BOOK: The International Procurement System: Liberalization & Protectionism, Washington: Dalston Press, 2022. [Available in paperback and Kindle editions from Amazon; also available on Apple Books]

2023

Webinar, “A new barrier to transatlantic procurement: the European Union’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation,” organized by George Washington University, Law School, panel participant (Apr. 18, 2023).

“Interplay between Domestic Preferences and Trade Agreements,“panel participant,  Government Construction Contracts Program – Build America, Buy America: The State of Domestic Sourcing Requirements for Infrastructure Projects, sponsored by Federal Procurement Institute, American Bar Association (Mar. 9, 2023, Annapolis, Maryland).

“Converging Procurement Systems – Part I: Developments in 2022, Thomson Reuters Government Contracts Year in Review Conference (Feb. 2023).

“Government Procurement Law,” presentation, Georgetown University International Economic Law Practicum (Washington, D.C., Feb. 7, 2023).

2022

Webinar, “New Protectionism in International Public Procurement,” organized by George Washington University, Law School, panel participant (Sept. 7, 2022).

Webinar, “Buy American and the New U.S. Infrastructure Legislation,” panel participant, organized by George Washington University, Law School (Jan. 19, 2022).

World Economic Forum, Industrial Policy and International Competition: Trade and Investment Perspectives, White Paper, Reviewer (Feb. 2022).

Converging Procurement Systems: Developments in 2021, paper presented at Thomson Reuters’ Government Contracts Year in Review Conference (Feb. 2022).

2021

“Everyone Loves (or Hates) Buy America,” speaker, podcast hosted by Soumaya Keynes (The Economist) and Chad P.  Bown (Peterson Institute for International Economics) (Feb., 2, 2021). 

“Converging Procurement Systems: Developments in 2020,” presented at Thomson Reuters’ Government Contracts Year in Review Conference (Washington, D.C., Feb. 17, 2021).

“Government Procurement: Policy Changes in the U.S. and China,” presentation, webinar organized by the U.S.-China Business Council (Washington, D.C., Mar. 4, 2021).

“Buy American and Domestic Sourcing,” panel participant at the Coalition for Government Procurement’s 2021 Virtual Spring Training Conference: The Biden Administration Priorities and the Role of Acquisition (Washington, D.C., May 20, 2021).

“Buy (More) American: the Ongoing Evolution of Buy American Requirements,” panel participant, organized by the American Bar Association’s Acquisition Reform and Emerging Issues Committee (Washington, D.C., June 25, 2021).

WTO, Public Forum 2021, “Green government procurement in an open trading context,” panel participant (Sept. 29, 2021).

Friends of Multilateralism Group & World Economic Forum, Online Brainstorming: Industrial Subsidies and Government Intervention, Government Procurement, presentation (Oct. 28, 2021).

“Government Procurement and Sales to State-Owned Enterprises in China Report,” US-China Business Council, Government Procurement, panel participant (Oct. 12, 2021).

“The GPA@25/40: A Perspective from a Former United States GPA Negotiator,” presentation, WTO, Advanced Global e-Workshop on Agreement on Government Procurement (Nov. 2021).

2020

“International Trade: 2020 Election Platforms & Beyond,” moderator, webinar organized by American University College of Law  (Oct. 20, 2020).

“Growing Significance of Regional Trade Agreements in Opening Public Procurement” in The Challenges of Public Procurement Reforms, edited by A. Castelli, G. Piga, S. Saussier and T. Tatrai, Routledge, 184-218 (2020).

“A Tumultuous Year for Trade in Procurement,” co-presenter, webinar organized by George Washington Law (Sept. 3, 2020). 

“GPA Reciprocal Conditions: Leverage for Bilateral Agreements,” 29 P.P.L.R. 272-288 (2020).

“EU Regional Trade Agreements with Procurement Commitments: A Djaghe Reference Paper,” DRP-05 (June 4, 2020).

“COVID-19 & Trade: The Defense Production Act and Buy American Provisions,” presentation, webinar sponsored by Washington International Trade Association (Apr. 30, 2020).

