A paper, Converging Procurement Systems: Developments in 2020, presented at the annual Thomas Reuters Government Contracts Year in Review Conference in February, examined key developments in the international procurement arena in 2020. They
When the Trump administration ended, one of the issues that it left for the incoming administration was its proposal to withdraw a broad list of medicines and related products from U.S. commitments under the WTO Government Procurement Agreement
On January 25, President Biden issued his first Made in America order, aimed at maximizing the use of goods, products and materials produced in, and services offered in, the United States in federal financial assistance awards and federal procurement. It
On November 27, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) complied with President Trump’s directive to take steps to withdraw essential medicines, medical countermeasures and their critical inputs (“Essential Medicines”), identified by the Food and Drug
When Congress returns from its August recess, it will be met with a variety of legislative proposals to extend Buy American requirements. One would add aluminum to the domestic purchasing requirements for the Departments of Defense and Transportation. Other
On August 6th, President Trump issued his long-promised Buy American executive order (EO) on medicines. The Executive Order on Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs Are Made in the United States seeks to
A Djaghe reference paper, U.S. Procurement Covered under Trade Agreements, examines and compares the government procurement commitments of the United States under the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), free trade agreements (FTAs) and bilateral
A paper, Converging Procurement Systems: Developments in 2019, was presented at the annual Thomas Reuters’ Government Contracts Year in Review Conference in February 2020. It examined key developments in the international procurement
In November, the leaders of 15 of the 16 countries participating in the negotiation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) announced that they had concluded negotiations on the text of the trade agreement and “essentially all their market
On July 18, the U.S. Department of Commerce launched its fourth investigation in 15 months under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to determine whether imports should be restricted as threats to national security. The latest investigation is