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 PUBLIC LAW 101-231—DEC. 13, 1989 103 STAT. 1961 (iii) United States requests for access to bank records to assist in carrying out narcotics-related investiga- tions; and (iv) United States requests for verification of eradi- cation statistics, including ground verification; and (D) the people of Mexico should be supported in their efforts to rid their country of illicit narcotics, bribery and corruption, and electoral fraud. SEC. 8. NONAPPLICABILITY OF CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES TO CERTAIN MAJOR DRUG-TRANSIT COUNTRIES. Section 481(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply with respect to a major drug-transit country for fiscal year 1990 if the President certifies to the Congress, during that fiscal year, that— (1) subparagraph (C) of section 481(i)(5) of that Act, relating to money laundering, does not apply to that country; (2) the country previously was a major illicit drug producing country but, during each of the preceding two years, has effec- tively eliminated illicit drug production; and (3) the country is cooperating fully with the United States or has taken adequate steps on its own— (A) in satisfying the goals agreed to in an applicable bilateral narcotics agreement with the United States (as described in section 481(h)(2)(B) of that Act) or a multilat- eral agreement which achieves the objectives of that section; (B) in preventing narcotic and psychotropic drugs and other controlled substances transported through such coun- try from being sold illegally within the jurisdiction of such country to United States Government personnel or their dependents or from being transported, directly or in- directly, into the United States; and (C) in preventing and punishing bribery and other forms of public corruption which facilitate the production, processing, or shipment of narcotic and psychotropic drugs and other controlled substances, or which discourage the investigation and prosecution of such acts. SEC. 9. COORDINATION OF UNITED STATES TRADE POLICY AND NARCOT- ICS CONTROL OBJECTIVES. (a) NEED FOR COORDINATION. —It is the sense of the Congress that United States trade policy should be coordinated with United States narcotics control objectives, particularly with respect to issues such as the International Coffee Agreement. (b) PRESIDENTIAL REVIEW.— The Congress commends the President for reviewing whether the International Coffee Agreement negotia- tions should be resumed and whether the trade benefits provided in the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2701 and following) should be extended to the major coca producing countries of Latin America. SEC. 10. DEBT-FOR-DRUGS EXCHANGES. 22 USC 2291 (a) AUTHORITY.—The President may release Bolivia, Colombia, or B^U^ Peru from its obligation to make payments to the United States Colombia. Government of principal and interest on account of a loan made to Peru, that country under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.

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