“U.S. Laws Limit Procurement Commitments: A Djaghe Reference Paper,” DRP-04 (April 29, 2020).

“Protectionism in the Time of Pandemic,” presentation, webinar sponsored by The George Washington University Law (Apr. 21, 2020).

“U.S. Procurement Covered under Trade Agreements: A Djaghe Reference Paper,” DRP 20-03 (Mar. 2020).

U.S. Trade Agreements with Procurement Commitments: A Djaghe Reference Paper,” DRP 20-02 (Feb. 2020).

“Converging Procurement Systems: Developments in 2019,” paper presented at Thomson Reuters’ Government Contracts Year in Review Conference (Washington, D.C., Feb. 18, 2020).

“What Happens If the U.S. Leaves the WTO Government Procurement Agreement?” presentation to George Washington University Law School Colloquium (Washington, D.C., Feb. 18, 2020).

U.S. China Business Council, Government Procurement in China: Challenges and Opportunities for Foreign Companies, panel (Washington, D.C. Jan. 10, 2020).

“The Government Procurement Agreement under the World Trade Organization: A Djaghe Reference Paper,” DRP 20-01 (Jan. 10, 2020).

2019

“U.S. Government Agency Report, “Limited Purchases from Foreign Sources,” 28 Public Procurement Law Review (2019).

“GPA Reciprocity: Providing Leverage for Bilateral Agreements,” paper presented, Public Procurement: Global Procurement Revolution IX conference, University of Nottingham (Nottingham, England, June 17-18, 2019).

“All American Regional Round (AARR) of the John H. Jackson Moot Court Competition,” panelist (American University, Washington College of Law, Apr. 13, 2019).

“Procurement, Trade and Trade Agreements,” presentation, Global Business Dialogue, (Washington, D.C., Mar. 8, 2019).

“Converging Procurement Systems: Developments in 2018,” presented, Thomson Reuters’ Government Contracts Year in Review Conference (Washington, D.C., Feb. 19, 2019).

“International Agreements Open Foreign Procurement Markets,” presentation to International and Comparative Public Procurement Law Seminar, George Washington University Law School (Washington, D.C., Jan. 30, 2019).

2018

“Growing Significance of Regional Trade Agreements in Opening Public Procurement Markets,” paper presented at 4^th Interdisciplinary Symposium on Public Procurement, organized by Sorbonne Business School, University of Rome and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (Paris, France, Oct. 25-26).

“WTO Government Procurement Agreement,” presentation at 2018 International Government Procurement Workshop for People’s Bank of China (Xi’an, China, Sept. 12, 2018).

“Made in The USA: Legal, Trade and IP Issues,” participated in panel, Federal Circuit Bar Association’s 2018 Bench and Bar Conference (Coronado, CA, June 23, 2018).

“Converging Procurement Systems: Developments in 2017,” paper presented at West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference (Washington, D.C., Feb. 20, 2018).

International Perspectives on Public Procurement Law Colloquium, presentation, George Washington University Law School (Washington, D.C., Feb. 20, 2018).

“An Assessment of WTO GPA Membership: Current Status and Future Prospects,” 27 Public Procurement Law Review (2018).

“International Agreements Open Foreign Procurement Markets,” presentation to International and Comparative Public Procurement Law Seminar, George Washington University Law School (Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 2018).

2017

“Trade and Procurement Master Class,” presentation (London, UK, Nov. 20, 2017).

“Trade Agreements Open Foreign Procurement Markets,” A Briefing Paper published by Thomas Reuter (Oct. 2017).

“Public Procurement Best Practices Industry Roundtable,” South Asia Region Public Procurement Knowledge Exchange Program, moderator, sponsored by U.S. Department of Commerce and World Bank (Sept. 13, 2017, Washington, D.C.)

“Trump Administration Seeks Comments on Trade Agreements and Buy American Laws,” Feature Comment, The Government Contractor (Aug. 30, 2017).

