[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR101.2]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 101_ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL FUNCTIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 101.2  Promotion of American interests.

    Officers of the Foreign Service shall further the agricultural and 
commercial interests of the United States:
    (a) By carefully studying and reporting on the potentialities of 
their districts as a market for American products or as a competitor of 
American products in international trade.
    (b) By investigating and submitting World Trade Directory Reports on 
the general standing and distributing capacity of foreign firms within 
their districts.
    (c) By preparing and submitting upon request trade lists of 
commercial firms within their districts.
    (d) By keeping constantly on the alert for and submitting immediate 
reports on concrete trade opportunities.
    (e) By endeavoring to create, within the scope of the duties to 
which they are assigned, a demand for American products within their 
districts.
    (f) By facilitating and reporting on proposed visits of alien 
businessmen to the United States.
    (g) By taking appropriate steps to facilitate the promotion of such 
import trade into the United States as the economic interests of the 
United States may require.