On October 1st, the “21st Century Buy American Act” (HR 3670) was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI). Its aim is to strengthen the Buy American requirements found in various laws. Those laws require the purchase
New Zealand’s accession expands the GPA roster to 17 parties. On August 12, New Zealand became a party to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), following Montenegro’s accession by a month and extending the GPA’s reach to 45
The United States opened its procurement to Croatia when it became the 43rd WTO Member to join the GPA roster. When the Republic of Croatia was added to the roster of WTO members subject to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) on July 1, 2013, the