“WTO Revised Agreement on Government Procurement” and “GPA Accession Process, Expectations of Afghanistan and Transitional Measures,” presentations at Consultations on Afghanistan WTO-Related Customs and Procurement Legislative Initiatives, organized by U.S. Commercial Law Development Program and funded by U.S. Agency for International Development/Afghanistan (Chisinau, Moldova, July 17, 2017).

“Limits on Expansion of GPA Membership?,” presented paper at Public Procurement: Global Revolution VIII conference at University of Nottingham (Nottingham, UK, June 12-13, 2017).

“International Procurement Developments in U.S. Domestic Preferences and International Trade,” presentation to symposium on Federal Procurement under the Trump Administration, sponsored by Board of Contract Appeals Bar Association and George Washington University Law School (Washington, D.C., June 6, 2017).

“International Negotiations to Open Cross-Border Markets in Government Procurement,” presentation, International and Comparative Public Procurement Law Seminar, George Washington University Law School (Washington, D.C., Mar. 22, 2017).

“International Procurement Markets: What’s Next,” presentation, Forum organized by the George Washington University Law School (Washington D.C., Feb. 15, 2017).

“Converging Procurement Systems: Developments in 2016,” presented at West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference (Washington, D.C., Feb. 14, 2017).

2016

“Outlook for Trade in Trump Administration,” presentation to Colloquium on International Cooperation in Procurement: Next Steps, sponsored by George Washington University Law School (Dec. 9, 2016).

“Government Procurement in the WTO: A Djaghe White Paper,” DWP-1610 (Dec. 2016).

“Brexit: Trade Implications,” A Briefing Paper published by Thomas Reuters (Nov. 2016).

“Public-Private Partnerships: A Djaghe White Paper,” DWP-1609 (Nov. 8, 2016).

“WTO Government Procurement Agreement: Scope of Coverage,” presentation to Russian Federation delegation at George Washington University Law School (Washington, D.C., Sept. 21, 2016).

“Expanding WTO Government Procurement Agreement Membership: A Djaghe White Paper,” DWP-1608 (Sept. 20, 2016).

“Brexit: Implications for GPA and Access to U.S. Procurement,” presentation at Roundtable on Transatlantic Procurement Issues, sponsored by King’s College London and George Washington University Law School (London, UK, Sept. 19, 2016).

“Government Procurement and Trade Policy,” presentation at 55th Annual National Seminar on Government Contracts, sponsored by: Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota; Twin Cities Chapter, National Contract Management Association; and North Star Chapter, National Property Management Association (Sept. 14, 2016, Minneapolis, MN).

“TPP Government Procurement (Part Two): A Djaghe White Paper,” DWP-1607 (July 5, 2016).

“TPP Government Procurement (Part One): A Djaghe White Paper,” DWP-1606 (June 28, 2016).

“Review of Pakistan’s Public Procurement Rules,” report prepared for Pakistan Public Procurement Regulatory Authority, sponsored by U.S. Department of Commerce (June 2016).

“Buy America Policy,” briefing for Organization for International Investment (Washington, D.C. June 6, 2016).

“U.S. Procurement Commitments under Trade Agreements: A Djaghe White Paper”, DWP-1605 (May 31, 2016).

“Transitional Procurement Measures in Agreements: A Djaghe White Paper,” DWP-1604 (May 3, 2016).

“The GPA: What It Means for New Zealand Vendors,” presentation to New Zealand Government Procurement Trade Mission to the United States (Washington, D.C., Apr. 20, 2016).

“State Procurement under Trade Agreements: A Djaghe White Paper,” DWP-1603 (Apr. 12, 2016).

“International Negotiations to Open Cross-Border Markets in Government Procurement,” presentation, International and Comparative Public Procurement Law Seminar, George Washington University Law School (Washington, D.C., Mar. 25, 2016).

“TTIP Procurement Negotiations: A Djaghe White Paper,” DWP-1602 (Mar. 22, 2016).

