On June 26, 2017, the European Commission released its 7th annual Report on Trade and Investment Barriers for 2016. It identified 372 trade barriers in over 50 countries, a 10% increase over 2015. The Report highlights 36 new barriers and the resolution of
A Djaghe white paper on Public-Private Partnerships examines public-private partnerships (PPPs) generally, as well as their treatment under international trade agreements. It compiles eight posts from Perspectives on Trade that address this topic.
Malaysia excluded public-private partnerships (PPPs), including build-operate-transfer contracts and public work concessions, from its commitments under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. It was one of three TPP participants to do so (the others
Malaysia has largely shielded its Bumiputera — ethnic Malays who comprise a majority of its population — from the impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). That is the conclusion of two 2015 cost-benefit studies, which were commissioned by
A Djaghe white paper on Transitional Procurement Measures in Agreements provides a comprehensive examination of transitional procurement measures that have been permitted under the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) and free trade agreements (FTAs),
A Feature Comment, Government Procurement in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), was published in The Government Contractor on February 17, 2016. The article examines the government procurement rules and market access opportunities provided by the
Brunei Darussalam is one of the three countries that will open its procurement to the United States for the first time under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Unlike the other two (Malaysia and Vietnam), Brunei has already undertaken procurement
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will open Malaysia’s government procurement market for the first time under an international agreement. While it is a relatively modest opening, it provides U.S. and other TPP suppliers with more access to Malaysian
A paper, U.S. Perspective on Encouraging Countries to Join the GPA, was presented at the Fourth Annual Procurement Week Conference: Game Changing Ideas and Innovations, which was sponsored by the Institute for Competition and Procurement Studies, Faculty of