### Question
What is the definition of offset agreement?


### Answer
The definition of **offset agreement** is as follows in *22 U.S.C. § 2776*:

> an agreement, arrangement, or understanding between a United States supplier of defense articles or defense services and a foreign country under which the supplier agrees to purchase or acquire, or to promote the purchase or acquisition by other United States persons of, goods or services produced, manufactured, grown, or extracted, in whole or in part, in that foreign country in consideration for the purchase by the foreign country of defense articles or defense service from the supplier

#### Citation:
  - *22 U.S.C. § 2776*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 39-ARMS EXPORT CONTROL > SUBCHAPTER III-MILITARY EXPORT CONTROLS**

