INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 23, 1982
• Content Type: REGULATION

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THE WHITE HOUSE
July 23, 1982
NATIONAL SECURITY DECISION
DIRECTIVE NUMBER 48
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY
This National Security Decision Directive establishes the Senior
Interdepartmental Group - International Economic Policy (SIG-IEP).
To advise and assist the NSC in exercising its authority and
discharging its responsibilities for international economic policy
as it relates to our foreign policy, the SIG-IEP is established.
The SIG-IEP shall be composed of the Secretary of the Treasury
(Chairman), the Secretary of State (Vice Chairman), the Secretaries
of Defense, Commerce and'Agriculture, the United States Trade
Representative, the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget, the Assistant to the President for Policy Development,
the Chairman. of the Council of Economic Advisers, the Director
of Central Intelligence, and the Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs. Representatives from other Depart-
ments and Agencies with responsibilities for specific matters to
be considered will attend on invitation by the Chairman.
The SIG-IEP will:
(1) Develop, review and prepare alternatives and recommendations
on international economic-policy issues as they relate to foreign
policy;
(2) Deal with interdepartmental economic matters concerning foreign
policy raised by any member or referred to it by the Cabinet,
Cabinet Councils and interagency groups, or, if such matters require
higher-level consideration, report them to the NSC;
(3) Assure proper selectivity and sense of priority from the stand-
point of foreign policy in the international economic policy areas
and issues to which the United States applies its efforts; and
(4) Monitor the execution of approved policies and decisions within
the areas of responsibility of the SIG-IEP.
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A permanent secretariat, composed of personnel of the Department of
the Treasury augmented as necessary by personnel provided in response
to the Chairman's request by the Departments and Agencies represented
on the SIG-IEP, shall be established.
The SIG-IEP is authorized to establish subordinate interdepartmental
groups as necessary for the execution of its mandate.
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