“Buy American Requirements: A Djaghe White Paper,” DWP-1601 (Mar. 15, 2016).

“Government Procurement in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP),” Feature Comment, The Government Contractor (Feb. 17, 2016).

“Converging Procurement Systems: Developments in 2015″, paper presented at West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference (Washington, D.C., Feb. 16, 2016).

“Government Procurement in the TPP,” presentation, 2016 TPP Series, Part III: The New Rules & Disciplines of a 21^st Century Agreement, panel organized by the Washington International Trade Association (Washington, D.C., Jan. 14, 2016).

2015

“What Are the Prospects for Concluding Work on China’s GPA Accession in 2015?,” 24 Public Procurement Law Review (2015).

“Government Procurement in the WTO (2015),” paper presented at Georgetown Law, Institute of International Economic Law’s 10th Annual Academy of WTO Law & Policy (Nov. 2015).

“International Agreements with Procurement Obligations,” briefing,  U.S. Government Accountability Office (Washington, D.C., Nov. 3, 2015).

“State of Play in Procurement Negotiations,” presentation, Towards Convergence in Transatlantic Procurement Markets, roundtable conference organized by Kings College, London and George Washington Law School (London, UK, Oct. 26, 2015).

“International Experience in Government Procurement,” report prepared for U.S. Agency for International Development’s Vietnam Governance for Inclusive Growth project (Sept. 30, 2015).

“TTIP and Public Procurement,” presentation at Rule-Makers or Rule-Takers? Exploring the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, organized by the Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins University and the Centre for European Policy Studies (Washington, D.C., Sept. 29, 2015).

“Public Procurement in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Negotiations,” co-authored with Steve Woolcock, London School of Economics, in Rule-Makers or Rule-Takers? Exploring the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, edited by D. Hamilton and J. Pelkmans, Rowman & Littlefield (2015).

“GPA as Market Access Instrument: Benefits for Acceding Members,” presentation, The Revised WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA): an Emerging Pillar of Twenty-first Century Trade and Development, symposium organized by World Trade Organization (Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 18, 2015).

“Broadening the reach of GPA principles: regional developments and perspectives,” panel chair, The Revised WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA): an Emerging Pillar of Twenty-first Century Trade and Development, symposium organized by World Trade Organization (Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 17, 2015).

“What are the prospects for concluding work on China’s GPA accession in 2015?,” paper presented at Public Procurement: Global Revolution VII conference at University of Nottingham (Nottingham, UK, June 15-16, 2015).

“Negotiations of Trade in Services Agreement,” Feature Comment, The Government Contractor (May 6, 2015).

“WTO Government Procurement Agreement,” presentation, U.S.-Pakistan Informational Roundtable on the WTO Government Procurement Agreement, organized by U.S. Department of Commerce (Islamabad, Pakistan, Apr. 29, 2015).

“World Bank Reform and WTO Government Procurement Agreement,” keynote presentation, World Bank Spring Meetings, Innovative and Fit for Purpose: A New World Bank Procurement Framework (Washington, D.C., Apr. 16, 2015).

“Comparison of GPA Parties’ Coverage of Other Entities: A Djaghe White Paper,” DWP-1501 (Apr. 14, 2015).

“U.S. Perspective on Encouraging Countries to Join the GPA,”  presentation, Developing Countries – Looking Through the Keyhole: Should Developing Economies be Observers or Full GPA Members, Fourth Annual Procurement Week Conference: Game Changing Ideas and Innovations, sponsored by Institute for Competition and Procurement Studies, Faculty of Law, Bangor University in North Wales (Cardiff, Wales, Mar. 18, 2015).

“U.S. Perspective on TiSA,” presentation at TISA – A First Step Towards Full GPA Membership? Fourth Annual Procurement Week Conference: Game Changing Ideas and Innovations, sponsored by Institute for Competition and Procurement Studies, Faculty of Law, Bangor University in North Wales (Cardiff, Wales, Mar. 18, 2015).

“International Procurement Agreements,” presentation, Comparative and International Procurement Law Seminar, George Washington University Law School (Washington, D.C., Feb. 25, 2015).

