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| important ways. Both agencies encourage U.S. businesses |
| to seek the assistance of U.S embassies when they are con- |
| fronted with bribe solicitations or other corruption-related |
| issues overseas.23 |
| The Department of Commerce offers a num- |
| ber of important resources for businesses, including the |
| International Trade Administration's United States and |
| Foreign Commercial Service (Commercial Service). The |
| Commercial Service has export and industry specialists |
| located in over 100 U.S. cities and 70 countries who are |
| available to provide counseling and other assistance to U.S. |
| businesses, particularly small and medium-sized companies, |
| regarding exporting their products and services. Among |
| other things, these specialists can help a U.S. company con- |
| duct due diligence when choosing business partners or agents |
| overseas. The International Company Profile Program, for |
| instance, can be part of a U.S. business' evaluation of poten- |
| tial overseas business partners?* Businesses may contact the |
| Commercial Service through its website, http://export.gov/ |
| eac/, or directly at its domestic and foreign offices.? |
| Additionally, the Department of Commerce's Office |
| of the General Counsel maintains a website, http:// www. |
| commerce.gov/os/ogc/transparency-and-anti-bribery- |
| initiatives, that contains recent articles and speeches, links |
| to translations of the FCPA, a catalogue of anti-corruption |
| resources, and a list of international conventions and ini- |
| tiatives. The Trade Compliance Center in the Department |
| of Commerce's International Trade Administration hosts |
| a website with anti-bribery resources, http:// tcc.export. |
| gov/Bribery. This website contains an online form through |
| which U.S. companies can report allegations of foreign |
| bribery by foreign competitors in international business |
| transactions26 The Department of Commerce also pro- |
| vides information to companies through a number of U.S. |
| and international publications designed to assist firms in |
| complying with anti-corruption laws. For example, the |
| Department of Commerce has included a new anti-corrup- |
| tion section in its Country Commercial Guides, prepared |
| by market experts at U.S. embassies worldwide, that contains |
| information on market conditions for more than 100 coun- |
| tries, including information on the FCPA for exporters.?7 |
| chapter 1 |
| Introduction |
| The Department of Commerce has also published a guide, |
| Business Ethics: A Manual for Managing a Responsible |
| Business Enterprise in Emerging Market Economies, which |
| contains information about corporate compliance pro- |
| grams for businesses involved in international trade.28 |
| The Departments of Commerce and State also pro- |
| vide advocacy support, when determined to be in the |
| national interest, for U.S. companies bidding for foreign |
| government contracts. The Department of Commerce's |
| Advocacy Center, for example, supports U.S. businesses |
| competing against foreign companies for international con- |
| tracts, such as by arranging for the delivery of an advocacy |
| message by U.S. government officials or assisting with unan- |
| ticipated problems such as suspected bribery by a competi- |
| tor.?) The Department of State's Bureau of Economic and |
| Business Affairs (specifically, its Office of Commercial and |
| Business Affairs) similarly assists U.S. firms doing business |
| overseas by providing advocacy on behalf of U.S. businesses |
| and identifying risk areas for U.S. businesses; more infor- |
| mation is available on its website, http:/ / www.state.gov/e/ |
| eb/cba/. Also, the Department of State's economic officers |
| serving overseas provide commercial advocacy and support |
| for U.S. companies at the many overseas diplomatic posts |
| where the Commercial Service is not represented. |
| The Department of State promotes U.S. government |
| interests in addressing corruption internationally through |
| country-to-country diplomatic engagement; development |
| of and follow-through on international commitments relat- |
| ing to corruption; promotion of high-level political engage- |
| ment (e.g., the G20 Anticorruption Action Plan); public |
| outreach in foreign countries; and support for building |
| the capacity of foreign partners to combat corruption. In |
| fiscal year 2009, the U.S. government provided more than |
| $1 billion for anti-corruption and related good governance |
| assistance abroad. |
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