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On the recordDecember 22, 2009
Mauritania is designated as an eligible sub-Saharan African country and as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Proclamation 8468—To Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act

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