22 CFR §101.2
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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.