international barter in a manner useful to business firms, educational institutions, export-related Federal, State, and local government agencies, and other interested persons, including publishing periodic lists of known commercial opportunities for barter transactions beneficial to United States enterprises; (C) notify Federal agencies with operations abroad of instances where it would be beneficial to the United States for the Federal Government to barter Government-owned surplus commodities for goods and services purchased abroad by the Federal Government; and (D) provide assistance to enterprises seeking barter and countertrade opportunities. SEC. 2206. PROTECTION OF UNITED STATES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.

It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) the Secretary of State should urge international technical organizations, such as the World Intellectual Property

Public information. State and local governments. Education.

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