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 118 STAT. 823 PUBLIC LAW 108–274—JULY 13, 2004 Related Investment Measures, as well as the other agreements described in section 101(d) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)); (2) eligible sub Saharan African countries should partici pate in and support mutual trade liberalization in ongoing negotiations under the auspices of the World Trade Organiza tion, including by making reciprocal commitments with respect to improving market access for industrial and agricultural goods, and for services, recognizing that such commitments may need to reflect special and differential treatment for devel oping countries; (3) some of the most pernicious trade barriers against exports by developing countries are the trade barriers main tained by other developing countries; therefore, eligible sub Saharan African countries will benefit from the reduction of trade barriers in other developing countries, especially in devel oping countries that represent some of the greatest potential markets for African goods and services; and (4) all countries should make sanitary and phytosanitary decisions on the basis of sound science. SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INTERPRETATION OF TEXTILE AND APPAREL PROVISIONS OF AGOA. It is the sense of the Congress that the executive branch, particularly the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agree ments (CITA), the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Commerce, should interpret, implement, and enforce the provisions of section 112 of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, relating to preferential treatment of textile and apparel articles, broadly in order to expand trade by maximizing opportunities for imports of such articles from eligible sub Saharan African countries. SEC. 6. DEFINITION. In this Act, the term ‘‘eligible sub Saharan African country’’ means an eligible sub Saharan African country under the African Growth and Opportunity Act. SEC. 7. EXTENSION OF AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT. (a) GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES.— (1) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—Section 506B of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466b) is amended by striking ‘‘2008’’ and inserting ‘‘2015’’. (2) INPUTS FROM FORMER BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES.—Section 506A of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466a) is amended— (A) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by inserting ‘‘or former bene ficiary sub Saharan African countries’’ after ‘‘countries’’; and (B) in subsection (c)— (i) by striking ‘‘title, the terms’’ and inserting ‘‘title— ‘‘(1) the terms’’; and (ii) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(2) the term ‘former beneficiary sub Saharan African country’ means a country that, after being designated as a beneficiary sub Saharan African country under the African Growth and Opportunity Act, ceased to be designated as such 19 USC 3701 note. 19 USC 3701 note. 19 USC 3701 note.

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