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[CITE: 7USC5213]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
           CHAPTER 83--AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS AND TRADE
 
              SUBCHAPTER II--AGRICULTURAL TRADE INITIATIVES
 
                       Part A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 5213. Joint development assistance agreements with certain 
        trading partners
        

(a) Development of plan

    With respect to any country that has a substantial positive trade 
balance with the United States, the Secretary of Agriculture, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State and (through the Secretary of 
State) representatives of such country, may develop an appropriate plan 
under which that country would purchase United States agricultural 
commodities or products for use in development activities in developing 
countries. In developing such plan, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
take into consideration the agricultural economy of such country, the 
nature and extent of such country's programs to assist developing 
countries, and other relevant factors. The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall submit each such plan to the President as soon as practicable.

(b) Agreement

    The President may enter into an agreement with any country that has 
a positive trade balance with the United States under which that country 
would purchase United States agricultural commodities or products for 
use in agreed-on development activities in developing countries.

(Pub. L. 100-418, title IV, Sec. 4203, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1392.)
