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Bill Clinton: By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including…

On the recordJanuary 16, 2001
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Title I of Public Law 106–200) (AGOA), the United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (Title II of Public Law 106–200) (CBTPA), the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and in order to expand international trade and enhance our economic partnership with sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean Basin, promote investment and economic development and reduce poverty in those regions, and create new economic opportunities for American workers and businesses, it is hereby ordered as follows:
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Executive Order 13191—Implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act and the United States-Caribbean Basin Trade...

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