“Converging Procurement Systems: Developments in 2014,” paper presented at West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference (Washington, D.C., Feb. 17, 2015).

“WTO Government Procurement Agreement,” presentation, Commercial Law and Development Program, U.S. Department of Commerce (Washington, D.C., Feb.10, 2015).

2014

“US Coverage of Services and Construction Services under GPA,” presentation, WTO Government Procurement Agreement International Seminar, organized by Ministry of Finance, People’s Republic of China (Beijing, China, Dec. 2, 2014).

“Government Procurement in the WTO,” presentation, 2014 Academy of WTO Law and Policy, Institute of International Economic Law (Washington, D.C., Nov. 20, 2014).

“BRICS and the WTO Government Procurement Agreement,” presentation, Brazil and the WTO Government Procurement Agreement colloquium, organized by George Washington University Law School (Washington, D.C., Nov. 4, 2014).

“NASPO Guide to International Trade Agreements,” National Association of State Procurement Officials (Sept. 2014).

“Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Government Procurement,” presentation, Congressional-European Parliament Initiative (Washington, D.C., May 28, 2014).

“New WTO Government Procurement Agreement,” presentation, The New WTO Government Procurement Agreement – Its Impact on World Procurement Markets colloquium, organized by George Washington University Law School (Washington, D.C., May 13, 2014)

“U.S. Government Procurement System,” presentation, WTO National Seminar for Armenia on the Agreement on Government Procurement, organized by World Trade Organization, Ministry of Finance of Armenia, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and U.S. Department of Commerce (Tsaghkadzor, Armenia, Apr. 26, 2014).

“Negotiating RTAs and GPA: Strategic Considerations,” presentation,  WTO National Seminar for Armenia on the Agreement on Government Procurement, organized by World Trade Organization, Ministry of Finance of Armenia, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and U.S. Department of Commerce (Tsaghkadzor, Armenia, Apr. 26, 2014).

“WTO Government Procurement Agreement: Role, Principles, and Transparency Requirements,” presentation, Seminar on WTO GPA Obligations and International Best Practices in Public Procurement, organized by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, World Trade Organization, Ministry of Finance of Armenia and U.S. Department of Commerce (Yerevan, Armenia, Apr. 25, 2014).

“GPA’s Procedural Obligations, Including Domestic Review and Modifications of Annexes,” presentation, Seminar on WTO GPA Obligations and International Best Practices in Public Procurement, organized by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, World Trade Organization, Ministry of Finance of Armenia and U.S. Department of Commerce (Yerevan, Armenia, Apr. 25, 2014).

“GPA Procurement Opportunities Provided by Parties,” presentation, Seminar on WTO GPA Obligations and International Best Practices in Public Procurement, organized by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, World Trade Organization, Ministry of Finance of Armenia and U.S. Department of Commerce (Yerevan, Armenia, Apr. 25, 2014).

“International Procurement Systems: Developments in 2013,” presentation, West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference (Washington, D.C., Feb. 18, 2014).

“International Procurement Agreements,” presentation, Comparative and International Procurement Law Seminar, George Washington University Law School (Washington, D.C., Feb. 7, 2014).

“Procurement Issues in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership,” presentation, Breakfast Debate on Public Procurement and TTIP at the European Parliament (Brussels, Belgium, Jan. 29, 2014).

2013

“International Government Procurement: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership,” presentation, Congressional-European Parliament Initiative (Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 2013).

“Export Opportunities for Women-Owned Businesses under the WTO and Government Procurement Agreement,” presentation, Export Now Webinar, sponsored by Women Impacting Public Policy (Feb. 21, 2013).

“The Role of International Trade Agreements in the Converging of Procurement Systems,” presentation, West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference (Washington, D.C., Feb. 18, 2013).

“International Procurement Agreements,” presentation, Comparative and International Procurement Law Seminar, George Washington University Law School (Washington, D.C., Jan. 30, 2013).